354 FLORA DOMESTICA. 



associating it with the nutmeg and other spices, appears 

 to mean the Clove-tree, which is, in fact, the proper sig- 

 nification of that word. 



Turner calls it Gelover and Gelyfloure ; Gerarde and 

 Parkinson, Gilloflower. Thus, having wandered from its 

 original orthography, it was corrupted into July-flower. 

 Pinks and Carnations have also the title of Gilliflower 

 from smelling like the clove, for which the French name is 

 girofle. For distinction, therefore, they were called Clove- 

 gilliflowers, and these Stock-gilliflowers. Gerarde adds 

 the names Castle-gilliflower, and Guernsey-violet. 



The Annual, or Ten-weeks' Stock French, le quaran- 

 tain ; le violet d'ctt [summer violet] : Italian, leucoio estlvo 

 [summer stock] grows about two feet high: there are 

 many varieties, white, red, purple, and striped ; and double 

 and single varieties of each of these colours. It grows na- 

 turally on the coast in the South of Europe. By means of 

 a hot-bed they may be raised earlier, but without that help 

 the best season for sowing them is in March and April, 

 and indeed in May also : if they are taken in when the 

 weather becomes severe, they will continue to flower; those 

 planted in May will last to the very end of winter, in the 

 house. A middle-sized pot will contain three or four. 



The Broad-leaved Shrubby-stock is a native of the 

 island of Madeira ; it blossoms from March to May : when 

 the flowers first open, they are white, sometimes inclining 

 to yellow ; in a few days they become purple ; hence this 

 species has been termed mutabilis, or changeable. This 

 is of quick growth, and may be increased by cuttings, 

 taken as soon as the plant has done flowering: they 

 should be housed in the winter. 



Some persons increase the Queen's-stock in the same 

 manner, planting the cuttings in March or April in pots 

 three or four inches wide ; in the middle of May they re- 



