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a hardy annual, is another species extensively raised for 
market by sowing the seed in gentle heat in March and 
planting out in May. The favourite greenhouse hybrid, 
S. profusa, is grown from cuttings inserted singly in 
small pots in spring in a close temperature of about 
60 degrees. Root-cuttings of the perennials are also used. 
STEPHANOTIS.—The S. floribunda Elvaston variety is 
more compact and floriferous than the typical species, 
and cuttings of short-jointed side-shoots of the previous 
year’s growth, about 3 inches or 4 inches long, strike 
readily when inserted in sandy soil in a close case with 
a bottom heat of 75 to 80 degrees. 
Stocks.—Ten-week Stocks should be sown in gentle 
heat at the end of March and in April, ventilating freely 
when the seedlings grow up, pricking off in boxes, and 
transplanting outdoors during showery weather at the 
end of May in rich, moist soil. Seed may be sown 
outdoors in April. 
The Night-scented Stock may also be sown in sunny 
situations outdoors in April where intended to bloom. 
The flowers are not handsome, but they exhale a 
delicious fragrance in the evening. 
Intermediate and East Lothian Stocks should be sown 
in August, and the seedlings wintered in a cold frame 
to plant out or to grow in pots in March. Seed, if 
sown indoors in February or March and planted out in 
May, will blossom in autumn. 
Brompton Stocks succeed when sown in June or July 
to plant out in a dry, well-drained border in a sheltered 
situation in September, or they may be kept in a cold 
frame through the winter in less favoured districts and 
planted out in March. 
Virginian Stocks are very easily grown by sowing the 
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