. 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. MIGNONETTE MIGNONETTE loia able that no other flower is so generally grown for fra- grance. No home garden is complete without some Mignonette. It needs a cool soil, only moderately rich, shade part of the day, and careful attention to cutting the flower-stalks before the seeds are ripe. It grows 1-2 ft. high,
. 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. MIGNONETTE MIGNONETTE loia able that no other flower is so generally grown for fra- grance. No home garden is complete without some Mignonette. It needs a cool soil, only moderately rich, shade part of the day, and careful attention to cutting the flower-stalks before the seeds are ripe. It grows 1-2 ft. high, and is treated a half-hardy annual. If a sowing be made in late April, followed by a second sowing in early July, the season may be extended until severe frosts. Those who wish to have home-grown Mignonette in the window during winter may sow seeds in pots late in summer. Few flowers will prove as dis- appointing if the treatment it needs is omitted. Years ago Mignonette was one of the few fashionable flowers. Everj' florist grew a little. With the rise of florists' roses, carnations, violets and chrysanthemums 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 grown on a large scale by a few specialists. For the botanical status of Mignonette, see Seseda. C. E. HUNN. Wholesale Cultivation op 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^ along the side of rose beds or benches. Now, however, certain growers having made its cutting and seed a specialty, the result has been the j)roduction of improved strains finding such favor that the old, careless methods are abandoned. As yet, "well-grown plant
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