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" If Dr. Brinckle's opinion should be 

 coiitirmed by further observation, he 

 will have contributed an invaluable va- 

 riety of this delicious fruit." — Rural 

 Register. 

 STRAWBERRY BLITE. Blitum. 



STRAWBERRY SPINACH. Blitum. 



STRAWBERRY TREE. Arbutus. 



STRELITZIA. Eight species. Stove 

 herbaceous perennials. Suckers. Turfy 

 loam. 



STREPTANTHERA. Two species. 

 Green-house bulbous perennials. Off- 

 sets. Loam and peat. 



STREPTANTHUS. Two species. 

 Hardy annuals. Seeds. Common soil. 



STREPTIUM asperum. Stove herb- 

 aceous perennial. Cuttings. Loam and 

 peat. 



STREPTOCARPUS rexii. Stove 

 herbaceous perennial. Division. Rich 

 soil and vegetable mould. 



STREPTOPUS. Eive species. Herb- 

 aceous perennials; all hardy except S. 

 simplex, which belongs to the green- 

 house. Seeds or division. Light soil. 

 STROBILANTHES Sabiniaria. Stove 

 evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Light rich 

 soil. 



STROPANTHUS. Three species. 

 Stove evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. San- 

 dy loam and peat. 



STRIMARLA. Ten species. Green- 

 house bulbous perennials. Offsets. San- 

 dy loam. 



STRUTHIOLA. Fifteen species. 

 Green-house evergreen shrubs. Sandy 

 peat. 



STRUTHIOPTERIS. Two species. 

 Ferns. Hardy herbaceous perennials. 

 Division. Loam and peat. 



STRYCHNOS. Six species. Stove 

 evergreen trees. S. colubrina is a 

 climber. Half-ripe cuttini^s and seeds. 

 Loam and sandy peat. I^ux vomica is 

 one of the species. 



STYLIDIUM. Nine species. Green- 

 house herbaceous perennials or ever- 

 green shrubs. The latter increases by 

 cuttings, a few of the herbaceous by 

 division, but chiefly by seeds. Sandy 

 loam and peat suit them all. 



STYPANDRA. Five species. Green- 



deciduous shrubs. S. officinale produces 

 the balsam of storax. Layers. Light 

 soil. 



SUCCORY, CHICORY, or WILD 

 ENDIVE. Cichorium iiitybus. Although 

 this hardy perennial plant is much used 

 on the Continent in salads, yet it has 

 never been employed to any extent for 

 that purpose in Britain. 



Soil and Situation. — Like endive, for 

 the main crops it requires a rich light 

 soil, and for the earlier sowings a moist- 

 er one, in every instance having an open 

 situation allotted to it. 



Solving must be annually; for, al- 

 though it is a perennial , yet, after being 

 cut from two or three times, the radical 

 leaves become bitter and worthless. 

 INIr. Oldaker says, it should be sown at 

 the end of June, or early in July ; but 

 L'Quintinye recommends it to be per- 

 formed in the beginning of March; and 

 it may be performed, for successive 

 crops, between the two periods men- 

 tioned by the above writers, in the same 

 manner as endive, and also like that 

 salad herb in small portions at a time, 

 the earliest sowings being very liable to 

 run to seed. Sow moderately thick, in 

 the same manner as endive, the direc- 

 tions for cultivating which are equally 

 applicable in every other particular. 



Cultivation. — When the plants begin 

 to cover the ground, they are thinned to 

 nine inches apart ; and those removed 

 planted out at similar distances. They 

 require to be kept very clear of weeds ; 

 and if the leaves grow very luxuriant, 

 and shade the roots much, they must 

 be cutoff within an inch of the ground. 

 Those grown from sowings antecedent 

 to June, when of nearly full growth, 

 which they arrive at in about four 

 months from the insertion of the seed, 

 must have all their leaves trimmed 

 away, so as not to injure their hearts, 

 and then covered over thick with sand, 

 ashes, or long litier. By this treatment, 

 those fresh leaves which are produced 

 become etiolated and crisp, losing their 

 bitterness. Those wliich arise from the 

 sowings of June and July, must, at the 

 end of September, or early in October, 



house herbaceous perennials. S./ru- be raised, and planted very close, by the 



tescens an evergreen shrub. 

 Sandy loam and peat. 



Division. 



dibble, in pots or boxes, having their 

 leaves trimmed as before directed, and 



STYPHELIA. Eight species. Green- their roots shortened previous to plant- 



house evergreen shrubs. Young cut- 

 tings. Sandy peat and sandy loam. 



ing. Water must be given moderately 

 in dry weather, until they are establish- 



STYRAX. Four species. Hardy ed, and shelter, if frosts occur, by a 



