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THE N IIRSERY--LIST 359Plunge the pots in a bed with 70” to 75” bottom heat, shading themfrom the sun. Tt is best to inclose them in tight frame to avoiddrafts.Melia (China-Berry . Pride of India). Mtliacra~.Propagated by seeds, sown as soon as ripe, and sometimes bycuttings of growing wood under glass. The Texas umbrella tree(,M. Azrdcwd~ \‘ar. rtntbrcrcul~~or,mis) reproduces itself from seed withgreat regularity.Melianthus. dIt~licl~z.fhcrcIt~ce.Propagated by seeds and cutt.ings under glass.Melicocca (Genip. Spanish Lime). Sappinclaccce.Increased 1,). seeds ; and by ripened cuttings ill sand under glass.M eliosma. Snbicrcw.Propagated by seed s sown as soon as ripe ; also by layers andcutting:; of half-ripened wood under glass.Melon, Muskmelon (Cbcztnz~s Alr$o). Czccurlrifactw.Propagated by seeds, sown where the plants are to stand. In theiNorth the>* are often started under glass in pots or pieces of invertedsods or in berry boxes, SO that the plants may be transferred to theopen without cht~k or injury. Frost-tender annual vines.Melothria. C’ucurbitac-w.Easily raised from seeds sown in heat or planted in open groundwhen weather is warm.Menispermum (Moonseed). i&l ispr~?~~ acts.Propagated readily by seeds stratified and sown in spring orplanted as soon as ripe ; also by division and cuttings in spring.Mentha (Mintj. Labiafce.Propagated by cuttings and division of rootstocks ; some kindsproduce stolons or runners. Cuttings of the rootstocks of peppermintmay be planted directly in the field.Mentzelia. Lomactw.Usually treated as flower-garden annuals (often under the nameof bartonia), the seed being sown where the plants are to stand.Meratia (C’himonanthus). Ccdycanfha~ctw.Propagated by layering in autumn and seeds in spring, as forcalycanthus.