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360 THE NURSERY-MdhTUAL
Mertensia (Lungwort.). i%mx~in~rcc~c~.
Swds art: sown as soon as ripe or the following spring. Established
plants ma)’ IW diviclcvi, althongl~ this is not ad\.isal)le.
Mesembryanthemum (Fig-iClarigold , Ice-Plant). A isoczr~~.
Propngatd easil~~ 1jy seeds sown under glass ; by pieces cut off
and laid in the sun two or three days and then put in sand as
cuttings. The common ice-plant (M. crystalZ,inzm) is grown as an
annual from sty+.
Mespilus (~lcdlnr). I(osacm.
Sto&s :tre gtt’o\vn from stratified seeds, and the plant may be
\vorktd on these, the thorn and the quince. Seeds sometimes lie
cforrn;!!lt lInti the st~(~nd year.
Metrosideros (Bottk-Brudl). dl!lrfacP~.
Scccls and cuttings. The florist’s plants so named are increased
1 b,\r cuttings of the Toung growth in early spring, set out in good soil
at the end of Ma)-.
Michelia. Jlcrg?tc~liircr’i.P.
Propagated 11~ stvds and cuttings of ripened wood in summer
or fall, in sancl urtrler glass, one or two leaves being left on. Seeds
iit? handled as in magnolia, to which the species are often referred.
Miconia, or Cyanophyllum. nl~,lnsf(,~zrnrrn.
Increased 1)~ scvl ; by cuttings or eyes of firm wood in sand, with
bott,oni heat and shaded from the sun ; itlS0 11y ringing the tops of
old plants and covering with sphagnum moss ; when roots appear,
st’\‘c’r froni tlltl Old I.)lilIlt iln(l pot 011.
Mignonette (Kvsvd~~ crtlornfn). Kcs~dmve.
Grown from seeds, which nlay he started indoors in spring or
sown in ihri 0pt’Ii kvhere the plants art‘ to remain. For florist’s use as
a crop for winttbr ant1 spring and early summer bloom under glass,
the seeds arc started for succession early in *July, August- a.nd
Septcmher. Plants of the Septcmher sowing should bloom till the
following nlidsutnmer and supply seed for resowing. Seeds are
usually sown on the benches where the plants are to bloom, several
of tlkcnk clroppt*( ! itt points akit 6 by 8 inches ; all but two to four
are removed 11)r t llinning. The mignonette is annual, usually
classed among the hardy kinds.