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Squill, Striped, Puschkinia scilloides. 



Stachys (stach-ys, from stachys, a spike, in reference to the in- 

 florescence. Ord. Labiateae). A large genus, a few species of 

 which are grown as ornamental plants, and one as a vegetable. 

 Grandiflora (syn. Betonica grandiflora) is a hardy perennial with 

 violet flowers in spring, growing about a foot high. Lanata (Lamb's 

 Ear) has white, woolly foliage. Tuberifera is the Crosnes or Chinese 

 Artichoke (see Kitchen Garden). Propagation is by seed and divi- 

 sion in spring. Ordinary soil suits. 



Staking. See Fruit, Carnation, Dahlia, etc. 



Standards. Trees with clean stems 5 to 6 ft. high are called 

 standards; those with 3 to 4-ft. stems are half-standards. See 

 Fruit, Thorn, Laburnum, etc. 



Stanhopea (stanho-pea, after Earl Stanhope. Ord. Orchida- 

 ceae). Hothouse Orchids with flowers in pendulous racemes, suit- 

 able for culture in suspended teak baskets in a compost of fibrous 

 peat, Sphagnum, and charcoal. Propagation is by division. They 

 like a good deal of water while growing, less in winter. Insignis, 

 with yellow and purple fragrant flowers (Botanical Magazine, 

 tt. 2948, 2949); and tigrina, orange and purple, sweet (Bot. Mag.,. 

 t. 4197), are two of the best; there are several varieties of the latter. 



Stapelia, Carrion Flower (stape-lia, after J. B. Stapel. Ord. 

 Asclepiadeae). Hothouse plants with large, livid, foetid flowers, 

 thriving in loam with a good deal of sand and pounded brick. 

 Propagation .is by cuttings in sand. They resemble Cactuses in 

 their love of sun and drought. Gigantea, purple and yellow; and 

 grandiflora, purple, grey branches, are as much grown as any. 



Staphylea (staphyle-a, from staphyle, a bunch, in allusion to the 

 inflorescence. Ord. Sapindaceae). Hardy deciduous shrubs, the 

 most popular of which, colchica, has white flowers in summer when 

 grown in the shrubbery, but is often grown in pots and forced into 

 early bloom. It likes fibrous loam, with a quarter of decayed 

 manure and some sand. Propagation is by seed in spring, cuttings 

 in summer, and layers in autumn. 



Star of Bethlehem. See Ornithogalum and Bulbs. 

 Starwort. See Aster. 



Statice, Sea Lavender (sta-tice, from statizo, to stop, in reference 

 to the astringency. Ord. Plumbagineae). Graceful plants, some 

 of which are esteemed for greenhouse and some for garden cultiva- 

 tion. Gmelini is a hardy perennial, with dark blue flowers in 

 summer, about 18 ins. high. Incana nana is also fairly hardy, and 

 has pink flowers, height 9 ins. Latifolia, hardy, blue, early summer, 

 i ft., is very popular. Profusa is grown in the greenhouse, and has 

 blue flowers in summer, height 2 ft. Sinuata, purple, summer, i ft., 

 is not quite hardy (see Botanical Magazine, t. 71). Suworowi, lilac- 

 pink, summer, 18 ins., is a hardy annual. Limonium is the Sea 

 Lavender, and has purplish flowers in summer, height 18 ins. Bon- 

 duelli has yellow flowers in early summer, height i ft. They like a 



