DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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laurana a 



Mignonette, grandiflora. 



M Tall Pyramidal. 



Hardy 



s<jwn in autumn, will bloom earh' in spnng 



annual : perennial if protected ; one foot. 



Mignonette (Reseda Odorata grandiflora), large 



flowered. (See colored plate.) 



" crimson-flowered Giant, of robust habit, with 

 very large spikes of handsome, crimson flow- 

 ers of exquisite fragrance ; a free and perpetu- 

 al bloomer lo 



'• Parson's Tree, of robust growth, and well 

 adapted for green house men and florists, as 

 it affords long spikes of blossoms in great 



abundance . .. lo 



" Parson's white-flowering Giant, flowers 

 almost pure white, of great fragrance, borne 

 on spikes six inches to a foot m length. May 

 be grown as a tree or dwarf, and is especially 

 valuable for the latter mode of cultivation . . . . lo 

 " Dwarf Compact, a distinct and verj- desirable 

 variety. It forms' a dense, semi-globiilar 

 bush about ten inches high and eighteen 

 inches in diameter. The robust, vigorous 

 branches are decorated with innumerable close 

 spikes of reddish-tinted flowers, which are 

 said to be produced, without intermission, 

 from spring till late in autumn, the blooming 

 period of this being longer than in any other 

 variety, owing to the successional branching 

 growth. Highly recommended for pot culture, 



or for market purposes lo 



" Tall Pyramidal, this variety' has woody stems 

 and vigorous branches, which are clothed with 



dark green leaves and club-like spikes of flow- 



I ers ten inches long, of a fine red tinge. By 



I good culture, it grows to a height of two and 



- I a half and a breadth of one and a half feet. 



The fragrance is powerful, and in consequence 



of Its ligencus habit, the more it is cut the 



more freely it flowers, continuing to bloom till 



quite l..te in autumn. lo 



Migncr.etts, Pyramidal Bouquet, this forms a 

 dense, short pj-ramid of free growth, the nu- 

 merous branches being terminated by large 

 spikes of ifitense red /lowers^ as many as 300 

 of them being produced on one full grown 

 specimen. This variety is recomir.ended for 



pot culture, and for the open border 10 



" Miles' Hybrid Spiral, this new spiral migno- 

 nette is said to be superior to any in cultiva- 

 tion. It is of dwarf, branching habit, the 

 flower spikes often attaining a length of eight 

 to fourteen inches. By cutting the side shoots, 

 the center spike will attain a length of eight- 

 een to twenty inches. It is very hardy, well 

 adapted for market p::rposes, and the frag- 

 rance very strong and pleasant. It has at- 

 tracted much attention at th« London Flower 

 Shows, and the London agricultural papers 



notice It ver>- fararably 15 



MIMOSA— (See Sensitive Plant.) 

 MIMXJLUS. 

 Stiikingly handsome 1 ovreri «t easiftBt cultivation. 

 Perennials in the green-hoj.se. annuals in the open air. 



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Mignonette, Miies New Spiral. 



Mimulus, punctatus. 



inimitable aouble 



