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STAR APPLE. Chrysophy'llum. 

 STAE FISH. Stape'lia aste'riast 

 STAR HEAD. Aster oce'phalus. 

 STAR OP BETHLEHEM. Ornitho'galum 

 STAR THISTLE. Centau'rea calci'trapa 

 STARTING. A term used to designat 

 the hastening the commencement o 

 growth, either in a seed or plant, hy sub 

 mitting it to artificial heat. 



STA'TICE. Sea Lavender. (From sta 

 tizo, to stop; the powerful medical as 

 tringency of some of the species. Nat 

 ord., Leadworts [PlumbaginacesB]. Linn. 

 5-Pentandria Q-PolygyniaC) 



Hardy perennials, by division and seeds, anc 

 tender species by similar means, and also bj 

 cuttings ; those requiring a cold pit and green 

 house flourish best in sandy, fibry loam and a 

 little peat, also good and fibry. 



GREENHOUSE EVERGREENS. 

 S. arbo'rea (tree). 2. Blue. July. Teneriffe. 182Q 



Dickso'nii (Dickson's). Purple. May. 1840 



echioi'des (echium-like). 1. Pale blue. July 



South Europe. 1752. Biennial. 



grandiflo'ra (large-flowered). 1836. 



monope'tala (one-petaled). 3. Purple. July 



Sicily. 1731. 



denuda'ta (naked-stemmed). 3. Purple 



July. Sicily. 1640. 



suffrutico'sa (under-shrubby). . Blue. July 



Siberia. 17QQ. 



HALF-HARDY HERBACEOUS. 

 S. Mgypti'aca (Egyptian). l. Pale pink. May. 

 Ararat. 1829. 



ala'ta (winged). 1. Purple, yellow, July. 1806. 



auricula'ta (eared). . Blue. July. Galicia. 1817. 



auriculeefo'lia (auricula-leaved). . Red. July 



Barbary. 1781. 



austra'lis (southern). 1. N. Holland. 1823 



cine'rea (grey). 1. Blue. July. Cape of Good 



Hope. 1810. 



conge'sta (crowded). Red. July. Altai. 1837. 



conspi'cua (conspicuous). 1. Pink. July. 



Russia. 1804. 



corda'ta (heart- leaved). . Blue. June. South 



Europe. 1752. 



emarginu'ta (notched-ended), j. Purple. May. 



Gibraltar. 



folio 1 sa (leafy), i. Purple, white. July. Gra- 



ciosa. 1830. 



frute'scens (shrubby). 1. Blue. Canaries. 1847. 



imbrica'ta (imbricated). Teneriffe. 1829. 



inca'na (hoary), l. Pink. July. Egypt. 1823. 



limo'nium (limonium. Wild Marsh Beet). 1. 



Blue. July. England. 



macrophy'lla (large-leaved). 2. White. May. 



Canaries. 1824. 



mucronu'ta (spine -pointed). 1. Red. July. Bar- 



bary. 1784. 



ovaiifo'lia (oval-leaved). 1. Whit?. July. Ca- 



naries. 1816. 



pectina'ta (comb-like), f. Blue. September. 



Canaries. 1780. 



pseu'do-arme'ria (talse-armeria). Violet. April. 



1840. 



pube'rula (rather downy). }. Violet. May. Gra- 



ciosa. 1830. 



-pube'scens (downy). 4. Red. July. South Eu- 

 rope. 1824. 



purpura'ta (purpled). 6. Purple. July. Cape 



of Good Hope. 1800. 



S, sca'bra (rough-branched). 1. Blue. June. Cape 

 of Good Hope. 1788. 



sinua'ta (scollop-leaved). 1. Purple, yellow. 



August. Levant. 162Q. 



specio'sa (showy), l . White. July. Russia. 1776. 



tetrago'na (four-angled). 2. Red. July. Cape 



of Good Hope. 1820. 



HARDY HERBACEOUS. 

 S. Alta'ica (Altaian). l.Blue. July. Siberia. 1820. 



articula'ta (jointed). . Blue. July. South 



France. 1826. 



au'rea (golden). Golden. Siberia. 1832. 



bellidifo'liu (daisy-leaved). $. Pale blue. June. 



Greece. 1810. 



bi'color (two-coloured). Purple, white. May. 



1837. 



binervo'sa (two-nerved). l.Blue. July. England. 



Carolinia'na (Carolina). 1. Blue. June. Caro- 



lina. 1820. 



Ca'spiea (Caspian). 1. Pale blue. July. Cas- 



pian Sea. 



coria'ria (coriaria-like). l. Lilac. July. Cau- 



casus. 



cunea'ta (wedge-leaved). . Blue. July. Si- 



beria. 1820. 



dicho'toma (two- ranked). $. Blue. July. 



South Europe. 1810. 



echi'nus (hedgehog). . Red. July. Caucasus. 



1813. 



elcfta (tall). 1. Blue. August. Siberia. 1820. 



exi'mia (choice). 1. Lilac, rose. August. Sou- 



garia. 1844. 



ferula'cea (ferula-leaved). 1. Yellow. July. Si- 



beria. 1796. 



flexuo'sa (zigzag). 1. Purple. July. Siberia. 17Q1. 



Fortu'ni (Fortune's). 1. Yellow. April. China. 



1845. 



globularieefo'lia (globularia-leaved). 1. White. 



August. Mexico. 1821. 



Gmeli'ni (Gmelin's)= 1. Blue. July. Si- 



beria. 1796. 



Greefca (Greek). . White. June. Greece. 1810. 



graminifo'lia (grass-leaved). 1. Red. June. 



Siberia. 1780. 



latifo'lia (broad-leaved). 1. Blue. June. Si- 



beria. 1791. 



minu'ta (small). \. Red. June. Mediterranean. 



1658. 

 na'na (dwarf). $. Blue. July. Britain. 



olfiifo'lia (olive-leaved). 1. Red. July. Italy. 



Iti88. 



pruino'sa (frosted). 1. White. July. South 



Europe. 1823. 



rariflo'ra (thin-flowered). Blue. July. Britain. 



reticula'ta (netted). . Blue. July. England. 



rytidophy'lla (file- leaved). 3. Blue. May. 



Port Natal. 1840. 



scopa'riu (broom-like). 1. Blue. July. Siberia 



1796. 



spatula'ta (sp&tulz- leaved), 1. Purple. July 



Barbary. 1804. 



spicu'ta (spiked). . White. July. Caucasus 



1819. Annual 



Tata'rica (Tartarian). l. Pink. June. Russia. 



1731. 



-- Thoui'nii (Thouin'i). 1. Blue. August. New 

 Afriia. 1/00. 



vimi'nea (twiggy). . Blue. July. 1818. 



mrgu>ta (rod like). 1$. Blue. July. Spain. 

 Wittdenoiiia'na (Willdenow's). J. Violet. July. 



France. 1800. 



STATIONS FOR FRUIT-TREES. Unless 

 he soil is good, this is the best mode of 

 lanting; and it often renders draining 



