. 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. 1506 RESEDA RESTREPIA. '^^^ 2088. Reseda alba. that of the old forms. It reminds one, when the flowers are fresh, more of the fragrance of ripe nectarines or apricots than of violets. It is only after the spikes have been picked and begin to wilt that one recognizes the sweet violet-like scent. The modern impro
. 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. 1506 RESEDA RESTREPIA. '^^^ 2088. Reseda alba. that of the old forms. It reminds one, when the flowers are fresh, more of the fragrance of ripe nectarines or apricots than of violets. It is only after the spikes have been picked and begin to wilt that one recognizes the sweet violet-like scent. The modern improved varieties are likely to have very little scent when forced or fed high, and in cases of excessive forcing they become nearly or quite scentless. But if we let them wilt slightly, or on sunny days after the moisture has dried up, the powerful odor becomes very apparent. The old forms seem to have the power of volatilizing the ethereal oils freely un- der normal conditions, while the more highly bred only attain this power, to its fullest extent, when the root pres- sure is reduced. Gardeners frequently assert that Mign- onette if grown in given kinds of soil will be less fragrant than when grown in certain other soils. ^^Thus Henderson, in his ^' " Handbook of Plants," states that "Mignonette should always be grown in light, sandy soils, if possible; as when grown in a rich loam it loses its ; To test this matter, a number of plants of the same variety (Im- proved Victoria) were grown in soils varying in proportion of sand and clay and amount of ma- nure as follows: Soil 1. .3 parts sand, % loam, K dung, M mortar; Soil 2. 2 sand, lloam, /^dung; Soil 3. 1 sand, 2 loara, 1 leaf- mold; Soil 4. 1 sand, 2 loam, 1 mortar, 1 dung; Soil 5. 2 loam, 1 mortar, % dung; Soil 6. Clay loam with some dissolved bone, NaNOa and charcoal; Soil 7. Loam, clay and K2SO4 (NH*)2 SO4, P2O5 and char- coal. The plants varied considerably in the rapidity and amount of thei
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