MIGNONETTE.
Mignonotte in pots for winter and .early spring should be well attended to, by keeping the plants as near the glass an they will stand, so as to afford them all the light possible ; this is essential to prevent the growth becoming weak. l?eep the shoots tied to neat sticks, using just sufficient to prevent the plants from having an untidy appearance, and yet not too formal ; as the flowers begin to show give them manure-water, to which a little soot has been added, once a week. This will impart to the leaves a healthy green colour, similar to that which they have when well grown in the open ground, and which is so often absent in the case of plants grown in pots. Mignonette is one of the best plants that amateurs can grow for winter blooming, on account of tho length of time it will last in flower, and its adaptability for mixing with flowers of other plants used in a cut state, for room decoration, its agreeable perfume being doubly acceptable at a season when sweet flowers are scarce.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1382, 25 May 1878, Page 20
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183MIGNONETTE. Otago Witness, Issue 1382, 25 May 1878, Page 20
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