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principal varieties of this class are carmine, bright carmine, white, 

 chamois, brick-red, light pink, dark violet and sky blue. 



" Annual Ten-week Stock." This variety may be divided into 

 seven different kinds, each of which gives rise to sub-varieties. 

 They should be sown for succession from the month of February 

 onwards. Sown in heat, and pricked out under a w^arm frame, 

 they may be transplanted out of doors as soon as they are old 

 enough, and will bloom throughout May and June. For June and 

 July flowering, they should be sown in heat in March, and pricked 

 out into a cold frame. Sown in a cold frame in April and May, 

 and pricked out at once into the open ground, they will Hower in 

 August. Sovvn in August, September and October like Perpetuals, 

 and protected through the winter, they will bloom in March, 

 April and May ; so that by proper management they may be had 

 in bloom during the greater part of the year. 



" Large Flowered Ten-week Stock." This is considered to be 

 the finest of all the Ten-week Stocks. Its flowers are very large, 

 and closely resemble the large kinds of Cocardeau. They yield 

 about 75 per cent, of double varieties under careful management 

 There are more than 20 different sorts, but the following are the 

 most distinct in colour : " Extra Crimson " (first grown by Benary, 

 of Erfurt, in 1861), pearly-white, whitish-violet, carmine, pure 

 white, Parma violet, flesh-coloured, cinnamon, light brick, purplish- 

 pink and bronzed yellow. 



" Greek Ten-week Stocks." These are sown out of doors, and 

 not transplanted. They only produce one spike of bloom. By 

 sowing for succession from February to the end of June, they will 

 flower through the greater part of the year, l;>ut they are rather 

 delicate, and likely to be killed by frost. 



The '•' Erfurt Ten-week Stocks." This is the ordinary English 

 Ten-week Stock raised in Germany. The general appearance of 

 the plants is bushy, their comparatively short shoots being 

 covered with compact masses of bloom. By adopting the plan of 

 sowing for succession, they may be had in bloom nearly the whole 

 of the year. They may be made to produce 75 to 80 per cent, of 

 double kinds. There are more than 25 different varieties. The 

 following are the most distinct : snow-white, light blue, bright 

 carmine, crimson, ashy grey, pale violet, nankeen, brick red, dark 

 purple, bronze and black. 



