FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE 
, long racemes of whitish 
cultivation. What we have said concerning seed-sowing under the 
head of Malcolmia applies with equal force to Reseda, and 
indeed to all annuals: amateurs make the mistake of sowing the seed 
far too thickly. The huge trusses of bloom one sees on pot-plants of 
Mignonette in the florists’ shops are obtained by giving the roots sufficient 
room to develop, and so provide the plant with plenty of food. To crowd 
the plants so closely as is usually done must prevent root-development, 
and so starve the plant. A hundred years ago, when R. odorata was 
not so extensively grown in this country, and the seed less plentiful, it 
was customary to raise it on a hot-bed as a tender annual, and to trans¬ 
plant with a ball of earth round the roots. This plan at least ensured 
proper space being given to each plant when at last it was planted out 
m the bed or border. Another error often committed is to grow it in a 
position too fully exposed to sunshine, which results in a rapid running 
up to seed and exhaustion of the plants. The seeds should be sown 
sparingly in April or May, and light soil sifted over them. Even so, 
y , are llk fy to come up too thickly, and quite early the seedlings 
must be carefully looked over and thinned out. In June or July another 
wmg should be made, to ensure autumnal bloom. The soil should be 
thT and rather heavy, and the situation such that it is shielded from 
watered. * ^ Uring dr F weather the young plants must be 
Pot-culture. & odorata is much grown in pots for spring- 
selected snob ^ thiS pUrpOSe seed of a g° od sort should 1,0 
sixdnth’Z k Kin ?’ Garawa ^ White, or Machet. Five- or 
old mortsvr fi 8 l* filled with a compost of loam, dried cow-manure, 
^ouTd t !, D y br0kCn ' and a littk ***■ Late in August a few seeds 
frame and rim Ti F° k covered U g htl y. watered, stood in a cold 
at least art ^ i P en ^ air< The seedlings should be thinned out to 
for each the m ° at robust bein g left, and a stick inserted 
to fifty five d Wmter sboup l have a temperature of from fifty 
New Year wb ™ tl0n untl * growth becomes more active in the 
manure smrinJT 1 & ^°°? 8Upply wil1 nofc hui *t the plants. Artificial 
spangly apphed when the flowers begin to appear will tend to 
