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THE NURSERY-LIST 357for sowing tky should he incloscd in was. Srt~cllings Iqin to bearfrom the third to the sisth years.Varieties are inarc4iec1, graft,4 or burldt~l on other stocks. Inarchingfrom a l,c:Iring tree to a seedling is an old practice, butlaborious and slow. 13utltling on seedlings about a year old may beperformer1 on pot-grown stocks or on plants that have been transplantedto tk n11rstq’ row.Mangosteen (,Grrrrin icr ~Ian.go,stnrln). G~ff$~rw.Grown fror~~ seeds, and said also to strike from cuttings of ripenedshoots undtkr glass in sand. Seedlings should be protcctcd from thesun. ‘I‘hc selected forms can be inarched on seedlings of mangosteenand 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 ; somekincls 1)~ root-rut tings ; 1 by seeds when securable. For the propagationof 31. clrilfis x*ar. .-1ipi, see Cassaw.Maranta. *IiWYl?l ffWW.In~rc~asrxl I,)* tli\-ision of the crowns in spring. Cuttings may bepotted in eclu;~l part:5 of loam, leaf-mold, sharp sand and a smallpart of broken charc*oal. Some of the plants known as maranta areproperly 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 withbottom 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 underglass.Martynia (Unicorn Plant). Marf,zpiarpce.Raisfhcl frorll steels, sown where the plants are to grow, or startedunder glass in the North; frost-tender annuals.