144 ANNUAL FLOWER SEEDS. 



ing to the entry in the book ; or if No. 1 be noted, plain 

 sticks will answer afterwards, if one be stuck at each end 

 of every row. In this case it would be well to leave a space 

 every ten or twenty rows, and to note the number of the 

 rows ; by this means, they can be more easily traced. 



Some species of dwarf Annuals, such as the sweet 

 Alyssum, Candytuft, Clarkia Pulchella, Mignonette, Pim- 

 pernell, and such others as grow not over a foot in height, 

 may be cultivated in small beds, either separate or two or 

 three kinds mixed together. Clarkia pulchella suits very 

 well with Mignonette, as it will thrive in moderately poor 

 soil, which is the best adapted for that plant when fragrance 

 is an object. The reason that some Mignonette has 

 scarcely any scent, is, because the soil in which it is culti- 

 vated is too rich ; and this leads me to remark farther, that 

 what som.9 call Tree Mignonette, and admire on account of 

 its fragrance, is the same variety as the ordinary kind, 

 cultivated as a perennial plant. It may be propagated by 

 cuttings, and trained so as to form a tree ; which being 

 transplanted into poor ground, will yield more fragranee 

 than when grown as an annual in a rich compost or soil. 



The best way to manage the mixed species, is to level 

 down a narrow border of rather poor soil, and sow it all 

 over with Mignonette, then with Clarkia pulchella ; when 

 the plants are up, both kinds should be thinned out equally, 

 so as to leave the plants from one to two inches apart all 

 over the bed ; these when they come into blossom will form 

 a rich mass, and have a very pretty effect, the bushiness of 

 the Mignonette hiding the naked stalks of the Clarkia. 

 The White Alyssum and Purple Candytuft, form a pleasing 

 contrast when mixed in equal proportions, and also the 

 Dwarf Scarlet and blue Pimpernell. 



The new species of Dwarf annual Phlox, Phlox Drum- 

 mondii, are described in a London Magazine as a splendid 

 sight when cultivated in patches. "Every flower, though of 

 the deepest carmine, has its petals of a pale blush colour on 

 the under side, and every petal though of the palest pink, 

 has a dark carmine spot at its base. Thus the variety of 



