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for sowing tky should he incloscd in was. Srt~cllings Iqin to bear
from the third to the sisth years.
Varieties are inarc4iec1, graft,4 or burldt~l on other stocks. Inarching
from a l,c:Iring tree to a seedling is an old practice, but
laborious and slow. 13utltling on seedlings about a year old may be
performer1 on pot-grown stocks or on plants that have been transplanted
to tk n11rstq’ row.
Mangosteen (,Grrrrin icr ~Ian.go,stnrln). G~ff$~rw.
Grown fror~~ seeds, and said also to strike from cuttings of ripened
shoots undtkr glass in sand. Seedlings should be protcctcd from the
sun. ‘I‘hc selected forms can be inarched on seedlings of mangosteen
and also on stocks of related species of garcinia.
Manihet. I:'l,cl)lir~rbirrcr~cr.
Propagation is by cuttings of rather firm shoots under glass ; some
kincls 1)~ root-rut tings ; 1 by seeds when securable. For the propagation
of 31. clrilfis x*ar. .-1ipi, see Cassaw.
Maranta. *IiWYl?l ffWW.
In~rc~asrxl I,)* tli\-ision of the crowns in spring. Cuttings may be
potted in eclu;~l part:5 of loam, leaf-mold, sharp sand and a small
part of broken charc*oal. Some of the plants known as maranta are
properly specks of calathea, which see.
Marguerite, or Paris Daisy (Chr?lRnnth,rn?urn ,fr7rfcsccns and C.
(i,lI~th~~~~lill,,l). Co in posita?.
Increased t)y seeds or cuttings, as described for chrysanthemum,
which see.
Marica. Iritlacm.
Handled by division of rhizomes started under glass or with
bottom heat.
Marrubium (Horehound). Lahiccfce.
Increased by seeds, i :I early spring, or division. Seeds of horehound
(N. rulqnrr) should give good plants the following year for cutting.
Marsdenia. A sclP piadactw.
Cuttings made in spring when t‘he plants are pruned, struck under
glass.
Martynia (Unicorn Plant). Marf,zpiarpce.
Raisfhcl frorll steels, sown where the plants are to grow, or started
under glass in the North; frost-tender annuals.