ishes 
ROCKET, (Hesperis,) Nat. Ord. Crticiferce. 
The bweet Rocket is a very hardy biennial, bearing clusters of single flowers, about the size 
shown in the engraving, and very much resembling the Stock, 
single, and fragrant during the evening. The best colors 
are purple and white. There are other colors which are not 
desirable, and a double white,, 
which produces no seed, and 
which we have not succeeded 
in naturalizing in America. 
The plant, with fair culture,, 
will grow eighteen inches in 
height, is perfectly hardy, and 
seed will germinate readily in 
the open ground. The Rocket 
is thoroughly hardy, but the 
little pest that makes our Rad- 
wormy" is very fond of its root, and sometimes causes the destruction of the plant. 
STOCK, BROMPTON, (Mathiola incana,) Nat. Ord. Cmciferce. 
The Brompton Stock is the biennial of the Ten-Weeks Stock. The plant is of a larger 
growth than the annual, the flowers larger, and the 
spikes longer and bolder. It would be difiicult to 
find any flower more gorgeous than a good Bromp- 
ton Stock, as seen growing in the gardens of the 
mild districts of Europe. We have measured 
spikes of blossoms nearly a foot in length, with 
the flowers as compact as possible. In the colder 
districts, the Brompton Stock is grown in conserva- 
tories. Unfortunately this Stock can not endure 
our wintei-s, but if plants are grown in the open 
ground during the summer, in autumn they can be removed to the house, where they will flower 
well if not kept too hot and diy. In the spring, the plants may be again transferred to the gar- 
den, where they will furnish a good many flowers during the early summer. 
SWEET WILLIAM (Dianthus barbatus,) Nat. Ord. Caryophyllacece. 
The Sweet William is a very old and popular garden flower, but not now so often as for- 
merly seen in our gardens. Indeed, the system of 
bedding with Geraniums, and other bright flowers 
and ornamental foliaged plants, and the introduc- 
tion of the Phlox and Petunia, and similar valuable 
annuals that give a constant display during the sum- 
mer, has almost driven a good many of our really 
good flowers from the garden. A re-action, how- 
ever, has commenced, and both amateurs and pro- 
fessional gardeners are beginning to look about for 
their old favorites, so long neglected and almost 
forgotten. They are not quite content, however, to 
accept the old flowers as they were thirty years ago ; 
but are making earnest efforts for their improvement. 
In this improvement the Sweet William, like the 
Hollyhock, has largely shared. The best varieties 
are of exceedingly beautiful colors, very large, and 
almost perfect in form, with trusses of great size. 
Treatment as for Carnation. The plants are perfectly hardy, and may be increased by division 
of the roots. There are very good double varieties, though a single Sweet William is much to 
be preferred to any double we have ever seen. 
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