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11. When about an inch and a half high, stop the leading shoot of 
each plant, to induce them to throw out side branches. 
12. February Sowing. —These pots must be placed in a frame, as 
recommended for the last; but they do not require so much caution 
with regard to watering, &c., because they derive, more benefit from 
the sun than those sown in autumn ; and if plenty of air be admitted 
in fine weather, and they are safely preserved from frost, there is lit¬ 
tle danger of them perishing. These may also be exposed occasionally 
to gentle showers after the plants are an inch high. 
13. April Solving _The seeds sown now require still less care 
than the last; the pots need not be placed in a frame, but on any 
warm sheltered border, where they will merely require the common 
care of hardy annuals. 
14. July Sowing. —To be successful in this sowing, plunge the 
pots up to the rim in the ground; this prevents the soil from be¬ 
coming over-dry, or the roots from being injured by the excessive 
heat of the weather. 
15. Towards the end of September or beginning of October, the 
pots must be taken up and placed in a frame, and from thence to the 
situations where they are intended to flower. 
16. Sizes of Pots. —The proper sized pots for all the sowings are 
upright 48’s. 
17. Water always with care, except when the plants are in flower, 
at which time they require a good supply. 
18. Tree Mignonette. — ( R. odorata frutescens) —This plant 
does not appear to be a distinct variety, for the common mignonette, 
kept in the greenhouse and properly trained, becomes half shrubby, 
and in every other respect, as far as our observations have gone, is 
without any character by which it may be distinguished from the 
frutescens. Our plants at Chatsworth are two feet or more high on 
the stem, and at the top form a good bushy head. 
19- Sow' seeds of the common mignonette in March, or make use 
of some of the plants of the February sowing. 
20. The pots most suitable for sowing the seed, to form the tree 
mignonette, are upright 32’s, which are about five inches wide at top, 
and about six inches deep. 
21. Place the pots in a melon or cucumber frame where there is 
a good moist heat, carefully admitting air to them as soon as they 
are up. 
22. When they have made about four leaves, or are nearly an inch 
high, thin out all the plants except two, one of which must be after- 
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