. 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. JIIGXOXETTE MIUXOXETTIi 101 H able that no other flower is so generally grown for fra- ^'raiiee. No homo garden is compit^te Avitliout some Mignonette. It needs a cool soil, only moUrratyly rii-li, shade part o£ the day, and careful attention t<i i-vitting the flower-stalks before the seeds are rii)o. It gru
. 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. JIIGXOXETTE MIUXOXETTIi 101 H able that no other flower is so generally grown for fra- ^'raiiee. No homo garden is compit^te Avitliout some Mignonette. It needs a cool soil, only moUrratyly rii-li, shade part o£ the day, and careful attention t<i i-vitting the flower-stalks before the seeds are rii)o. It gruws 1-2 ft. high, and is treated as a half-hardy uiinual. If a sowing be made in late April, followed by a sowing in early July, the season may be extended until severe frosts. Those who wish to have luniie-grown Mignonette in the window during winter may sow seeds in pots late in sunnner. Few tlowers will prove us dis- appointing if the treatment it needs is omitted. Years ago JMignouette was one of tiie few fashional)Ie flowers. Every tiorist grew a little. With the rise of florists' roses, carnations, violets and ehrysantbenmnts the Mignonette lost some of its relative importance, but within recent years a new era has opened for it. It is now a highly specialized crop, being little grown by general florists, but gritwn on a large scale by a few specialists. For the botanical status of Mignonette, see Ikcaedn. C. E. IlrxN. Wholesale Cultivation' of Mignonette. —Owing to improved methods of cultivation practiced in recent years, Mignonette has become a staple in the cosmo- politan markets. A few years ago growers contented themselves with little attention to the plant, letting it take care of itself after planting the seed in a row alonir the side of rose beds or benches. Now, however, certain growers having made its cutting and seed a specialty. the result has been tiie production of improved strains finding such favor that the old, careless methods are abandoned.
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