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

 what some 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 fragrance 

 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 Gilia and blue Pimpernell. 



The new species of Dwarf annual Ph'ox, Phlox Drum- 

 mondii, are described in a London Magazine as a splendid 

 sight when cultivated in abed. "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 

 colours displayed in a bed of these flowers, almost exceeds 

 description, and when they are seen under a bright sun, 

 and agitated by a gentle breeze, the effect is extraordinarily 

 brilliant." 



When seeds are intended to be sown in patches, which 

 is often done for want of an unoccupied border, the best 

 way to perform this business is, after having pulverized 

 the soil, to impress circular drills in the surface with the 

 rim of a flower pot, which may be large or small, according 

 to fancy. By sowing seeds in such circular drills, the plants 

 can be more easily traced than when scattered promiscuously 

 over the ground, and the weeds can be destroyed with less 



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