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hardy plants as a result, which bloomed earlier 

 than those from spring-planted seed. If the 

 plants are left alone they will seed themselves 

 almost as freely as Sweet Alyssum. 



The Crucifer^, or Mustard Family, which 

 includes Alyssum, Candytuft, Wallflower, 

 and Rocket, has also given us the Stocks, Mat- 

 thiola. There are two species, M. incana, the 

 common Stock, a perennial or biennial, which is 

 the source of the Brompton and Queen Stock, 

 and M. annua from which the Ten Weeks and 

 Intermediate Stocks have been derived. Some 

 authorities make a third species M. sinuata, and 

 refer to it the Intermediate section. Doubt- 

 less in a milder climate the Ten Weeks Stock 

 would be placed far higher on such a list as this, 

 but as I am ' making my record from personal 

 experience alone, and can report only a moderate 

 success with this flower, I could not give it a 

 higher place than I have. The Ten Weeks 

 Stock we are told has been vastly improved 

 from the old Gilliflower type, and is a half- 

 hardy annual, bearing double or single fragrant 

 flowers. The varieties may be divided into tall, 

 dwarf, and pyramidal. The tall varieties grow 

 to a height of two and a half feet, while the 



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