Se EN: a ae pe T 
old and well-known variety of great excellence ; itis one of the 
best for forcing, and is invariably included amongst varieties 
for that purpose. It is also grown extensively outside, where 
it succeeds admirably. 
La Constante. Fruit bright crimson, large, conical ; flesh 
white, tinged red, juicy, briskly flavoured. Plant dwarf ; a great 
bearer ; rather late, 
La Grosse Sucrée. Fruit dark red, medium or large; flesh 
pale red: flavour slightly acid. A free-hearing variety, well 
adapted for forcing. 
Loxford Hall Seedling.* Fruit bright crimson where ex- 
posed, large, handsome, conical or sometimes cockscomb-shaped ; 
flesh red, solid, of excellent flavour. An invaluable variety, the 
latest of all, of great excellence, 
Lucas. Fruit deep scarlet or crimson, large, conical or some- 
times cockscomb - shaped, handsome; flesh solid, highly fla- 
voured.  Mid-season or rather early, Plant free-growing and 
a good bearer. 
Marguerite, Fruit bright red, very large, often of an unusual 
size; flesh juicy and‘tender. A productive early variety, some- 
times used for forcing. 
Pauline. Fruit deep red, large, with smooth neck ; flesh firm, 
richly flavoured. A large and very early variety, and a good 
bearer., 
Pioneer. Fruit very dark red, medium-sized ; flesh solid, bright 
red, of rich, brisk flavour. Plant vigorous, a great cropper, 
one of the earliest. 
President.* Fruit bright red, often very large 
and handsome; flesh light red, solid, highly 
flavoured. An excellent, free-bearing Straw- 
berry, largely grown for forcing, and still more 
extensively for general crop outside. 
Sir Charles Napier.* Fruit clear light scarlet, 
large and handsome; flesh pale, firm, briskly 
flavoured ; seeds small, and very prominent. A 
most abundant bearer, and a variety very ex- 
tensively grown for market; it is also well 
adapted for forcing. The plant is unusually 
tender. 
Sir Harry. Fruit dark red or crimson, very 
large; flesh dark red, very juicy, of excellent 
flavour. An abundant bearer, grown extensively 
for market; it ripens at the same season 
as KEEN’S SEEDLING, which it somewhat re- 
sembles, . 
Sir Joseph Paxton.* Fruit bright crimson, 
large, even in outline; fiesh solid, and richly 
flavoured. Mid-season or rather early. The 
plant is hardy, a free bearer, and forces well. 
This is one of the best and most useful Straw- 
berries grown. 
Vicomtesse Héricart de Thury.* Fruit 
bright red, medium-sized, conical; flesh pale 
red, solid, brisk and richly flavoured. The 
plant is compact, and almost evergreen; it is 
one of the most abundant bearers, and succeeds 
well forced. 
STRAWBERRY-BUSH. A com- 
mon name for Euonymus americanus 
(which see). 
STRAWBERRY-TREE. A com- 
mon name for Arbutus Unedo (which see). 
STREBLANTHERA. A synonym 
of Trichodesma (which see). 
STREBLORHIZA (from streblos, 
twisted, and rhiza, a root; in allusion to 
the shape of the root). ORD. Leguminose. 
A monotypic genus. The species is an ele- 
gant, glabrous, half-hardy, climbing shrub, 
allied to Clianthus. Loamy soil, with the 
admixture of a little charcoal and leaf 
mould, is most suitable for the culture of this 
plant. The compost should not be sifted, 
but broken up by hand, and pressed firmly 
in the pots. After potting, the plants should 
be placed in a pit with other hard-wooded : i 
subjects, and kept close for a few weeks, being syringed 
daily. If it is desirable to keep the plants in pots, they 
can be either trained out on sticks or a trellis, or on 
pillars or walls, for which purpose they are well adapted. 
Thorough drainage must be insured when planting out, 
and the compost may be the same as for potting, a 
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Streblorhiza—continued. 
depth of about 18in. being sufficient. Abundance of 
water must be given at the roots, and the syringe 
freely used, When grown in pots, the plants will re- 
quire shifting annually during March or April, previous 
to which all the laterals should be pruned hard back, and 
the leading shoots also shortened. Propagation may be 
effected by seeds, or by cuttings. 
S. speciosa (showy). 7. flesh-coloured, rather large, in axillary 
racemes; two upper calyx teeth very short; standard ovate, 
erecto-patent, sub-sessile ; wings short. May. l im ari-pinnate ; 
leaflets few, rather large, entire, exstipellate ; stipules small, 
h, 3ft. Norfolk Island, 1840.: (B. R. 1841, 51, under name of 
Clianthus carneus.) 
STREBLUS (from streblos, twisted; in allusion to the 
twisted branches), Syn. Epicarpurus. ORD. Urticacew, 
A monotypic genus. The species is a stove, unarmed, 
glabrous shrub or tree. It thrives ina compost of rich 
loam and fibry peat or leaf mould. Propagation may be 
effected by seeds; or by cuttings, inserted in sand, under 
a bell glass, in heat. 
S, as (rough), KARETO. t dicecious, the males in clustered 
heads, the females solitary on the peduncles. l. alternate, shortly 
petiolate, slightly toothed, rather rigid, scabrous, penniveined ; 
stipules lateral, small, deciduous. h. sometimes more than 20ft. 
Tropical Asia, 
Fig. 544. STRELITZIA REGINZ.” 
STRELITZIA (named in honour of the wife of 
George III., Charlotte of Mecklenburgh-Strelitz), Bird of 
Paradise Flower; Bird’s-tongue Flower. Orp. Scita- 
minew, A small genus (four or five species) of warm 
greenhouse, perennial herbs, restricted to South Africa. 
Flowers large and showy, few in a spathe, shortly pedi- 
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