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STA'TICE continued. 



S. sinualta hy'brida is a plant of various colours. 

 1 ft. high. 



S. vpica'ta has long spikes of rose and white 

 flowers in July. Caucasus, 1819. Syn., S. 

 candala'brum. 



S. Suworo'wi is the best of all the annual species. 

 Above the foliage rise the much-branched 

 flower spikes. 2 to 3 ft. high, with bright 

 rose florets. Turkestan, 1883. Best sown in 

 autumn and kept in a cool greenhouse or 

 frame during winter. An excellent pot plant. 



S. Thoui'ni is 1 ft. high. With blue flowers in 

 August. N. Africa, 1700. 



Sow seeds in pans of light soil and only just 

 cover them and place in a temp, of 60 in February 

 or March. Transplant in other pans, harden off in 

 a cold frame, and plant out in May. 



STEEPLE BELL FLOWER. See CAMPANULA pyramidalis. 



STOCK. See MATTHIOLA. 



STOCK GILLIFLOWER. See MATTHIOLA annua. 



SUN-FLOWER. See HELIANTHUS annuus. 

 SUN-PLANT. See PORTULACA. 



SWAN RIVER-DAISY. See BRACHYCOME. 



SWAN EIVER EVERLASTING. See KHODANTHE Manglesi. 



SWEET JOHNS. See DIANTHUS barbatus. 



SWEET PEA. See LATHYRUS odoratus. 



