Cannell & Sons’ Complete Seed Guide. 
CANNELLS’ STOCKS. 
stock, Cannells’ Giant Winter Biooming — A white 
^ inter-tlowermg variety, whicli has always been in the forefront in Covent 
Garden Market. It matures with greater certainty, and in finer form, than 
any other grown. Its spikes, both central and lateral, snrpass all 
competitors. It has come w'ith the grower 90 per rent, double, and its 
pure white fiowers arc invnlnahle from Christmas to Knster. The grower 
writes of it as follows:— “It is a cr->ss between the ordinary Intermediate 
and East Lothian I( hite. If sown in May in a cool frame and pricked off 
in small pots in a north pit, or onhloors in a shady place, it can be 
gradually forced into bloom by Christmas; or sown in July it will bloom at 
Kasler, if brought into a cool hon.se and kept at 40 to 45 degrees. It 
docs best on a cool bottom, and requires plenty of air.” I.s. fi//. per pkt. 
very choice. Grf. and Is. 
911. Magenta Crimson —Vivid colour; 
per pkt. 
912. Purple — Grand. Gd. and l.s. per pkt. 
913. Mixed — Gd. and Is. per pkt. 
H B. Stocks, Intermediate — 
914. Scarlet ^ 
915. White I j® saved from the best Covent Garden 
916 Purnlp Scarlet, Gd, per pkt.; White, Is. per pkt; 
^ I i nrple, Gd, per pkt. ; Mixed, Gd. and Is. per pkt. 
917. Mixed ; 
903. ii.H.A. Stock, Princess May — Large-flowering pyramidal ten- 
week, original iig from one of the linesr types; very large flowers of good shape, 
and of the pmvst and most delionle light primrose. The percentage of 
double flowers is far above the average, and the few singles being of the 
same tint ns dm double ones (which in other varieties are mfst white) are 
oarcly noticeable. The bold foliage is glossy green, Wallflower-leaved, 
and shouts off the delicate hue of the flowers to the best advantage. Gd. and 
Is. pcrpkr. 
; The Intermediate or Spring-flowering Slocks are extensively cultivated for 
I Covent Garden Market. In the early Summer months, during the ^‘London 
j Season, it con’*titntes one of the principal features in furnishing jardinets, 
j &c., and is also of great value in tilling the early Summer flower beds. The 
I Last Lothian Stock is mo)c branching than the True Intermediate, and 
therefore not so w’ell adapted for j)ot culture, hut is more valuable for the 
flower garden. 1*011 Autumn flowering sow' early in Spring; for Spring 
flowering sow early in July, and wdiitcr in cold frame. 
cankellb’ 
BROMPTON 8TOCX. 
PKliriSTUAL TEN-WEEK STOCKj 
“ PRINCESS ALICE.” 
1 
i 
90 J H.H.A. German Emperor Stock- Extra fine, mixed, i ft 
firf. ar il Is. per pkt. 
ii.B. Stocks, Brompton— 
905 . Scarlet 
90 fi. Purple 
907. White I I’nrple, Grf. per pkt. 
908 . Mixed ^ ‘ P*'*- 
Brompton should be sown in J uly, and planted out in a good soil in t 
sl.elterod situation Tliey generally stand the Winter without protection 
and make a grand display in June aud July. ^ 
i»18. II.II.A. stock, Perpetual-floweringr— Dwarf, mixed. G/L and 
1.'. per pkt. 
919. A. Perpetual Ten-Aveek Stock, Princess Alice- Snow 
wnite; fine for pot culture aud cut flowers. Gr/. and Is. per pkt. 
LARGE FLOWERING DOUBLE GERMAN TEN-WEEK STOCK. 
strninA Lothian, Intermediate (Edinburgh Prize 
btraiu)-Magnificent m beds or ribbon borders, also herbaceous Orders • 
h*" August to January, forming 
quite a link between Summer and Spring flowers. All 1:} ft. high. ® 
909 White— Pure white; grand flowers. Gd. and Is. per pkt. 
910. White(Wallflower leaved)-Admirably adapted for growing in pots, 
“srt, ‘ 
For collection 
920 . n.H.A. Stocks (Cruciferie), Large-flowcred German Ten- 
week— Finest mixed colours ; extra fine. 1 ft. Gd. and Is. per pkt. 
920 a Stock, large-flowering Dwarf Winter or Brompton 
(Sunrlsej—A beantiful new variety, about 1 ft. high, of a decided 
I andelabra-fornied habit, and numerous flower spikes with beautiful large 
blossoms, the colour of which is a bright rose with metallic lustre. About 
/O per cent, of the plants may be depended upon flowering do:tbi«. A fine 
’ variety for market purposes. Ter pkt., l.<?. G^. 
of Stocks, see page 54. 
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