ON FLOWER GARDENS. a 
ON GROWING MIGNONETTE AS A TREE AND 
BY CUTTINGS. 
BY C. W. F. 
Tuts old and deservedly favourite flower is most generally grown 
during the summer months in the gardens, but for winter bloom in 
pots, either in a greenhouse or the window of a sitting-room, by sowing 
the seed about August or September, The plan I adopted last year, 
and which I now wish to bring before your notice, is, that of growing 
itas a tree; it is as follows:—About May seeds were sown in small 
pots; a few weeks after the plants made their appearance, the strongest 
one amongst them in each pot was retained, the others thrown away ; 
after some time the plants, having made great growth, were trans- 
planted into larger sized pots, in a mixture of loam, leaf mould, and 
sand, with good drainage ; again another shifting was found necessary. 
During this time of the plant’s growth all flower buds and lateral shoots 
that appeared were cut off until December, when the plants having 
attained by this time five feet in height they were allowed to produce 
flower buds. About Christmas a profuse bloom was on them, which 
continued to May and June, admired by all who saw them for their 
beautiful growth and perfume. I have now one of these plants, which 
has thus blown again, coming into flower, and which, no doubt, will 
bloom throughout the winter. Those persons who have never grown 
Mignonette as a tree, I would strongly recommend the plan I adopted, 
and they will be well rewarded. As to the plants grown by me from 
cuttings put in about July and August, they were in strong healthy 
bloom for several months during the winter, in a compost similar to 
the foregoing; after which, in April, they were turned out of the pots 
into the garden, where they continued flowering the whole summer. 
I have now five plants from cuttings put in as late as September, and 
which, I have no doubt, will bloom beautifully. I would remind those 
who may be desirous to grow Mignonette in pots that there must be 
good drainage and moderate watering. 
ON FLOWER GARDENS. 
Our object in calling attention to these things at the present time, 
is to suggest the propriety of commencing a reformation of our 
flower-garden management at the proper season; and as, by the time 
these remarks meet the public eye, it will be the season to commence 
the propagation of plants for the coming season of 1849, we would 
insist upon the following general principles being attended to. First, 
with reference to the form of the garden itself; if it is proposed to 
make any alterations in its form, let the plans and arrangements be 
made at once, and after you have convinced yourself of the propriety 
of the design, lay it down in a temporary manner on a bed of sand, 
aud then fill each bed with flowers of the same colour which you think 
of planting the beds with next season; recollecting, that if the beds 
are large, each may be edged with its complementary colour—as, 
searlet with white, orange with blue, yellow with purple, and the 
