as well as a dwarf, very large-flowered whitish lilac form, found 

 their way into general horticulture from being at first purely 

 local strains. A branching blood-red annual Stock is also grown 

 with profit. 



Mignonette is in great demand in the South, as well as 

 everywhere else. It is grown under screens, just in the same 



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way as the hardier class of Pinks. It is sometimes pinched by 

 frost. The large " Pyramidal " and " Machet " varieties are the 

 only kinds in use. 



Many more herbaceous plants are occasionally grown for 

 their flowers on the Riviera ; but very few besides those 

 enumerated above constitute a real article of trade. I must, 

 however, make an exception for Violets, which will be mentioned 



