styli'dium. 



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SUNFLOWER. 



Strawberry tree. --See Ar'butus. 



Strelitzia. — Musacece. — Magni- 

 ficent plants with large long leaves, 

 and very large and singular orange 

 and purple flowers. They are ge- 

 nerally kept in a stove, but they will 

 flower in greenhouse or room, if kept 

 sufficiently moist. They should be 

 grown in light sandy loam. They 

 are very difficult to propagate, but 

 they sometimes send up suckers, and 

 sometimes ripen seeds. 



Strepta'nthera. — Iridecs. — Cape 

 bulbs with very showy flowers ; 

 which may either be grown in pots, or 

 in beds in the open air. — See Ixia. 



Streptoca / rpus. --BignoniacecB. — 

 A very handsome perennial plant 

 from South .Africa, which requires a 

 stove in England; but which when 

 properly treated produces its beautiful 

 and elegant pale purple flowers in 

 great abundance. It is nearly allied 

 to Gloxinia, but it has twisted seed- 

 pods. It should be grown in equal 

 parts of peat, loam, and sand ; and it 

 is increased by seeds, which it ripens 

 freely. 



St ipa. — Graminece. — Siipa pin- 

 naia, the Feather-gra3s, is an ex- 

 tremely elegant plant which grows 

 freely in light rich soil, and is in- 

 creased by seed, or division of the 

 root. 



Stuartia. — TernstrcemiacecB. ■ — 

 A North American shrub or low tree, 

 with large white flowers, nearly allied 

 to Malachodendron. It will grow in 

 any common garden soil that is 

 tolerably light, and it flowers freely. 

 It is propagated by layers, or cuttings. 

 — See Malachodendron. 



Styli'dium. — Stylidecs. — Aus- 

 tralian shrubs and perennials, ge- 

 nerally kept in a greenhouse, with 

 small pinkish or purple flowers, the 

 stamens of which are irritable, and 

 move when touched. All the species 

 should be grown in sandy peat, or 

 heath mould ; and the perennials are 



propagated by seeds or division of the 

 root, and the shrubby species by 

 cuttings. 



Styrax. — Styracinece Storax. 



Ornamental shrubs, with white 

 flowers, natives of Europe and North 

 America ; which grow best in sandy 

 peat, or heath mould, and flower 

 freely. They are propagated by layers. 



Succisa. — See Scabiosa. 

 Succory. — Cichorium Inlybus is 

 a British plant, with brilliant blue 

 flowers, which grows freely in sandy 

 soils, and which may be grown with 

 the greatest ease in gardens. 



Succulent plants are those which 

 have both their stems and leaves pro- 

 vided with so few stomata or breath- 

 ing pores, as to be able to retain a 

 great portion of the moisture which is 

 evaporated by other plants. These 

 plants are generally natives of sandy 

 deserts, where for half the year they 

 are entirely destitute of water, and 

 where their capability of retaining 

 moisture is necessary to keep them 

 alive. When grown in Europe, they 

 are well adapted for sitting-rooms, as 

 they are capable of bearing a greater 

 degree of dryness in the air than most 

 other plants ; but they are very liable 

 to be injured by too much water, as 

 in the cloudy atmosphere of England 

 their stomata are not sufficiently 

 numerous to euable them to throw it 

 off ; and it rots them, or, as gardeners 

 express it, they damp off. All succu- 

 lent plants when grown in pots should 

 have abundant drainage, and should 

 never be suffered to stand with water 

 in the saucer ; and the soil in which 

 they are grown should be mixed with 

 sand or lime rubbish to keep it open, 

 and in a state fit for their roots to 

 penetrate through it. 



Sugar-cane. — See Sa'ccharum. 



Sumach. — See Rhus. 



Summer Cypress. — See Xochia. 



Sundew. — See Dro'sera. 



Sunflower. — See Helianth us. 



