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The roof, when necessary, may be sup- 

 ported by iron columns from the middle 

 of the pit, a. 



Shelves may be placed against the 

 back wall, I, and occasionally a narrow- 

 leaved creeper run up the roof, c. We 

 may add, that houses of this description 

 are_ generally 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 excessive without. 



STRAXVE'SIA. (Named after the Hun. 

 W. F. Strain/ways, F.K.S. Nat ord., 

 Apple worts [Pomaeese]. Linn., 12- 

 Icosandria 2-Di-pentagynia. Allied to 

 Crattegus.) 



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. glance' scens (grey-leaved). 20. White. June. 

 Nepaul. 1828. 



STRATIO'TKS. Water Soldier. (From 

 stratos, an army; sword -like leaves. 

 Nat. ord., Hydrocharads [Hydrochari- 

 daceas]. Linn., 22-Dioecia 10-Dode- 

 cctndria.) 



Hardy aquatics. Useful to plant in ponds, 

 where it will soon cover a large space. Seeds 

 and divisions ; ponds and lakes. 



S. alismoi'des (Plantain-like). July. E. Indies. 

 1806. 



aloi'dcs (Aloe-like). 2. White. June. Eng- 



land. 



STRAVA'DIUM. (From the native 

 name in Malabar. Nat. ord., Barring- 

 toniads [Barringtoniaceee]. Linn., 16- 

 Monadelphia H-Polyandria.) 



Stove evergreen trees. Cuttings of ripened 

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

 good moist bottom-heat ; tibry loam and peat, 

 with a little charcoal and silver sand. Winter 

 temp., 60 to 65 ; summer, 65 to 90. 

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

 E. Indies. 1822. 



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



Indies. 



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



STRAWBERRY. Fraya'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, Eleanor. 

 For early heavy crops none can exceed 

 the Keen's ; for size, the British Q.ueen 

 and Goliath; for earliuess, the Black 

 Prince probably takes the lead; for 

 very late purposes, the Elton and Al- 



pines ; 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- 

 scrapings, cinder-ashes (fine), burnt or 

 charred material, &c. Boggy or peaty 

 soils will require consolidation, by burn- 

 ing, or the application of sound soil, 

 and by thorough draining, 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 heighten- 

 ing the culture of the Alpine class, 

 which is by most cultivators treated as 

 an annual. 



Culture during Hie growing period. 

 A'ery little is necessary besides keeping 

 them clear of weeds, and trimming all 

 those runners away which are not re- 

 quired 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 raking the ground thoroughly, 

 choosing a dry period for the operation, 

 in order that every weed may be de- 

 stroyed ; at the same time trimming 

 away all the wires or strings on which 

 the runners are produced. The next 

 proceeding will be to place clean 

 straw, grass-mowings, or tan, beneath 

 the trusses of fruit ; this process re- 

 quires 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 mo- 

 ment 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 re- 



