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been visited by disease and lost many of their tubers. In 

 this loam, then, enriched as it is by vegetable mould, plant 

 the roots about the middle of February two inches below the 

 surface, and press the earth close about them. When they 

 come up keep them clear of weeds, and as they break the 

 ground loose about them crumble it, and keep it pressed 

 close round them. Water them freely in hot weather, and 

 the instant they show the colour of their blooms keep the 

 sun off: they will very well repay the trouble. When the 

 flowers are over, and the leaves are turning yellow, take up 

 the tubers, and keep them out of ground till planting time. 

 Common sorts are planted in the autumn, but the best in 

 February. They may be raised from seeds in the same way 

 as Anemones. 



RELHANIA. [Corapositae.] Greenhouse evergreen 

 shrubs. Light peat and loam. Cuttings in sand under a 

 bell-glass. R. squarrosa and R. genistifolia flower yellow 

 in May. 



RESEDA. Mignonette. [Resedacese.] The botanical 

 name of the Mignonette is Reseda odorata. This universally- 

 admired annual is one of the most controllable of all plants. 

 No matter when it is sown or where — in the smoky atmosphere 

 of London, the free air of the suburban villa, the green boxes 

 that stand outside the window, the border of the pavement, 

 the pent-up pots in the London markets — it is obedient. 

 Sow the seeds, and the plant, bloom, and seed soon reward 

 us. It may be sown four times a year with advantage in 

 boxes, pans, or pots, and may be planted out anywhere three 

 or four in a patch. It may be sown in pots, and be thinned, 

 the plants taken out being transplanted somewhere else. If 

 in winter the pots must be kept in the greenhouse, or in pits, 

 or frames with glasses ; if in summer they may be in the 

 open air. No plants will bear rougher treatment; none 

 sooner show when they have been removed to better soil. 

 Mignonette is nothing to look at except by means of a 

 magnifying glass ; it makes no show, but its scent, which has 

 no superior among all the fragrant flowers of the garden, will 

 always secure for it a place in the most recherche collections. 

 Scatter the seed upon the borders ; let the plants come up 

 like weeds ; they are acceptable anywhere — everywhere. It 



