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RED CAMOMILE. See ADONIS autumhalis. 

 EED MOROCCO. See ADONIS autumnalis. 



RESE'DA Mignonette (from L. resedo, to calm ; because 

 it was supposed to allay pain). Nat. Ord. 



Resedacece. 



Mignonette is too well known to require much 

 description. Its fragrance alone made it one of 

 the most popular plants ever introduced. It is a 

 native of the Mediterranean shores, both on the 

 Italian and Spanish side, and also on the African. 



The wild form, however, has been vastly 

 improved since it became to be cultivated in 1752. 

 In places it is perennial, but is invariably reared 

 annually from seed, and the varieties come true to 

 name. The principal distinction between these 

 garden varieties consists as much in the habit of 

 growth as in colour, that being usually red, yellow, 

 or white, and not in any sense brilliant or showy. 

 Some are more or less prostrate plants while others 

 are erect growing, the most improved forms pro- 

 ducing an abundance of immense pyramidal flower 

 spikes. As a pot plant it is excellent, and for the 

 London market large quantities are grown, chiefly 

 the strain known as Machet. 



R. odorafta is the wild plant and the origin of all 

 the improved garden varieties. 1752. 



R. odora'ta Bismark is one of the latest produc- 

 tions. It is a robust plant with immense 

 flowers, double the size of the market variety 

 Machet, and deep red. Height 1 ft. 



