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362 THE iVURt.!3ERY-dilAiVUAL
Monstera. ,d I’QCPQ.
Easily iilc I’F‘ a, sed b~v seeds and by cuttings of the stem. For
q~nhouse culture, placc~ cutting in 3-inch pot in mixture of sand,
petit and leaf-mold, plunge pot in warm propagating-bed and
cover with glass. WIen new roots form, place on bench in house
with night temperature of 55” to 70” and 80” to 85” on bright days.
see .4)‘czcvcT,
pagv 239.
Montia. ~‘o~fu/rrcrrwm.
Grown from seed sown in spring and summer where the plants
are to stand.
Moraea. Id(W!YP.
Propagation by corms and their offsets. See Iridac~~, page 339.
Morus :
SI lllhy.
Muehlenbeckia. Po~~~gorzc~ccr.
Propagated usually by cuttings under glass in early
also 1~~ seeds when obtainable.
summer;
Mulberry ( J~OI-US
SWV kinds arc’ prcxtuced by seeds, which should be handled in the
same wu>- as small-fruit seeds. Xamed va.riet.ies are multiplied by
cuttings gf the root, or of mature wood, and sometimes by layers.
The?- ma>’ 1~ cion-budded in the spring. In the South, cuttings
of the Downing nllllhcrry are used for stocks.
Tht~ comn1on white mulberry was formerly used as a stock for
namtbrl x.arichticbs, l)ut, Russian rnulberr~~ seedlings are now much
employed. The stocks may be top-xorked outdoors (as explained
above) or root-grafted in the house. The fancy varieties are commonly
crown-worked, in the house in winter, the stocks being
groKn in pots or boxes for the purpose. They are then kept under
glass until the weather permits them outdoors. By this method
choice specimcln trees are procured, but the5 are readily handled
1,~ cheaper methods. The weeping and other ornamental kinds
are worked upon the Russian mulberry.
rrllxr, AI. ~rrigra, 91. ruhra, etc.). nbaceE.
Musa (Banana. Plantain-Tree). MUKW~.
Seeds may be sown in heat during spring. Suckers are used for
those spec+s which produce them. Many of the species do not
produce sce(is frec)ly, and suckers must be relied on. These suckers
are taken from the middle of February to April lst, planted in a
compost of fillrous loam three parts, well-decayed cow-manure