343 GARDEN FLOWERS. 



being rather coarse. All the hardy kinds want the same 

 treatment. The half-hardy kinds may be kept with the pro- 

 protection of a frame, and are best grown in pots ; or, at 

 least, a store of plants should be kept in pots, if those in 

 the borders are annually abandoned. Statices are now 

 called Armeria. 



S. bellidifolia (daisy-leaved) ; half-hardy perennial ; i foot ; 

 flowers bluish-lilac, in June; Greece; 1810. S. einarginata 

 (notched) ; half-hardy perennial ; 2 feet ; flowers bluish, in July ; 

 Gibraltar. S. exiinia (choice) ; hardy perennial ; i foot ; flow- 

 ers red, in July ; Songaria ; 1844. S. For^uni (Fortune^s) ; half- 

 hardy perennials ; 18 inches ; flowers white and yellow, in July ; 

 China ; 1845. '^- incana (hoary) ; half-hardy perennial ; i foot ; 

 flowers light- rose, in July ; Levant ; 1823. S. Li77tonium (com- 

 mon) ; hardy perennial ; 18 inches ; flowers blue, in July ; Eng- 

 land. S. p2iberula (downy) ; half-hardy perennial ; 6 inches ; 

 flowers blue and cream, in June ; Canaries ; 1830. 



All the Statices are worth growing. 



Stenactis. [Compositae.] Hardy herbaceous perennials. 

 Common soil. Increased by division. 



S. speciosa (showy) ; hardy perennial ; 2 feet ; flowers purple, 

 in July ; California; 1831. 



Sternbergia. [Amaryllidaceae.] Hardy bulbs. Soil, 

 sandy loam. Propagated by offsets. 



S. colchicijlora (colchicum-flowered) ; hardy bulb ; 6 inches ; 

 flowers yellow, in September ; Hungary; i8i6. 



Stipa. Feather-grass. [Graminaceae.] Ornamental hardy 

 perennial. Common soil. Increased by division. 



.5*. pinnata (feathered) ; hardy perennial ; 2 feet ; flowers in 

 July ; Britain. 



Stock. See Mathiola. 



Stokesia. [Compositae.] A fine half-hardy evergreen 

 herb, requiring a little winter protection, but flowering finely 



