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3 Mignionette. Reseda odorata. Sow mignionette at the end of 
July, in the open ground; pot in September, and leave exposed 
till frost is expected. Take into the house, and it will flower 
during winter. Sow, a month later, and protect through winter, 
for early spring flowering. If potted singly, and trained to sin- 
gle stems, nipping off, all the early flowers as they appear, 
handsome frutescent plants will be produced. This has been 
practised, and the plants sold as a new variety, called Tree Mig- 
nionette. A correspondent of the Gardener’s Magazine No. 43, 
says he has a plant of common mignionette, in a conservatory', 
ten feet high. 
4 Transplanting Trees. The annular layers of wood, shown in 
the trunk of a tree, on cutting it through, horizontally, are 
widest on the side growing towards the south. The central 
circle will be found nearest the northern side of the tree's cir- 
cumference. The sap vessels of trees being thus naturally 
adapted to aspect, they should be placed to their respective 
cardinal points when transplanted; that is, the side which has 
been growing towards the south, should again be planted to- 
wards the south. Evelyn, in 1660, asserted, from much experi- 
ence, that one tree in an hundred would not miscarry were this 
duly observed. We can bear testimony to its importance. 
Indeed, the constricted vessels of the north, or those of more 
difiuse growth towards the south, would seem ill adapted to the 
economy of an opposite aspect. 
5 Alpine Strawberries. By picking off their first and second 
show of flower-stems, their bearing season will be delayed till 
August, and continue through the two following months. 
6 Progressive Potting. Plants which make root freely, such 
as Balsams, Coxcombs, Lobelias, Chrysanthemums, are greatly- 
encouraged in their grow th, by progressive potting ; that is, by 
planting them, whilst they are young, in very small pots; and 
when their roots begin to spread freely round the inside of the 
pot, to remove them into others, a little larger. At each re- 
moval, the ball of earth, about the roots, should be continued 
unbroken; and be increased, in the fresh pot, by a stratum of 
suitable compost, of about half an inch in thickness all round. 
Thus, the whole pot will be regularly filled with a reticulated 
mass of fibrous roots, instead of such accumulation of root be- 
ing found only against the inside surface of the pot. 
