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great check when finally removed. In re-plunging, give them sufficient 

 room to prevent their being drawn : they will require great attention till the 

 beginning of May, when they will, if properly managed, be in good condi- 

 tion for removing to tlie greenhouse. The next sowing should be made the 

 latter end of March; the same compost as above mentioned should be used 

 for this sowing ; the same sized pots should be used, and the same number 

 of plants allowed to remain in each pot; and the treatment already men- 

 tioned should be followed by the beginning of May. If tlie frames are 

 wanted for other purposes, the pots may be plunged in some shady place in 

 the open air; tliey will come into bloom the latter end of June. Other suc- 

 cessional sowings may be made about tlie latter end of May and the 

 middle of July ; these may be placed in a sheltered spot out of doors, and 

 with attention to watering, thinning, and tying, as above mentioned, they 

 will come into bloom the beginning of August, and the middle of October. 

 The last of these sowings should be removed to a frame as soon as there 

 appears danger of frost. The next sowing, which is to provide plants for 

 blooming through the winter months, should be made the first week m Sep- 

 tember. Great attention is necessary at this time, to prevent them from 

 damping off, as mignonette is very liable to damp off" in dull weather, and is 

 lilcewise very impatient of water, which should be applied in tlie morning : 

 then the foliage will become dry before night. For this sowing I should 

 use smaller pots — giving them good drainage — and use the compost pre- 

 viously recommended. In preparing the frame for them, it should be raised 

 well behind, so that it may incline nicely towards the south, for the purpose 

 of gaining tlie benefit of the sun ; the bottom of tlie frame should be covered 

 with old rubbish of any kind , over this tlirow a lot of rough coal ashes, and 

 on tliis place six or seven inches of sifted ashes. It must be arranged so 

 that when the pots are plunged they may not be more than ten inclies from 

 the glass. When the seeds are vegetated, give as much air as possible, and 

 the plants will begin to flower the latter end of November, and keep in good 

 condition for more than two montlis. The last sowing should be made the 

 latter end of September or beginning of October, using the same sort of soil 

 and pots, and preparing the frame in the same manner as directed for the 

 last. Great care must be taken in every respect, and by the latter end of 

 February the plants will begin flower. The glass must be covered every 

 night with mats, and some long litter put round the frame, to prevent tlie 

 frost from injuring the plants. In being thinned, the plants should be left 

 as near one size as possible in each pot, keeping the largest in some and the 

 smallest in others ; this will give a longer succession of bloom. If these re- 

 marks be attended to, a regular supply of mignonette will be insured. — 

 John MacArdell, Foreman, Castle Hill Gardens. [We append tlie fol- 

 lowing, being the remarks of an experienced mignonette grower in the 

 neighborhood of London.] — The mignonette sown in September and kept in 

 cold frames, and protected from rain and frost, with as much light and air 

 as can be given through the winter, will be in flower early in April, and 

 will be much stronger, hardier, and earlier in flower than tliat sown in 

 spring. If it be necessary to retard the flowering of a portion of the crop, 



