. 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 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 flowei stalks befoie the seeds are ripe It grows 1-2 tt high, and is treated as a h
. 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 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 flowei stalks befoie the seeds are ripe It grows 1-2 tt high, and is treated as a half hard) annual If a sowing be made lu late April, followed bj a second sowing in earlj July, the season niaj be extended until severe fiosts Those who wish to ha-ie homegrown Mignonette m the window during wmtei may sow seeds in pots lite ID summer Fi w tl .«. is will piu-se as dis appointing if the treatmmt i 1 !â 1 Years ago Mignonette w t si i n 1 1 flowers. E\ery floiist ^'i tl i t florists' roses, carnations \ i i ntli m iii the Mignonette lost some ot Us it liti\,eda. C. E. HUNN. Wholesale Cultivation of Mignonette. âOwing 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 phi - the side of rose bi-ds or l,.-i growers having iiiinb- it^ the result has bi-cii ; pr finding such favu- tli:ii I abandoned. As \-i i. â !! _ offered to the puM: long they will tuki : i , plants, htv !., ,. the seed in a row along Now, however, certain u' and seed a specialty, ..11 of improved strains I. cnreless methods are l-lants in pots are not I ations are that before Christmas and well fitted, since they .uuping and odoriferous are useful hous qualities. Mignonettes in beds or benches for winter-flowering will succeed in almost any soil, but the is a good, turfy loam, taken f
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