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Maurandias can be increased either by seed or cuttings. When grown from seed, the pans or flats should be given a liberal amount of crocks, and this covered with some coarse material. For a compost use four parts new loam, two parts leaf-mold, one part sand, well mixed together. Fill the pans to about ½ inch from the top, firming the material. For covering the seeds, screen some of the compost and cover about three times the size of the seed. Water with a fine hose. Place the pans in a house with a night temperature of 60˚. Cover with glass and keep shaded until they start to germinate. When large enough to handle, pot off into 2- or 2½-inch pots, using the same compost, adding about one-fourth part of well-decayed cow-manure. When intended for the conservatory, they should be shifted along until they are in 6- or 7-inch pots. For these larger shifts use a compost of four parts of fibrous soil, one part each of cow-manure and leaf-mold, and a small amount of bone-meal. Maurandias can also be grown from cuttings taken any time after the middle of January, using an intermediate propagating-bed and grown on as above stated. For their general culture, they like a night temperature of 55° to 60° with a rise of 10° to 15° with sun heat. Water should be given when they show dryness at the roots. On bright days they should receive a good syringing to keep the foliage clean and healthy. When they have filled the soil with roots, liquid manure given about once a week will keep them vigorous. Train the shoots and give them additional room as they may require. Maurandias are largely grown for baskets, vases and the like. The most troublesome insects are red-spiders and aphids. Syringe to keep the former in check and fumigate frequently for aphids.

Maurandias can be increased either by seed or cuttings. When grown from seed, the pans or flats should be given a liberal amount of crocks, and this covered with some coarse material. For a compost use four parts new loam, two parts leaf-mold, one part sand, well mixed together. Fill the pans to about ½ inch from the top, firming the material. For covering the seeds, screen some of the compost and cover about three times the size of the seed. Water with a fine hose. Place the pans in a house with a night temperature of 60˚. Cover with glass and keep shaded until they start to germinate. When large enough to handle, pot off into 2- or 2½-inch pots, using the same compost, adding about one-fourth part of well-decayed cow-manure. When intended for the conservatory, they should be shifted along until they are in 6- or 7-inch pots. For these larger shifts use a compost of four parts of fibrous soil, one part each of cow-manure and leaf-mold, and a small amount of bone-meal. Maurandias can also be grown from cuttings taken any time after the middle of January, using an intermediate propagating-bed and grown on as above stated. For their general culture, they like a night temperature of 55° to 60° with a rise of 10° to 15° with sun heat. Water should be given when they show dryness at the roots. On bright days they should receive a good syringing to keep the foliage clean and healthy. When they have filled the soil with roots, liquid manure given about once a week will keep them vigorous. Train the shoots and give them additional room as they may require. Maurandias are largely grown for baskets, vases and the like. The most troublesome insects are red-spiders and aphids. Syringe to keep the former in check and fumigate frequently for aphids.

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