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of nourishment required to perfect tlic seed-vessels 

 and the seeds, and the vital principle of the germ also 

 rests in the trunk and branches until it is drawn 

 forth by the various parts of fructification, which is 

 prevented, by separating these parts from the 

 branches ; consequently, the juices are forced inta 

 other directions, and form a second attempt to ex~ 

 pand themselves, agreeabl}? to their various nature. 



Some florists, who considered the Tree Migno- 

 nette as a distinct species of the Reseda, obtained 

 seeds of the Tree Mignonette from their seedsmen,, 

 who, considering it was the tall-growing Reseda, 

 Lutea, sent such, which, after having been nursed 

 up with care and potted with attention, proved to 

 be only the common Reseda, or Dyer's Weed of 

 our fields. 



It is frequently observed that the seeds of the 

 Sweet Reseda, which scatter themselves in the 

 autumn, produce finer plants than those that are 

 sown in the spring, which should teach us to sow a 

 part of our seed at that season of the year, when, if 

 not successful, it may be repeated in the spring, 

 and we have generally found those self-sown plants 

 most productive of seed. 



To procure early-flowering plants of Migno- 

 nette, the seeds should be sown in pots or boxes 

 in the autumn, and kept in frames through the 

 winter ; but when this is omitted, the plants may 



