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XCIV. Account of the Method of raising Mignonette in 

 Pots, in succession through the year, as practised in the 

 Vicinity of London. By Mr. George Rishon, of the 

 Bedford Nursery, Bloomsbury. 



Read July 1, 1817. 



Th e demand for Mignonette in pots, at all seasons of the 

 year, is so considerable, that particular attention has been 

 given to the cultivation of this fragrant annual, by many of 

 the gardeners who supply the London market, and as the 

 same method may be with ease applied to raising it in 

 private gardens, the following detail of the practice is of- 

 fered to the Horticultural Society, in the hope that it may 

 be considered useful. 



To obtain fine plants, strong and ready to blow, during 

 the winter, and through the months of January and Febru- 

 ary, the seed should be sown in the open ground the end 

 of July; by the middle of September, the plants from this 

 sowing will be strong enough to be removed into pots ; for 

 a week after this removal, they must be shaded, after which 

 they may be freely exposed to the sun and air, care being 

 taken to protect them by frames from damage by heavy 

 rains, and from injury by early frosts, until the beginning 

 of November, at which time many of them will shew their 

 flowers ; and they should then be removed to a green-house, 

 or conservatory, or to a warm window in a dwelling-house, 

 where they will branch out and continue to blow until the 

 spring. 



