The Book of Annuals 113 



, * STOCK (TEN WEEKS) 



Matthiola incana, var. annua 



The name comes from the fact that the plant blooms 

 in ten weeks from seed. Another name for it is 

 "gillyflower," a corruption of July-flower. Most of 

 the sorts are double clusters of small fragrant flowers 

 at the top of an erect stiff stem. 



Sow seed through March or early in April in a 

 moderately warm hotbed, transplanting at the end of 

 May, on a cloudy day, into the border. ^ By successive 

 sowings, one can have stocks in bloom throughout the 

 summer. 



Color: white, through rose, crimson, purple and 



parti-colored. 

 Height: one to two feet. 

 Period of Bloom: July to frost (with successive 



sowing) . 

 Location: rich, sandy loam; sun. 



