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French, for nearly one hundred years, and it 
has so far become naturalized in “ our climate, 
that it springs from seeds of its own scatter¬ 
ing,” and its delightful odour has thus been 
conveyed from the parterre of the prince to 
the humble garden of the cottager. 
“ The odour exhaled by this little flower is 
thought by some to be too powerful for the 
house ; but even those persons, we presume, 
must be delighted with the fragrance which it 
throws from the balconies into the streets of 
London, giving something like a breath of 
garden air to the ‘close pent man,’ whose 
avocations will not permit a ramble beyond 
the squares of the fashionable part of the 
town.” 
What, are the casements lined with creeping herbs, 
The prouder sashes fronted with a range 
Of orange, myrtle or the fragrant weed, 
The Frenchman’s darling ? 
Linnaeus compares its perfumes to those 
of ambrosia : and it is sweeter and more pe¬ 
netrating at the rising and setting of the sun 
than at noon. 
The mignonette has found its way into the 
armorial bearings of an ancient Saxon fa¬ 
mily ; and the following romantic story is said 
to have introduced this fragrant little flower 
to the Pursuivant at Arms; — 
“The Count of Walstheim was the fa¬ 
voured aspirant for the hand of Amelia de 
