THi] SINGLE STOCK. 



Mathioia anmm^ 



ilLLYFLOWEES are of several 

 kindsj and the stock is one of 

 the number. A gillyflower may 

 be a stocky or a wallflowerj or 

 a clove, or a carnation. The 

 word is often regarded as a 

 modification of July flower, or of 

 the French giroflee ; but it has 

 deeper and older roots, being a 

 corruption of the Indian caryo- 

 phyllon* the odour of which 

 resembles that of the clove- 

 pink. The illustrative passages cited 

 by Dr. Richardson indicate the pro- 

 bability of its being a vagrant sort of 

 word ; for in Douglas's translation 

 of Virgil it is spelt jereflouris j in Hollands's " Plinie," 

 gillofre ; in Spenser's "Shepherd's Calender," ffilUJlotVi;}- ; 

 and in Burrow, gillyfloicer . In Parkinson's " Paradisus '' 

 we find descriptions of " gillowflowers " of many kinds, 

 the chief being carnations, dame's violets, and stocks. 

 The second in this list is the purple rocket {Hesperis), 

 which is closely allied to the stock. There is a fine subject 



* Greek, Kapvo ^vWop, 



