24 FLORA HISTORICA. 



STOCK OR GILLYFLOWER. Mathiola. 



Natura.l Order Siliquosa^ or Crucifem: a Genus of 

 the Tetradynamia Siliquosa Class. 



" Fair is the GillyfloWr of gardens sweet." 



Gay. 



And lavish Stock, that scents the garden round." 



Thomson. 



' Bring- hcther the Pincke and Purple Cullambine, 



With Gelliflowers;' 



Spenser. 



This flower, which is now become the pride of 



every British parterre from the gay palace to the 



humble cottage, has been made the emblem of 



lasting beauty; for, although it is less graceful 



than the Rose, and not so superb as the Lily, its 



splendour is more durable, and its fragrance of 



longer continuance. It was one of the earliest 



inmates of our gardens that Avas planted by the 



Dames of Baronial Castles, and from hence it 



was formerly called Castle Gilloflower, and Dame's 



Violet, for Violet was added to the name of many 



flowers that possessed either a purple tint, or an 



