856 HARDY ANNUALS. 



A word as to saving seed. It is usually ripe when the 

 seed capsule begins to turn yellow ; it should then be gath- 

 ered, exposed in an airy, sunny place for a few days, to 

 allow it to become perfectly dry, and then put up in care- 

 fully labelled papers. In purchasing seed, buy nothing in 

 " fine mixed varieties," unless you wish the refuse ; for one 

 good you get a dozen poor kinds ; learn what you want, 

 and buy only that. Again, select the best varieties, and 

 buy only those ; a poor variety occupies as much room as a 

 good one. 



In autumn, when the frost has killed down the plants, 

 pull up the old stalks, and clear up the border, for the 

 season's work is done, and the next spring new seeds will 

 give you new plants. 



Watering, which is sometimes needed by delicate grow- 

 ing species, should be given from a fine rosed watering-pot, 

 either early in the morning or late in the evening. 



MIGNOXETTE (Reseda Odorata). Sow in the autumn, 

 very late, when it will vegetate the next spring, or early in 

 April. Flowers, greenish white all summer, of an exquisite 

 fragrance. Where this plant has once grown well, it will 

 come up year after year, without further care, from self- 

 sown seed. 



