1744 



STRAWBERRY 



Strict attention must be given to syringing the foliage 

 every pleasant day. Keep the walks wet until the time 

 of blossoming. This moisture keeps down the red 

 spider. At blossoming time the house should be al- 

 lowed to dry out and a free circulation of air should be 

 maintained through the mid lie t the 1 1\ in ( rder to 

 ripen the polk II I ' I I I ilowi-r 



by hand. Th. i I I'll.- "f 



the day whik tl \ I luiir 



brush is useful III i I \ I illf <t 



spoon should I I t iii\ the sur- 



plus pollen It I I I ed on varieties 



that are pistil I I | i enough to set 



their own fruit ^ \ I I rt enough for a 



6-inch pot Whin thc^c ut- ^ i Ihe remaining fiowers 

 should be cut o£f m ordtr that the entire strength of 

 the plant ma\ go to swelling the chosen fruits After 

 swelling begins liquid manure should be given Dur- 



STREPTOCAKPUS 

 STEAWBEEKY-EASPBEKEY. h'lihi 



STEAWBEEEY TEEE. A 



I lied; 



STEELtXZIA (after the wife of King George III, 

 (.'li.irl"iti- Scpliia, of the family Mecklinburgh-Strelitz, 

 11 p;itr..ii of h(.taiiy). ScitaminAceee. Bird of Paradise 

 Flower. A South African genus of 4 or 5 species of 

 perennial herbs, with generally large, long-petioled 

 leaves and showy flowers of peculiar form: rhizome 

 subterranean or produced into a large woody stem : 

 pedicels short: spathe long or short, peduncled. 



Strelilsia Beginm requires a good strong soil, a co- 

 pious supply of water and considerable sunlight. It is 

 a serviceable plant for house decoration or for the porch 

 or lawn in summer. It will endure much neglect, but 

 unless well cared for it may fail to bloom regularlv and 

 well. A night temperature of 50° is sufficient. This 

 plant may be induced to set seed if the flowers are 

 hand-fertilized. 



A. Plant nearly stemless. 

 Begrlnee, Banks. Bird of Paradise Flower. Fig. 

 2432. About 3 ft. high: roots large, strong-growing: 

 oblong, about 1 ft. long, stiff, concave; leaf -stalks 

 radical, twice to three times as long as the Ivs.: 

 pe higher than the Ivs.: spathe about 6 in. long, 

 rly horizontal, purplish at the base, about 6-fld., the 

 1. orange and blue-purple. Winter. B.M. 119. 120. 

 AA. Plant with woody stemx. 

 B. Fls. pure white. 

 Augusta. Thiitih, IS „,„,,Ut„. n, Dietr.). Becoming 



18 ft. hifjli: 

 oblong, a.- 

 from a li-al 

 pie pedicel 

 round at tl: 



ing the first week give one dilute application. After 

 this give two applications a week, increasing the 

 strength of the manure liquid each time. Well-rotted 

 cowmanure or sheep droppings furnish good material for 

 this purpose. When the fruits are coloring the liquid 

 manure should be withheld and only clear water given. 

 As they swell, the fruits will need support, and the 

 best method of furnishing this is probably by using 

 small-meshed window-screen wire cut into suitable 

 squares. These squares may be laid on the pot, under 

 the clusters of fruits. They hold the fruits away from 

 the sides of the pots, protect them from any water or 

 liquid manure that is given the plants, and enhance the 

 beauty of the potted plant. After one fruiting, the 

 plants are worthless. C e. Hunn- 



STEAWBEEEY BUSH. See Exwnymm^. 



STEAWBEEEY GEEANIUM. Saxifmga sarmen- 



I Hi- -nil, mil .if iliH stem, 2-3 ft. long, 

 ii.: I i. 11 i' iilt: peduncle short, 

 ; i ! i ; I I . I i • : fls. on short pur- 



i:iii- iii Hii i!i\\-r pure white; petals 

 . B.M. 41G7. 41W. 

 BB. Fls. pale blue and white. 

 Kicolai, Regel & C. Koch. Resembling S. Augusta 

 in habit and foliage, but the fls. and spathe are much 

 larger and the petals are hastately combined and blue 

 in color. B.M. 7038. F. W. Barclay. 



STEEPTOCALYX {twisted calyr). Bromelitcece. 

 There are 7 species of Streptocalyx according to Mez 

 (DC. Monogr. Phaner. Vol.9) of Brazil. The genus 

 differs from Bromelia in having strongly imbricated 

 broad spii-ii^ ail.) I"!i'_' .-..rolln-fiibp. No species are in 

 fh,- Alii, lii iii 1 1 iiili I. Ill > /■.....'' ii'/('>-.78i, Morr,, is de- 

 vri-il,...! 11 I.. . .1 . I . I -iometimes as ^£'cA- 



,„,.( /.'..,. , M I . ,', V iiii.). It is a .stemless 



l.iiii.a|ii.l.--lil..- plii'ii. 'AiHi '■'■" 1" ri-'i<l lanceolate leaves 

 in a dense rosette: chisttr a central dense panicle 

 1-lK ft. long, with many 2-sided spikes of rather dull 

 flowers. 



STBEPTOCAEPUS (Greek compound, meaning twisted 

 fruit), (li'xurnicew. Cape Primrose. In October, 1826, 

 there bl.idiiied at Kew a most interesting gloxinia- 

 like little plant, seeds and specimens of which had been 

 collected in South Africa by Bowie, on the estate of 

 George Rex, at Knysna. The plant was described as 

 Didymocarpus Rexii. It is a stemless plant, with one, 

 or rarely two, long-tubular nodding pale bine flowers on 

 each of several short scapes, and witti ■ .■'■' ml ft-i-^^tored 



root-leaves. It proved to be a prof n-^. i ^ • I . ii-^y 



to grow. "So abundantly does it pt : r. .le 



W. J. Hooker, in 1830, "that new in: i i i . . i ,. nji 

 as weeds in the neiu-lilioriiig pots, ari.l ;. u. .■. ~ i .n of 

 flowers iiia\ I'. ..liiiiiiii ii Ml almost every pei-i...l ef the 

 year." In I- -, i i 1 ii.lloy made the genus Strepto- 

 carpus t'iii 1 : iilling it S. Sexii, the name it 



now bear^. Ii :i[ii'i i \" have been nearly thirty years 

 after the iiitroduetinn of .S\ Bexii that another Strepto- 

 carpiis bloomed in England. This second species was 

 >S. ptih/antha, which may be taken as the type oi" a group 

 that has one leaf lying on the ground and from the mid- 



