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room for more, then any or all of the following may be added : — Eymer, 

 Wormsley Pippin, Warner's Pippin, Blenheim Pippin, Alexander, Brabant Belle- 

 fleur, Bedfordshire Foundling. — Table Apples : Kerry Pippin, King of the 

 Pippins, Cox's Orange Pippin, Ribston Pippin, Golden Keinctte, Scarlet Non- 

 pareil. If there be space for more, any of the following may be added : — Yellow 

 Ino-estrie, Aromatic Russet, Margil, Court of Wick, Court-Pendu-Plat, Reinetto 

 du Canada. — Peaks : Williams' Bonchretien, Dunmore, Beurre Clairgeau, Beurre 

 Diel, Beurre d'Aremberg, Beurre Bosc, Louise Bonne of Jersey, Easter Beurre, 

 Marie Louise. — Plums : Rivers' Early Prolific, Mitchelson's, Orleans, Victoria, 

 Pond's Seedling, Jefferson. — Cherries : May Duke, Late Duke, Black Heart, Black 

 Eagle, Elton, Bigarreau. — Gooseberries : Whitesmith, Red Warrington. — Cur- 

 rants : Red Dutch, Raby Castle, White Dutch, Black Naples. — Raspberries : Red 

 Antwerp, Fastolf, Beehive. — Strawberries : Keens' Seedling, Princess Alice 

 Maude, Dr. Hogg, President, British Queen, Eleanor, Elton. 



The amateur will not err in planting some or all of the above-named fruits, 

 if the soil and the situation of the garden be favourable. Most of them are old 

 sorts, but if they have not the charm of novelty to recommend them, they have 

 the good qualities of being free growers, and most abundant bearers. 



Stourton. M. Saul. 



SOME VARIETIES OF THE STOCK. 



G^f HAT old-fashioned yet thoroughly popular flower, the Stock, has been well 

 termed a " domestic flower," in that it has strong home associations, for 

 every small garden contains its Gilliflowers. Many cottagers make a pet of 

 the Brompton Stock, and work into very fine strains of it, for this very 

 petting of the flower is certain to become the means of its improvement. 

 The Ten-weeks is another class of Stocks that find favour with the amateur 

 gardener, and during the summer months many an allotment garden round 

 London, as well as in the suburbs of our large provincial cities and towns, are 

 gay with them, — fine double flowers, with a superb beauty and exquisite finish, 

 produced by the intelligent and persistent attention bestowed upon them. 



A great portion of the Stock seed sown in this country comes from the Conti- 

 nent, but not all, for there is much saved in England, and round London some 

 very fine strains of Brompton, Ten-weeks, and Intermediate Stocks are saved in 

 large quantities. Most of the Intermediate Stock seed that finds its way into the 

 market is of home growth, and the same may be said of the Brompton Stocks. 

 The collections of each come from the Continent. 



A few years ago I met with two splendid strains of Stocks in cultivation 

 in England, wholly of English origin, the seed being saved annually by the 

 grower. They were termed Giant Ten Weeks and Pyramidal Ten Weeks, the 

 latter being of dwarfer growth, but of a more pyramidal habit. Of the former 

 there were two colours, purple and scarlet ; the individual blooms were of great 



