ENCYCLOD.EDIA OF GARDENING. 
Star Grass (Hypoxis erecta) —Sce Hypoxis. 
Star Hyacinth (Scilla amoona).—Sce Scilla. 
Star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum umbellatum).—Sce Orni- 
thogalum. 
Star Pine (Pinus Pinaster).—See Pinus. 
Star Tulip.—sSee Calochortus. 
Star Windflower (Anemone hortensis).—See Anemone. 
Star-wort.—See Aster. 
Statice (Sea Lavender; Sea Pink). — Ord. Plumbaginacee. 
Greenhouse evergreens & half-hardy & hardy herbaceous perennials. 
CULTURE OF GREENHOUSE SPECIES: Compost, two parts sandy 
fibrous loam, one part fibrous peat, & one part sand. Pot, March or 
April. Position, light airy sunny greenhouse, Sept. to May; cold 
frame, May to Sept. Water freely, April to Sept.; moderately after- 
wards. Apply weak stimulants occasionally in summer to healthy 
established plants. Temp., Sept. to April 40° to 50°; April to May 
55° to 65°. Good drainage in pots indispensable. 
CULTURE OF PERENNIAL SPECIES: Soil, sandy loam. Position, 
sunny rockeries or borders. Plant, March or April. Top-dress 
annually with decayed manure & loam in April. 
CULTURE OF ANNUAL SPECIES: Soil, ordinary sandy. Position, 
sunny borders or rockeries. Sow seeds in well-drained pots filled with 
sandy loam, cover slightly with fine soil, & place in temp. of 55° to 65°, 
Feb. or March. Transplant when large enough to handle; harden off 
& plant outdoors in May. Propagate by seeds sown as above; cuttings 
inserted singly in 2-in. pots well drained & filled with sandy soil, & 
placed in temp. 55° to 65° in spring; division of roots, March or April. 
GREENHOUSE SPECIES: S. profusa, blue, Aug., 1 to 2 ft., hybrid; fruticans, 
pine, summer, Canaries; macrophylla (Syn. 8S. Halfordii), blue, June, 1 to 2 ft., 
anaries. 
HARDY PERENNIAL SPECIES: S. Bonduelli. yellow, June, 1 to 2 ft., Algeria; 
Gmelini, blue, summer, 1 to 2 ft., Caucasus; incana, pink, summer, 6 to 9 in., 
Tauria; latifolia, blue, June, 1 ft., Bulgaria; Limonium (Common Sea Lavender), 
purple, summer, 1 ft., Europe (Britain); tartarica, red and blue, summer, 1 ft., 
Cuucasus. 
ANNUAL SPECIES: 8S. Suworowi, lilac and pink, summer, 18 in., C. Asia. 
Stauntonia.—Ord. Berberidacee. Hardy evergreen climbing 
shrub. First introduced 1876. 
CULTURE: Soil, deep sandy loam. Position, 8. wall or trellis. 
Plant, Sept., Oct., March or April. Prune trailing shoots, not re- 
quired to produce flowers following season, back to two-thirds of their 
length in autumn. Propagate by cuttings of firm young shoots in- 
serted in sandy soil under bell-glass in shady position outdoors in 
summer, 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: §S. hexaphylla, white, fragrant, spring, 10 to 20 ft., 
China and Japan. See also the genus Holbeellia. 
Steeple Bells (Campanula pyramidalis).—See Campanula. 
Stenotaphrum (Variegated Grass).—Ord. Graminee. Green- 
house orn.-leaved grass. First introduced 1822. Leaves, narrow, 
grass-like, striped with yellow. 
CULTURE: Compost, equal parts peat, loam, leaf-mould, & sand or 
Jadoo fibre. Position, warm & moist part of greenhouse. Pot, March. 
Water copiously March to Sept., fairly freely Sept. to March. Temp., 
Sept. to March 50° to 55°; March to Sept. 55° to 65°. Propagate by 
cuttings of shoots, or by division of roots in spring. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: S. glabrum variegatum, 1 ft., Carolina. 
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