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Brompton|ˈbrɒmptən, ˈbrʌ-|
[Name of a former hamlet, now part of London, where the Brompton Park Nursery was founded in 1681.]
In full Brompton stock, a biennial variety of the stock (see stock n.1 43).
1724P. Miller Gardeners & Florists Dict. I. GI 22 There are five Sorts of..Stocks..the strip'd Sort, and the large red Brompton-Stock... The Brompton Kind is esteem'd the best. 1798C. Marshall Gardening xix. 337 Stock, Brompton, scarlet, blush, and white. 1852G. W. Johnson Cottage Gard. Dict. 583 For the latter purpose [sc. spring-flowering] none [of the stocks] beats the intermediate, Queens, Bromptons, and other biennials. 1880Encycl. Brit. XII. 249/2 The Brompton Stock (Matthiola incana simplicicaulis) is a robust plant, growing 3 feet high, with a long central flower stem bearing very large flowers, which are crimson, purple, or white. 1956Dict. Gardening (R. Hort. Soc.) (ed. 2) IV. 2034/1 The Brompton Stocks are robust, vigorous plants. |