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AUTUMN STOCKS. 
attention of all who purpose growing them, for it is the most and 
almost only particular point in their management. 
The middle of October should be the latest period for planting 
the blooming roots: these should be placed in rows four inches 
from each other, and about twice that distance between the rows, 
burying them about four inches, reckoning from the base of the 
bulb. The planting is best done by removing the entire surface 
of the bed to the depth required, and after placing the roots, 
return the soil carefully, and they will want no further attention, 
unless to shade the flowers, beyond the ordinary cleansing com¬ 
mon to all flower-beds. The roots may again be taken up, sepa¬ 
rated in the next October, or they may remain two years before 
they are again disturbed. 
J. T. L. 
THE MANAGEMENT OF AUTUMN STOCKS. 
There are few things more truly useful in the early part of 
the floral season than well-managed Stocks, which, blooming in 
profusion from March till the end of May, or even longer if 
required, make a return far exceeding that of ordinary subjects, 
when the trouble of their respective culture is compared. The 
sort best suited for autumn sowing is that known as the Scarlet 
Intermediate, a kind partaking of the strength and size of the 
Brompton Stock, and the precocity of the German or ten-week 
varieties; in colour, though called scarlet, it is a light rosy crim¬ 
son of untarnished brilliancy, and being hardier than most others, 
and at the same time attaining the largest size that would be 
manageable in pots, is almost universally selected for the purpose. 
In its absence the next best sort is the similarly coloured variety 
of the ten-week kind; this differs from the other in being smaller 
and rather more tender. 
The seed should be sown about the end of August or beginning 
of September, either on a warm border or in pans to be placed 
in a frame, care being taken to sow thinly, so that if the extra 
business of autumn should render it difficult to attend to them 
immediately they require it, the young plants may not be spoiled 
