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plant a perennial existence, which has, in a great 

 measure, been accomplished, since the odorous 

 Tree Mignonette is now frequendy to be met with, 

 and which was at first supposed to have been a 

 different variety when Lady Whitshed introduced 

 it from Liege about the year 1816, and who re- 

 ceived it from M. L'Abb6 L'Arbaleste of that 

 city ; a spot made familiar to many readers, by 

 the scenes which the popular author of Quentin 

 Durward has recited as passing in that ancient 

 commercial town. 



The Mignonette is transformed into a perennial 

 shrub, which dispenses its odours at all seasons 

 of the year, by the following simple treatment : 

 a healthy young plant should be placed in a gar- 

 den-pot, with a stick of about two feet in height 

 inserted by its side to tie up its branches to as 

 it advances in height, the leaves and young 

 branches being kept stripped off from the lower 

 part, so as to form a stem to the height required. 

 This stem will become sufficiently hard and 

 woody to endure the winter, by being placed in 

 a green-house, or the window of a common sitting- 

 room, and thus preserved for several years, if air 

 is given to it whenever the weather will allow, 

 so that the young branches do not become too 

 delicate. As soon as the seed vessels begin to 



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