. Plant culture; a working handbook of every day practice for all who grow flowering and ornamental plants in the garden and greenhouse. anged in large, drooping racemes. M. magnificais the species most commonly seen. Culture. Give plenty of light but not too strong in sharp sand and fibrous loam with a little charcoal freely, but be sure to provide good drainage. A temperatureof 68 degrees is necessary at night while in active growth. Propagation. Cuttings root well when placed in a pot of loosemoss, in a warm frame, or on a well-shaded bench of a warm house. METROSID
. Plant culture; a working handbook of every day practice for all who grow flowering and ornamental plants in the garden and greenhouse. anged in large, drooping racemes. M. magnificais the species most commonly seen. Culture. Give plenty of light but not too strong in sharp sand and fibrous loam with a little charcoal freely, but be sure to provide good drainage. A temperatureof 68 degrees is necessary at night while in active growth. Propagation. Cuttings root well when placed in a pot of loosemoss, in a warm frame, or on a well-shaded bench of a warm house. METROSIDEROS. These plants are grown for their showyred and white flowers and their long stamens. M. robusta and are two of the better known species. Culture. They thrive under conditions suited to Acacias. Propagation. By cuttings struck in early Spring. MIMOSA. It is always interesting to have a small bed of sen-sitive plants. One can be made cheaply, as there are enough avail-able plants for the purpose, such as the common sensitive plantsM. pudica and M. sensitiva. Sclirankia uncinata is found plentifully 136 PLANT CULTURE. Boston Yellow Marguerite, or Paris Daisy, in a 7-in. pot. See page 145 GREENHOUSE AND CONSERVATORY PLANTS 137 in the Southern States. For five or ten cents we get packets of seedsof the Moving Plant Desmodium gyrans. When Oxalis sensitiva andO. dendroides are touched with the finger the leaflets fall pudica, on the other hand, when touched, closes are several other sorts, but the above number is enough tomake this bed very popular, especially among school children. Culture. The culture is of the easiest. Propagation. All are easily raised from seeds offered byEuropean seedsmen. MONSTERA. There are several excellent house plantswhich are very little known, on account of the difficulty experiencedin propagating them in sufficient quantities. Among the best ofthis class is the Monstera, a subject almost unique in the plantkingdom, o
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