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Show The Llt'.le Darling. Somo flowers aro universal favoi itcs. Of theso the mignonette Is one Its original home wns north Afilcn from which It found Its way to Italy and then to Paris. Hero Lord Bate-mau Bate-mau met It In 1742, and, being enamored enam-ored ot It, brought somo seeds to Eng. lund, where ha was thus Ita Introducer. Intro-ducer. Delighted with Its unussuin-Ing unussuin-Ing look and cliolco fragrance, he oillod It Mignonette, or "Lltt. Darling." Dar-ling." Tho strange thing Is that though this word Is French, tho plant 1b not known by It In Franco. In' that country It Is styled lo Rcsodn odornnt, which Is, merely the Ficnch translation transla-tion of Its bclcntlflc naiuo, Reseda odorata. i |