278 ON RAISING MIGNONETTE FROM CUTTINGS. 



Where there is not the convenience of a stove, I would recommend 

 that the plants be kept in the greenhouse till the buds are well set ; 

 and should this happen so late that there are but two or three weeks 

 for them to have the advantage of the open air, still setting them out 

 will be found highly serviceable. 



If the foregoing particulars are attended to, the evil spoken of at 

 page 215 of the sixth volume of the Floricultural Cabinet will 

 be of very rare occurrence, for the roots are emitted in such abun- 

 dance as completely to fill the pots ; and instead of being liable jo 

 perish from over- watering, it will be almost impossible to give them 

 enough, the close mass of thirsty roots absorbing an almost incredihle 

 quantity of moisture. Treated as above described, all the species 

 and varieties of this splendid tribe will answer the most sanguine 

 wishes and expectations of the cultivator ; and I think it is impos- 

 sible to bloom some of the sorts properly, as Phcenicea, Smithii, and 

 others, under any other mode of treatment : — instead of producing 

 here and there a flower, as is commonly the case, the Phcenicea will 

 be one entire mass of bloom, expanding its brilliant purple flowers 

 from two and a half to three inches across, and commanding the 

 admiration of all who behold it. 



Where it is required, and the stock of plants is sufficient, the 

 blooming season may be protracted from September till June. 



ARTICLE VIII. 



ON RAISING MIGNONETTE FROM CUTTINGS, 



BY A PRACTICAL LADY AMATEUR. 



Being very short of Mignonette this year, though I had sown a 

 quantity, I was induced this July to try the experiment of a few 

 cuttings in transplanting, from the border to some boxes. I have 

 had the pleasure to see the cuttings thrive, equally as well as the 

 plants with roots. The Mignonette was sown in an open border, 

 and the boxes the cuttings were put inco were at a window with a 

 north aspect. As soon as the state of the ground will allow of it, I 

 purpose to repeat the experiment in the open border. 



