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plants, when dormant, watered sparingly; for if they get 

 sodden about the roots, they very seldom recover. (Soil 

 No. 6.) 



Strelitzia, or queen plant : a genus of fine plants belong- 

 ing to the natural order of Musacea. S. regina, S. ovdta, 

 and S. humilis, are the most free and beautiful flowering 

 species, and are very similar, except in habit. The flower 

 stalk is from one to two feet long, producing about five 

 flowers of a bright yellow, having a large blue stigma, 

 which forms a distinct contrast. S. juncea and S. parvi- 

 Jlora are also desirable species, but are more rare than the 

 former, which ought to be in every green-house. (Soil 

 No. 19.) 



Streptocarpus rhexii, a free-blooming dwarf plant, of 

 easy culture in soil No. 4. 



Stylidium, six species of pretty little plants, with small 

 linear leaves, and remarkable for the singular elasticity of 

 the style or column, which, when the flower is newly ex- 

 panded, lays to one side, and, on being touched with a pin, 

 starts with violence to the opposite side. S. graminifo- 

 lium, S. fruticosum, S. lancifolivm, and S. adnatum, 

 are all free-flowering ; flowers in spikes, very small ; colour 

 light and dark pink ; blooms from April to July. S. adna- 

 tum is half herbaceous, and should, when growing, be kept 

 nigh the glass, or it will be drawn, and the flowers become 

 of a pale colour. They are all of easy cultivation. (Soil 

 No. 10.) 



Styphelias, seven species of very showy flowers, with 

 mucronate leaves ; corolla in long tubular form, having 

 several bundles of hairs in it; segments reflex and bearded. 

 S. tubiflora, crimson, S. triftora, crimson and green, S. 

 adscendens, and S. longiflora, are beautiful species. They 

 grow freely, and should be well drained, as too much water 

 is very hurtful to them. In summer they ought not to be 

 much exposed to the hot sun, or the foliage will become 

 brown. (Soil No. 6.) 



Sutherlandia frutescens, very similar to Swainsbnia; 

 flowers fine scarlet. (Soil No. 2.) 



Swainsonias, four species of free-flowering, soft-wooded 

 shrubs, natives of New South Wales. S. galegifolia, S. 

 coronillsejolia, and S. astragalifolia, are red, purple, and 

 white ; leguminose flowers in spikes from the axils, are of 



