A Little Maryland Garden 45 
I have sown mignonette in both large and 
small pots, the former for the dining-room 
window. It has a deep recessed sill, an ideal 
place for pots of plants. In winter it has the 
sun all day. In summer a tall, deciduous 
tree on the lawn without filters the light 
to a green shade, and the south breeze 
stirs the white sash curtains, and the garden 
seems to come into the room over the sill, 
with the pots of plants. 
I have always before grown the old-fash- 
ioned, sweet mignonette, with small, dull flow- 
ers. This year I am trying the ‘‘Gabrielle,”’ 
recommended by Vaughan as one of the 
best, very sweet-scented, with thick red 
spikes. The mignonette in the tiny pots 
is to be transferred straight to the border. 
It cannot bear to have its roots disturbed, 
but handled in this way it does not suffer 
from the change, and one has the advantage 
of an early start. 
Some seeds of Burbank’s cactus dahlias 
are coming up. They are strong, healthy- 
looking plants, of a vivid green. Their 
