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also of the " Empereur " Stocks, are well adapted to the local 

 conditions ; but, in fact, the pure white and the crimson varieties 

 are preferred. 



A very fine biennial white Stock, known as the " Nice White," 

 as well as a dwarf, very large-flowered whitish lilac form, found 

 their way into general horticulture from being at first purely 



Fig. 13. — Anemone Kose de Nice. 



local strains. A branching blood-red annual Stock is also grown 

 with profit. 



Mignonette is in great demand in the South, as well as 

 everywhere else. It is grown under screens, just in the same 

 way as the hardier class of Pinks. It is sometimes pinched by 

 frost. The large " Pyramidal " and " Machet " varieties are the 

 only kinds in use. 



