88 ON THE CULTURE OF THE TREE MIGNIONETTE. 



With respect to the breaking of Tulips, there seems to be no 

 certain method. The most successful cultivators, whose remarks 

 I have read, could never depend upon any one of their methods. 

 The best way seems to be, a frequent change of soil and situation. 



John Banton. 



Leigh, Rutland, Jan. 1st, 1835. 



ARTICLE VII.— On the Culture of the Tree Mignionette 

 (Receda odorata) . By W. K. 



Having received much useful information from the perusal of 

 your excellent Magazine, I shall feel great pleasure in imparting 

 a little of the results of my experience ; and not having as yet 

 seen in your pages any treatise on the Tree Mignionette, which 

 is an excellent substitute if the Seedling Mignionette should 

 chance to damp off, the following may perhaps be useful to some 

 of your numerous readers, if you think well to insert it : — 



Sow in March a few seeds of common Mignionette, in 48 or 

 32-sized pots, in a compost of hazel loam, leaf mould, and sharp 

 sand ; place them in a cucumber-frame, where there is a good 

 moist heat ; when they have made about four leaves, pull up all 

 but one strong plant in each pot ; as that grows, pinch off all side 

 shoots. When the plant is drawn up by heat and moisture to the 

 height of about 1 1 inches, it will shew its blossom, which must 

 be nipped off. Let it be tied carefully to a stick with bass, and 

 removed for about a fortnight longer to a melon-frame. It will 

 soon produce another shoot near the top, which must be led up the 

 stick, and all side shoots cleared off about 18 inches up the stern ; 

 the base leaf left as before, to assist the stem. Remove it to the 

 greenhouse, and place it in a very airy situation. In the autumn, 

 it will put out a quantity of shoots from the top and sides. It 

 will flower through the winter, and furnish nosegays all the spring. 



W. K. 

 Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Jan. 10th, 1835. 



