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Strawberry continued. 



old and well-known variety of great excellence ; it is one of the 

 best for forcing, and is invariably included amongst varieties 

 for that purpose. It is also grown extensively outside, where 

 it succeeds admirably. 



La Constante. Fruit bright crimson, large, conical; flesh 

 white, tinged red, juicy, briskly flavoured. Plant dwarf ; a great 

 bearer ; rather late. 



La Grosse Sucree. Fruit dark red, medium or large : flesh 

 pale red; flavour slightly acid. A free-bearing variety, well 

 adapted for forcing. , 



Loxford Hall Seedling.* Fruit bright crimson where ex- 

 posed, large, handsome, conical or sometimes cockscomb-shaped ; 

 flesh red, solid, of excellent flavour. An invaluable variety, the 

 latest of all, of great excellence. ' ^ 



Lucas. Fruit deep scarlet or crimson, large, conical or some- 

 times cockscomb - shaped, handsome; flesh solid, highly fla- 



ghly 

 ing 



voured. Mid-season or rather early. Plant free-growing and 

 a good bearer. 



Marguerite. Fruit bright red, very large, often of an unusual 

 size ; flesh juicy and tender. A productive early variety, some- 

 times used for forcing. 



Pauline. Fruit deep red, large, with smooth neck ; flesh firm, 

 richly flavoured. A large and very early variety, and a good 

 bearer. 



Pioneer. Fruit very dark red, medium-sized ; flesh solid, bright 

 red, of rich, brisk flavour. Plant vigorous, a great cropper, 

 one of the earliest. 



President.* Fruit bright red, often very large 

 and handsome; flesh light red, solid, highly 

 flavoured. An excellent, free-bearing Straw- 

 berry, largely grown for forcing, and still more 

 extensively for general crop outside. 



Sir Charles Napier.* Fruit clear light scarlet, 

 large and handsome; flesh pale, firm, briskly 

 flavoured ; seeds small, and very prominent. A 

 most abundant bearer, and a variety very ex- 

 tensively grown for market; it is also well 

 adapted for forcing. The plant is unusually 

 tender. 



Sir Harry. Fruit dark red or crimson, very 

 large; flesh dark red, very juicy, of excellent 

 flavour. An abundant bearer, grown extensively 

 for market; it ripens at the same season 

 as KEEN'S SEEDLING, which it somewhat re- 

 sembles. 



Sir Joseph Paxton.* Fruit bright crimson, 

 large, even in outline ; flesh solid, and richly 

 flavoured. Mid-season or rather early. The 

 plant is hardy, a free bearer, and forces well. 

 This is one of the best and most useful Straw- 

 berries grown. 



Vicomtesse Hericart de Thury.* Fru jt 

 bright red, medium-sized, conical ; flesh pale 

 red" solid, brisk and richly flavoured. The 

 plant is compact, and almost evergreen; it is 

 one of the most abundant bearers, and succeeds 

 well forced. 



STRAWBERRY -BUSH. A com- 

 mon name for Euonymus americanus 

 (which see). 



STRAWBERRY - TREE. A com- 

 mon name for Arbutus Unedo (which see). 

 STREBLANTHERA. A synonym 

 of Trichodesma (which see). 



STREBLORHIZA (from streblos, 

 twisted, and rhiza, a root ; in allusion to 

 the shape of the root). OBD. Leguminosa. 

 A monotypic genus. The species is an ele- 

 gant, glabrous, half-hardy, climbing shrub, 

 allied to Clianthus. Loamy soil, with the 

 admixture of a little charcoal and leaf 

 mould, is most suitable for the culture of this 

 plant. The compost should not be sifted, 

 but broken up by hand, and pressed firmly 

 in the pots. After potting, the plants should 

 be placed in a pit with other hard-wooded > 



subjects, and kept close for a few weeks, being syringe* 

 daily If it is desirable to keep the plants in pots, they 

 can be either trained out on sticks or a trellis or on 

 pillars or walls, for which purpose they are well adapted. 

 Thorough drainage must be insured when planting out, 

 and the compost may be the same as for potting, a 



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depth of about 18in. being sufficient. Abundance of 

 water must be given at the roots, and the syringe 

 freely used. When grown in pots, the plants will re- 

 quire shifting annually during March or April, previous 

 to which all the laterals should be pruned hard back, and 

 the leading shoots also shortened. Propagation may be 

 effected by seeds, or by cuttings. 

 S. speciosa (showy), fl. flesh-coloured, rather large, in axillary 



racemes ; two upper calyx teeth very short ; standard ovate, 



erecto-patent, sub-sessile ; wings short. May. I. impari-pinnate ; 



leaflets few, rather large, entire, exstipellate ; stipules small. 



h. 3ft. Norfolk Island, 1840. (B. E. 1841, 51, under name of 



Clianthun carneus.) 



STREBLUS (from streblos, twisted ; in allusion to the 

 twisted branches). STN. Epicarpurus. OBD. Urticacece. 

 A monotypic genus. The species is a stove, unarmed, 

 glabrous shrub or tree. It thrives in a compost of rich 

 loam and fibry peat or leaf mould. Propagation may be 

 effected by seeds ; or by cuttings, inserted in sand, under 

 a bell glass, in heat. 

 S. asper (rough). Paper-tree, rt. dicecious, the males in clustered 



heads, the females solitary on the peduncles. /. alternate, shortly 



petiolate, slightly toothed, rather rigid, scabrous, penniveined ; 



stipules lateral, small, deciduous, h. sometimes more than 20ft 



Tropical As La. 



FIG. 544. STREUTZIA REGIN.E. 



STRELITZIA (named in honour of the wife of 

 George III., Charlotte of Mecklenbnrgh-Strelitz). Bird of 

 Paradise Flower; Bird's-tongne Flower. OBD. Scita- 

 mvnece. A small genus (four or five species) of warm 

 greenhouse, perennial herbs, restricted to South Africa. 

 Flowers large and showy, few in a ppathe, shortly pedi- 



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