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weather there must be a protection of mats to keep out 

 frost, but give air and sun as soon as they begin to vege- 

 tate. The bloom will be much more perfect and continue 

 for a much longer time if screened by an awning, as the 

 flowers begin to expand. The hot mid-day sun will soon 

 spoil the bloom. 



RESEDA. — MiGXONETTE. 



[From, resedo, to calm, to appease. The Latins thought it useful as a topical 

 application in external bruises. J 



" No gorgeous flowers the meek Reseda grace, 

 Yet sip with eager trunk yon busy race 

 Her simple cup, nor heed the dazzling gem 

 That beams in Fritillaria's diadem." 



Reseda Odorata. — Common Mignonette. — This fragrant 

 hardy annual is too well known to need any description. 

 A bed of it should be found in every garden. It con- 

 tinues to bloom and send forth its sweetness all the sea- 

 son. Self-sown plants begin to produce flowers in June. 

 The plants are in great demand in and about London and 

 other great cities, being sold in pots and in bouquets. 

 Some idea of the extent of its cultivation may be derived 

 from the fact, which I heard from a creditable London 

 seedsman, that he alone sold a ton and a half of the seed 

 yearly. 



To obtain plants for blooming from December to Febru- 

 ary, a sowing should be made in July in the open ground, 

 and the plants potted in September. The crop for March, 

 April and May, should be sown not later than the twen- 

 ty-fifth of August ; the plants of this sowing will not 

 suflfer by exposure to rain whilst they are young ; they 

 must, however, be protected from early frosts, like the 

 winter crops. The third crop should be sown in pots 

 the last of February. Thus, by attending to the sowing 



