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or three of the number are characterised by fine qualities 

 of colour, growth, and perfume. The most distinct of the 

 varieties are the following : — Parson's White has white 

 flowers, and for that reason is interesting; another of the 

 same class is Garraway's White. These are of quite 

 secondary importance ; they are scarcely white enough to 

 attract attention, and they are somewhat deficient in con- 

 stitutional vigour. Miles's Spiral has the yellowish-brown 

 flowers of the common sort, but a fine, compact habit of 

 growth, the flowers appearing in numerous bold spiral 

 clusters. The Tall Pyramidal is of vigorous habit, and 

 well adapted for pot culture to form handsome specimens. 

 The very best of the series is the one called Golden Queen. 

 This is of dwarf, but robust, habit ; the flowers are of the 

 colour known as " old gold," and a well-grown bed or 

 clump has a distinct and pleasing appearance. 



The most useful form of mignonette is in small pot 

 specimens, which may be destroyed after one season of 

 flowering. The seed may be sown at any time; but the 

 usual time of sowing is the month of August. About 

 half a dozen seeds are sown in a five-inch pot, the soil 

 employed being a rich, light, loamy compost. When the 

 plants appear, all but the three strongest are removed. A 

 light, warm, airy place in the greenhouse is selected for 

 the plants, which soon make a healthy growth, and flower 

 from Christmas until late in the spring, giving from first 

 to last the least imaginable amount of trouble, and proving 

 their usefulness by the delight of every one who can see or 

 smell them. When large specimens are required, the seed 

 should be sown in three-inch pots, and one plant only left 

 in the pot to grow. This must be shifted into a five-inch 

 pot as soon as it needs more root room, and again to a six 



