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fifteen good spikes. The mignonette is a 

 cool-loving plant, and it is said that plants 

 grown in a cool temperature will produce 

 more fragrant flowers than those grown 

 in a warm temperature. 



I have never grown, nor have I seen, 

 snapdragon (^Antirrhinum majus) in the 

 house, but I would not hesitate to try it. 

 In a cool greenhouse it is almost as easy to 

 grow as weeds. It can be had in beau- 

 tiful spikes a foot long, and in white, yellow, 

 and red. 



For flowers the following winter, sow the 

 seed in July, or early in August, and grow on 

 the plants as rapidly as possible, shifting 

 them from the two inch pots in which they 

 are started to four inch, and, later, five or 

 six inch, when they demand it. 



THE LOVELY CYCLAMEN 



No plant gives better satisfaction than the 

 Persian cyclamen (C, latifolium). It is well 

 worth trying in the window garden. Its 

 flowers last a long time in good condition, 

 and it has a wealth of colour. The flowers 

 are very curiously shaped, reminding one of 

 its relative the shooting star (Dodecatheon). 



