288 GARDEN PLANTS. PART IT. 



2. E. Arkansanum. Like 'the above, but with pale yellow 

 heads of flowers, bearing rather too great a resemblance to those 

 of the Turnip or Mustard. 



Heliophila. 



H. arabioides. A small plant, bearing small, brilliant blue, 

 not very remarkable flowers, rather pretty ; grown in pots. Sow 

 in October. 



Schizopetalon. 



S. Walkeri. A small plant bearing exceedingly pretty, pure 

 white, deliciously-fragrant flowers, with the petals cut in a most 

 curious way. It likes a light sandy soil, and should be sown in 

 the spot where it is to remain, as it bears transplanting very ill ; 

 it is of delicate habit, and in this country very apt to perish 

 just as the flowers are about to expand. Sow in October ; blossoms 

 by the end of January. 



RESEDACE.E. 



Reseda. 



R. odorata MIGNONETTE. No particular directions need be 

 given for the culture of this familiar, sweet-scented plant, except 

 that it bears transplanting ill, and that the seed should be sown 

 in October thinly in patches where the plants are to remain. 

 It may be kept alive and in blossom a very long time, if the 

 flower-heads be cut off when they begin to form seed-vessels. It 

 will succeed in nearly any soil, and in gardens where it has been 

 grown one season it will come up self-sown the following. 

 Several fine varieties have been raised of late producing exceed- 

 ingly large trusses of flowers, some white and some of a deep 

 dull red. 



To form what is called the Tree-Mignonette, Mr. Cuthill 

 directs as follows : 



" Sow in a four-inch pot. When up, clear off all the plants but 

 the one in the centre. As it grows, train it upwards to a stick, 

 until it is a foot high, or two, if you please. Do not allow any 

 side shoots to grow on the stem, and remove all leaves to within a 

 few inches of its top. When the plant gets as high as you wish 

 top it, and then it will throw out side branches. As they advance 

 pinch off their tops, till you have formed a nice bushy head to your 



