STRELITZIA. 



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plants, conspicuous alike for theii- 

 i leaves, flowers, and fruit. They 



grow best in clialk or a calcareous 



FIG. 53. — A STOOL, WITH SEVERAL OF 

 THE SHOOTS LAYERED. 



j loam ; and they are so completely 

 hardy in Britain, and grow so freely 

 from seed, that the common kind has 

 become naturalised, and is fre- 

 quently found growing wild. When 

 these plants are grown in gardens, 

 they should be allowed plenty of 

 room, as their principal beauty is the 

 wide-spreading and luxm-iant cha- 

 racter of their foliage. 



STRANViE'siA. — RosacecB. — The 

 new name for Cvatce\jus glauca, an 

 evergreen tree, a native of Nepaul, 

 with glaucous leaves, woolly beneath, 

 and white flowers. It appears to be 

 hardy, or very nearly so, and it is 

 very handsome. It is generally pro- 

 pagated by grafting on the common 

 Hawthorn. 



Strawberry Elite. — See Bli'- 



TtJM. 



Strawberry Tree. — See A'r- 



BUTUS. 



Streli'tzia. — Musacece. — Mag- 

 nificent plants with large long leaves, 

 and very lai'ge and singular-looking 

 orange and purple flowers. They are 

 generally grown in a stove, but they 

 will flower in a greenhouse or room 

 if kept sufiiciently moist. They 

 should be grown in light sandy loam. 



They are very difficult to propagate, 

 but they sometimes send up suckers, 

 and sometimes ripen seeds. 



Streptanthe'ra. — Iridece. — 

 Cape bulbs with very showy flowers ; 

 which may be grown either in pots, 

 or in beds in the open air. — For the 

 culture, see Txia. 



Streptoca'rpus. — Bignoniacece. 

 — A very handsome perennial plant 

 from Soiith Africa, which requires a 

 stove in England ; but which, when 

 properly treated, produces its beauti- 

 ful and elegant pale purple flowers in 

 great abundance. It is nearly allied 

 to Gloxinia, but it has twisted seed- 

 pods. It should be grown in equal 

 parts of peat, loam, and sand ; and it 

 is increased by seeds, which it ripens 

 freely. 



Std a'rtia. — Ternstrosmiaeece. — 

 A North American shrub or low tree, 

 with large white flowers, nearly allied 

 to Malachodendron. It will grow in 

 any common garden-soil that is toler- 

 ably light, and it flowers freely. It 

 is propagated by layers or cuttings. 

 — See Malachode'ndron. 



Sttli'dium. — Stylidece. — Austra- 

 lian shrubs and perennials, generally 

 kept in a greenhouse, with small 

 pinkish or purple flowers, the stamens 

 of which are irritable, and move 

 when touched. All the species should 

 be grown in sandy peat, or heath- 

 mould ; and the perennials are pro- 

 pagated by seeds or division of the 

 root, and the shrubby species by 

 cuttings. 



Stylophorum. — Papaveracece. 

 — A native of the woods in the 

 western part of the United States of 

 North America ; beautiful golden 

 yellow flowers and glaucous leaves. 



Styphe'lia. — Epacridacece. — S. 

 tuhijiora is a very elegant little plant, 

 a native of the south-east of Australia. 

 It requires only the usual treatment 

 of the E'pacris tribe. 



Sty'rax. — Styradnce. — Storax. 



