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FAMILIAR GARDEN FLOWERS. 



Annual stocks will flower fairly well in any garden soil, 

 but if a rich and long-lasting Ijloom is desired a bed of ricli 

 soil should be prepared, for of all the flowers in the garden, 

 stocks require and deserve good cultivation, which includes 

 providing them with a rich soil and giving them plenty 

 of water during dry, hot weather. 



For early flowering in pots the seed should be sown in 

 August, and as soon as the plants are large enough to 

 handle they should be planted out on a bed of light but 

 good soil in a brick-pit, or be pricked out into pans and 

 wintered in the greenhouse. Soon after the turn of the 

 year they should be potted singly in five-inch pots in 

 rich soil, and have a warm berth to bring them on for 

 flowering. A more simple and by no means despicable 

 procedure would be to pot them from the seed-pans in 

 autumn, putting three plants in a five-inch pot. 



The East Lothian Stock is a great favourite in Scotland. 

 The seed is sown on a mild hotbed in February, and Ihe 

 plants are nursed with care, and put out in rich beds in 

 the month of May. 



