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STAFF TREE. Cela'strus. 



STANDARD. A tree unsupported by 

 a wall or trellis. 



Full Standards are such trees as are 

 trained with tall straight stems six or 

 seven feet high, clear of branches, and 

 are then suffered to branch out. 



Half Standards are trees trained with 

 short stems only two or three feet 

 high, then suffered to branch out at 

 that height to form heads ; having low 

 heads the fruit is more easily gathered. 

 Concave dwarfs have the middle hol- 

 low, and the branches all round in a 

 cup form. Horizontal dwarfs have 

 the branches extended all round in a 

 flat or horizontal position, but the con- 

 cave dwarf is to be preferred. 



STANHO'PEA. (Named after Earl 

 Stanhope. Nat. ord., Orchids [Orchida- 

 ceae]. Linn., 20-Gynandria 1-Monan- 

 dria.) 



Stove orchids, grown in pots, See Orchids. 



S. aura'ntia (orange-coloured). Orange. June. 

 La Guayra. 1840. 



au'rea (golden). Yellow. May, Guatemala. 



1835. 



Ba'rkeri (Barker's). Yellow, brown. July. 



Mexico. 



Buce'phalus (bull-horned). 2. Yellow, 



crimson. May. Quito. 1843. 



Devonie'nsis (Duke of Devonshire's), 1. 



Yellow, crimson. June. Peru. 1833. 



expa'nsa (expanded). Various. May. 



Mexico. 1841. 



grandiflo'ra (large-flowered), l. White. 



June. Trinidad. 1824. 

 a'lba (white). White. June. 



Demerara. 1841. 

 incarna'ta (flesh - coloured) . 



White, flesh. June. Demerara. 1835. 

 odora/fa (sweet-scented). White. 



June. Demerara. 1835. 



grave'olens (strong-scented). Straw. May. 



Peru. 1843. 



guttula'ta (small-spotted). Buff. June. 



Peru. 1843. 



Harriso'nice (Mrs. Harrison's). June. 



Brazil. 1836. 



ino'dora (scentless). Yellow, white. May. 



Mexico. 1844. 



insi'gnis (notable). 1. White, purple. 



September. Quito. 1826. 



' atropurpu'rea (dark - purple). 



White, purple. September. Brazil. 

 1830. 



fla'va (yellow). Yellow, purple. 



September. Brazil. 1837. 



. fu'lva (tawny). White, red. Sep- 

 tember. Brazil. 1838. 



l u tf ea (yellow). Yellow, purple. 



September. Brazil. 1834. 



_ M ma'jor (larger). Yellow, purple. 



September. Brazil. 1836. 



S. insi'gnis obscu'ra (obscure). White, purple. 

 September. Brazil. 1830. 



pa'llida (pale). White/red. Sep- 

 tember. Brazil. 1830. 



Li'ndleyi (Lindley's). 1. Brown, red. Au- 



gust. Mexico. 1839. 



ly'ncea (Lynx-plant). Various. June. Mexico. 



tnaculo'sa (spotted). 1. Blue, green. Au- 



gust. Mexico. 183Q. 



Martia'na (Von Martius's). 1. White. 



May. Mexico. 1843. 



bi' color (two-coloured-flowered). 



1. White, purple. June. Mexico. 1843. 



ocula'ta (eyed). 2. White, purple. June. 



Brazil. 1829. 

 Barkeria'na (Barker's). 2. White, 



purple. June. Mexico. 

 pa'llida (pale). White, red. June. 



Mexico. 1836. 

 ma'jor (larger). White, purple. 



June. Mexico. 1835. 



quadrico'rnis (four-horned). 2. Yellow, 



red. June. Spanish Main. 



Ru'ckeri (Mr. Rucker's). Yellow, brown. 



May. Guatemala. 1843. 



Russellia'na (Duke of Bedford's). Various. 



May. Brazil. 1843. 



sacca'ta (bagged). Yellow, green. May. 



Guatemala. 1836. 



pa'llida (pale). Yellow. May. 



Guatemala. 1840. 



tigri'na (tiger-spotted). 2. Red, chocolate. 



July. Xalapa. 

 atra'ta (blacked). Orange, black. 



July. Guatemala. 1843. 

 purpu'rea (purple). Orange, purple. 



July. Guatemala. 1836. 



trico'rnis (three-horned). Pink, white. Peru. 



venu'st a (handsome). Guatemala. 1830. 



Wa'rdii (Ward's). 1. Yellow, brown. Au- 



gust. Mexico. .1836. 



STANLE'YA. (Named after the Earl 

 of Derby. Nat. ord., Crucifers [Brassi- 

 cacese]. Linn., l^-Tctradynamia.) 



Hardy herbaceous perennial. Seeds, and 

 division of the plant, in spring ; sandy loam 

 and vegetable mould. 



S. pinnati'fida (leaflet - 1 ike - leaved] . 1 . Yellow . 

 June. Louisiana. 1816. 



STATE 'LIA. ( Named after J. B. Stapcl, 

 a Dutch botanist. Nat. ord., Asclepiads 

 [Asclepiadace]. Linn., 5-Pentandria 

 Z-Digynia.') 



Greenhouse evergreens, from the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Cuttings of shoots, in spring, 

 well dried at the base before inserting them, in 

 sandy soil ; sandy loam, brick rubbish, and 

 broken bricks, with top-dressings of rotten 

 cow-dung, when growing freely, or manure 

 waterings. Winter temp., 40 to 50, and dry ; 

 summer, 60 to 80, and moisture, but with 

 judgment at all times. 



S. acumina'ta (pointed - leaved}. . Purple 

 striped. August. 1/95. 



ambi'gua (doubtful). 2. Purple, brown. 



June. 1/95. 



ape'rta (open-lowered). 2. Yellow, purple. 



July. 1795. 



