168 Rvery Day in My Garden 



port them by a second hoop like the first. 

 Let them bloom ; but take off the seed pods 

 before they have time to form, or the plant 

 may perish. It will not be long before new 

 shoots will appear just below the places where 

 the flowers were. From among these new 

 shoots, choose the one on each branch which 

 is in the best situation to replace what you 

 have nipped off. Little by little, the princi- 

 pal stalk, and also the branches, will become 

 woody, and your mignonette will no longer 

 be an herbaceous plant, except at its upper 

 extremities, which will bloom all the year 

 without interruption. It will be truly a tree 

 mignonette, living for an indefinite period; 

 for, with proper treatment, a tree mignonette 

 will live twelve to fifteen years. I have seen 

 them in Holland double this age. — A news- 

 paper clipping of about 1860. 



