284 EEPORT ON ANNUAL STOCKS. 



The seeds were in this case sown on April 9th in frames. The 

 plants were " pricked out" and hardened off in the usual way, and 

 were finally planted out for flowering on a prepared south 

 border. They were examined and reported on during the first 

 and second weeks of August while in the height of their 

 bloom. 



The classification proposed for the various kinds of Annual 

 Stocks, which were the only ones brought under the notice of the 

 Committee, is as follows : — 



§ 1. Ten-weeks' OR German. 

 In this group, the plants grow about a foot in height ; the 

 habit is dwarf, compact, and branching below ; and the inflor- 

 escence consists of a longer central spike and shorter lateral ones. 

 The choicer kinds in the collection, falling under this head, 

 belong to two subdivisions, one of which has been called by the 

 seedsmen " large-flowered," in contradistinction to those in which 

 the blossoms are of the usual or average size. The most desir- 



(c) Flowers of usual or average size. 



" Dwarf White " (Carter) : white. 



" Eed-brown " (Carter) : dull deep brownish-red or chocolate. 



" Carmine dwarf " (Carter) : light rose-colour. 



" Dark Violet " (Carter) : deep violet-purple. 



•' Chamois " (Carter) : pale coppery-pink. 

 , " Flesh-coloitr dwarf " {C-axter) : pale blush. 



{b) Flowers above average size. 

 *' Dark Blue " (Carter) : a kind of reddish-purple. 

 " Liuht Blue '■' (Carter) : pale purple or bluish-lilac. 

 " Carmine " (Carter): light rose-colour, 

 " Rose " (Carter) : deep rosy-pink or peach blossom. 

 " White " (Carter) : white, tolerably pure. 

 " Crimson " (Carter) : rather deeper rose than the sort 

 called " Carmine." 



§ J>. Dwarf Ten-weeks'. 

 This group has the habit and characteristics of § 1 ; but the 

 ilants are dwarfer, averaging about 9 inches in height, and they 

 re also more branched. The variety sent as " Dwarf Crimson" 



