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composed of broken jDotsherds, occupying one-fourth the 

 height of the pot, and the plants should be put into pots no 

 larger than may be necessary for the roots. They should be 

 grown near the glass, and changed from one pot to another as 

 the roots get crowded. They are propagated by cuttings, 

 w'hich strike freely under a bell-glass with a little bottom heat. 

 The plants must also be kept from frost, and should have a 

 warm greenhouse. Some Statices are now called Armeria. 

 The following are worth their places : — S. arborea, S. 

 frutescens, S. imbricata, S. macrophylla, S. mucronata, and 

 S. puberula. All the Statices ai'e worth growing. S. exiinia 

 and S. bicolor are perfectly hardy. 



STAUNTO'nIA. See Holbollia. 



STENOCARPUS. [Proteaceae.j Fine greenhouse ever- 

 green shrubs. Fibry loam. Cuttings. S. Cunningkaml is 

 better known as Acpiostus sinuata. 



STENOCHILUS. [Myoporaceae.] Greenhouse evergreen 

 shrubs. Fibry peat, and a fourth part light loam. Cuttings 

 in sand under a bell-glass. IS. maculatus, flowers red. 



STENOMESSO>;. [Amaryllidaceae.] Pretty dwarf bulbous 

 plants, requiring greenhouse protection. Like other bulbs 

 of this class, they require to be kept dry when at rest in 

 winter, but should have an abundant supply of water while 

 growing. A sandy mixture of loam and peat suits them best. 

 Offsets. 



STEENBERGTA. [Amaryllidacege.] Hardy bulbs. Sandj 

 loam. Offsets. 



STIPA. Feather Grass. [Graminese.] Ornamental 

 hardy perennial. Common soil. Division. 



STOCK. See Mathtola. 



STONECROP. See Sedu^. 



STORK'S BILL. See Pelargonium. 



STRAPS VE SI A. [Pomaceae.] A fine half-hardy evergreen 

 shrub. Dryish loamy soil. Increased by grafting on the 

 Whitethorn. A fine plant for walls. S. glaucescens, flowers 

 white, in June. 



STRAWBERRY TREE. See Arbutus. 



STRELITZIA. [Musacese.] A genus of extraordinary- 

 looking stove or greenhouse plants, familiar to us in all stove 

 collections, as having a flower almost like the head of some 



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