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mixed with the soil before sowing, and more than likely 

 this sweetly scented Hardy Annual will show its appreciation 

 of the addition by thriving. 



There are few places in a garden where Mignonette 

 would be out of place, and it ought to be sown freely in 

 patches in flower and shrubbery borders, on banks or old 

 walls, as well as in beds and in the small amount of soil 

 that finds a place at the foot of a wall between it and the 

 flagstones. The several varieties should be sown separately, 

 otherwise the stronger growers will crowd out the smaller 

 sorts. As a pot plant Mignonette is deservedly popular, the 

 Machet variety being largely used in this way for Winter 

 or early Spring flowering, but all the varieties make capital 

 specimens if one plant is grown in a 48 or 32-sized pot 

 and the growths are pinched at an early stage to induce 

 a bushy habit. 



Machet, deep red ; Bismarck, large, and deep red ; Cloth 

 of Gold, yellow ; Pearl, creamy-white ; Mile's Spiral, buff ; 

 Tom Thumb, reddish-buff ; Red King or Red Giant, dark 

 red ; Nineteen Hundred, small, free, bright yellow ; and 

 Perfection, deep red, are all excellent varieties. 



Reseda alba, 2 feet, white ; and R. luteola, i foot, yellow, 

 are other species, but they do not compare favourably with 

 the garden varieties of R. odorata for garden decoration. 



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A rare Orchid bloom can scarcely exceed the wonderful 

 beauty of colouring and the exquisite veining of a Salpi- 

 glossis [SolanacecB), though the latter loses points when lasting 

 properties are considered. For my own part I love brilliant 

 colouring in the garden, and so the many golden Composite 

 flowers, the Salpiglossis and the Zinnias, appeal strongly 

 to me. Salpiglossis sinuata is an elegant plant, the flowers are 

 large and varied in colour, and they never fail to excite 

 admiration. Unquestionably the Salpiglossis, as now im- 



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