. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. MESPILUS MICHAUXIA 1009 Medlars are easily raised from seeds, althougii seeds (like those of Crataegus) may not germinate the first year. On these stoolvs the named varieties may be grafted or budded. Medlars may also be worked on pear, thorn (Cratregus) or quince. The Dutch or Hol- landish and the Nottingham a
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. MESPILUS MICHAUXIA 1009 Medlars are easily raised from seeds, althougii seeds (like those of Crataegus) may not germinate the first year. On these stoolvs the named varieties may be grafted or budded. Medlars may also be worked on pear, thorn (Cratregus) or quince. The Dutch or Hol- landish and the Nottingham are the leading varieties. The fruit of the former is often 23-2 Inches in diameter. The latter is much smaller, but is better in quality. There is also a seedless variety. M. ffrandiflbra. Smith {'M, Smithii, DC), is Cratsegus grand!- flora (see p, 307). Gn. 22, p. 103 luid 3i, p. (i(3. l_ pj_ 3^ MESQUIT of Mexico is Prosopis juliflora (Legumi- nos^). A picture of a Mesquit forest is shown in G. F. 1:11C. METROSIDf;ROS (Greek, heart of iron; this and other genera of the Myrtle family are called ironwoods). Myrt(icexv. About IS species of trees and shrubs, rarely climbers, mostly natives of the Pacific islands from New Zealand to Hawaii. They belong to the class of Austra- lasian shrubs whose chief beauty lies in tbeir long red anthers. They are somewhat grown for a fancy Easter trade by florists, largely from imported stock. In Metrosideros the flowers are borne in dense 2- or 3-f orked cymes, while in Callistemon they are borne in spikes. Leaves mostly opposite: petals 5, spreading; stamens 1 inch or more long, much longer than the petals. The species described below are coolhouse shrubs, and are rarely grown outdoors in the South. Apparently the commonest of the Bottle Brushes in the trade is Callistemon laneeolattts, which is passing among florists as Metrosideros florihunda and M. ro- htista. In Fig. 320 (i>age 218) the plant is shown with apparently terminal inflorescen
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