32 FLORA HISTORTOA. 



which will have a fine bold effect, even when the 

 flowers are single, and the colours should be 

 kept separate, not mixing the white with the 

 purple or the red, or these last together. We 

 have lately had introduced a pale rose-coloured 

 Stock, which is a delicate and pretty flower. The 

 cinnamon-coloured Stock is also of late impor- 

 tation, but its chief merit is novelty. 



The Annual or Ten-week Stock, Annuiis, is a 

 most valuable variety, since by its aid we can 

 replace those that may have been lost in severe 

 seasons, and if sown at three different times at 

 about a month distant, a succession of these fra- 

 grant flowers may be obtained during several 

 months. 



The earliest sowing should be made about the 

 middle of February, upon a very moderately hot 

 bed, so as just to force the plants, which must be 

 guarded against the frost ; when of a size to 

 remove, they should be transplanted into a bed 

 with a south aspect, at about four inches' dis- 

 tance, observing to water and shade them till 

 they have taken root, and in about five or six 

 weeks, they may be transplanted into the borders 

 of the flower-garden, or in clumps in the fore- 

 ground of the shrubbery. It is from these ear- 

 liest plants that the finest seeds are generally 

 obtained. 



