. The beautiful flower garden, its treatment with special regard for the picturesque. Written and embellished with numerous illustrations by F. Schuyler Mathews. With notes on practical floriculture by Fewkes. Floriculture. MIGNONETTE. A sweet little annual this is, which we all love; yet it does not amount to much as a color factor; still, there is that delicate yellow-green effect of its foliage, and a rusty tip to its flowers, which are exceed- side ingly valuable be }^ solferino and ma- ~ genta. I find the most satisfactory vari- ety in my own garden is IMachet. It needs sandy soil, s
. The beautiful flower garden, its treatment with special regard for the picturesque. Written and embellished with numerous illustrations by F. Schuyler Mathews. With notes on practical floriculture by Fewkes. Floriculture. MIGNONETTE. A sweet little annual this is, which we all love; yet it does not amount to much as a color factor; still, there is that delicate yellow-green effect of its foliage, and a rusty tip to its flowers, which are exceed- side ingly valuable be }^ solferino and ma- ~ genta. I find the most satisfactory vari- ety in my own garden is IMachet. It needs sandy soil, some rich miqnonette manure below, where the roots will pene- trate, an occasional drenching with the hose, and unremit- ting snips with the scissors; otherwise we will have little mignonette for our rooms. Pretty to Fill in Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938; Fewkes, A. H. Philadelphia W. A. Burpee
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