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Slip. A cutting. 



Small-fruit. Low and bush-like fruit-plants, and the fruits 



they produce, as the currant, gooseberry, blackberry, 



strawberry, and the like. 

 Splice-graft. A sort of grafting in which both the scion and 



stock are cut off obliquely and the cut surfaces applied to 



each other, the two scions being held secure by bands of 



string. 



Spore. The reproductive body of a flowerless plant, answer- 

 ing to the seed of a flowering plant. It contains no em- 

 bryo. ' 

 Sport. A marked new variety or form, coming from either a 



seed or a bud without any apparent reason. Commonly 



and properly restricted to forms originating from buds ; a 



bud-variety. 



Spur. A very short and small branch bearing leaves or flowers. 

 Stalk. In descriptions of apples and similar fruits, the stem 



or pedicel. 

 Stamen. That portion of the flower which bears the pollen. 



It consists of the anther and filament. It is the male organ 



of the plant. 



Staminate. Bearing stamens alone ; male. 

 Stem. That portion of the plant which bears leaves or buds, 



or both. It may be aerial or subterranean. 

 Stigma. The upper extremity of the pistil upon which the 



pollen is received. It is usually more or less papillose and 



glutinous. 

 Stipule. A more or less leaf-like and usually small appendage 



at the base of a petiole. Stipules are borne in pairs, but 



they are not always present. 

 Stock. 1. The parentage of a particular strain or variety. 



2. A plant or part of a plant upon which a bud or graft is 



set. 

 Stolon. A decumbent shoot which roots at or near the tip, as 



the shoots of black raspberries. 

 Stove. A very warm glass house, used for growing tropical 



plants. 



