34^ 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. emarginata 

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

 Gibraltar. S, eximia (choice) ; hardy perennial ; I foot ; flow- 

 ers red, in July ; Songaria ; 1844. S. Fortuni (Fortune's) ; half- 

 hardy perennials ; 1 8 inches ; flowers white and yellow, in July ; 

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

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

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

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

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



All the Statices are worth growing. 



STENACTIS. [Compositse.] 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. colchiciflora (colchicum-flowered) ; hardy bulb ; 6 inches ; 

 flowers yellow, in September ; Hungary ; 1816. 



STIPA. Feather-grass. [Gramineas.] Ornamental hardy 

 perennial. Common soil. Increased by division. 



S. 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 



