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wall ; but planks of stone, or plates of slate 

 or cast iron, are to be preferred. The roof, 

 when necessary, may be supported by iron 

 columns from the middle of the pit, a. 

 Shelves may be placed against the back 

 wall, b, and occasionally a narrow-leaved 

 creeper run up the roof, c. We may add, 

 that houses of this description are gene- 

 rally placed east and west against walls, 

 on account of the shelter thereby obtained 

 during winter, when a high degree of heat 

 is kept up within, while the cold is exces- 

 sive without. 



STEANVE'SIA. (Named after the Hon. 

 W. F. Strangways, F.R.S. Nat. ord., 

 Appleworts [Pomacese]. Linn., 12-Ico- 

 sandria 2-Di-pentagynia. Allied to Cra- 

 tsegus.) 



A beautiful and nearly evergreen shrub, but not 

 quite hardy, except in the south of England. 

 Grafting on the thorn ; in cold places would like 

 a little protection in winter. 



S. glauce'scens (grey-leaved). 20. White. June. 

 Nepaul. 1828. 



STRATIO'TES. Water Soldier. (From 

 stratos, an army ; sword-like leaves. Nat. 

 ord., Hydrocharads [Hydrocharidacens]. 

 Linn., 22-Dicecia 10-Dodecandria.) 



Hardy aquatics. Useful to plant in ponda, 

 where it will soon cover a large space. Seeds and 

 divisions; ponds and lak-s. 

 S. aKsmoi'destplantain-lik.;). July. E.Ind. 1806. 



aloi'des (aloe-like). 2. White. June. England. 

 STRAVA'DIUM. (From the native name 



in Malabar. Nat. ord., Barrlngtoniads 

 [Barringtoniaceae]. Linn., IQ-Monadel- 

 phia 8-Polyandria.) 



Stove evergreen trees. Cuttings of ripened 

 shoots in sand, under a bell-glass, and in a good, 

 moist bottom-heat ; fibry loain and peat, with a 

 little charcoal and silver sand. Winter temp., 60 

 to 65 ; summer, 65 to 90. 



S. acuta'ngulum (sharp-angled). 20. Purple. 

 E, Ind. 1822. 



racemo'sum (racemed). 20. White. W. Ind. 



ru'brum (red). Red. E.Ind. 1822. 



STRAWBERRY. Fraga'ria. 



Superior kinds. No. 1, Black Prince; 

 2, Keen's Seedling ; 3, British Queen ; 4, 

 Elton ; 5, Old Pine; 6, Alpine ; 7, Kitley's 

 Goliath ; 8, Eliza ; 9, Carolina superba. For 

 early heavy crops none can exceed the 

 Keen's ; tor size, the British Queen and 

 Goliath ; for earliness, the Black Prince 

 probably takes the lead; for very late 

 purposes, the Elton and Alpines; and for 

 forcing, the Keen's and the British Queen. 



Soil. A good loam of some depth is 

 best adapted to high culture; for although 

 strawberry walls are found to be highly 

 conducive to flavour, yet they will not 

 succeed well in such situations, unless a 



special provision of this kind be made for 

 them. Therefore, loose and sandy soils 

 must be mixed with marls or clays, and 

 clayey soils must be rendered open by 

 applying sand, road- scrap ings, cinder- 

 ashes (fine), burnt or charred material, 

 &c. Boggy or peaty soils will require 

 consolidation by burning, or the applica- 

 tion of sound soil, and by thorough drain- 

 ing, if wet. 



Propagation : by Runners and Seed. 

 Their propagation by runners is well 

 known. Seed-sowing is resorted to for 

 raising new varieties, and for heightening 

 the culture of the Alpine class, which is, 

 by most cultivators, treated as an annual. 



Culture during the Growing Period. 

 Very little is necessary besides keeping 

 them clear of weeds, and trimming all 

 those runners away which are not required 

 for future stock. All operations connected 

 with root-culture should be carried out 

 during the rest period. At the end of 

 May the runners will begin to ramble 

 freely, and at this time a very general 

 spring-dressing should take place. This 

 consists in hoeing and r:vking the ground 

 thoroughly, choosing a dry period for the 

 operation, in order that every weed may 

 be destroyed; at the same time trimming 

 away all the wires or strings on which the 

 runners are produced. The next pro- 

 ceeding will be to place clean straw, grass- 

 mowings, or tan beneath the trusses of 

 fruit; this process requires a little nicety 

 of handling. When the bloom trusses 

 make their appearance, the next great 

 point is to see that the plants never 

 suffer from drought from this period to 

 the moment they commence ripening. 



Culture during the Rest Period. We 

 date our rest season from the period at 

 which the last fruit is gathered, or soon 

 after, say the end of August. At this 

 period it will be found, that in spite of 

 the trimming the plants received in May, 

 a profusion of runners will have been 

 produced, the rambling foliage from 

 which will obstruct the light from the 

 older and principal leaves, which have, 

 from this time forward, the important 

 office of preparing for the formation of 

 the ensuing year's blossom. The waste 

 runners should therefore be trimmed 

 away as soon as possible, for they also 

 exhaust the soil by tkeir roots. In cut- 

 ting away these runners, great care must 

 be exercised in preserving all the true 

 leaves, which must by no means be cut. 



