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POPULAR GARDEN BOTANY. 



coloured flowers. Young cuttings of these plants root 

 easily in sand, under a glass. 



STRUTHIOLA. 



Gen. Char. (Tetrandria Monogynia.) Calyx tubular, having eight 

 glauds at the mouth; berry without juice, one-seeded. 



From the Greek for a sparrow, from the pointed seed- 

 vessel resembling the beak of that bird. A genus of rather 

 pretty greenhouse plants from the Cape, of which striata, 

 pubescens, longiflora, glabra, juniperina, and some others, 

 are introduced, as they are of easy culture and hardy under 

 shelter. 



DAPHNE. 



Gen. Char. (Octandria Monogynia.) Calyx four-cleft, like a 

 corolla, withering, including the stamens ; ovary inferior ; drupe 

 one-seeded. 



The Greek name for laurel. A few of these handsome 

 evergreens are introduced into the greenhouse, as their fine 

 leaves, early flowers, and sweet scent make them useful. 

 C. odora, from China, is very sweet-scented ; it has blush- 

 coloured or red flowers, and a variety has variegated leaves : 



