STAT'ICE, Nat. Ord. Plumhagina' cece. ^'i.^d.' 

 ^ A genus of beautiful greenhouse and border plants, remarkable alike for the variety of 

 their foliage and the brilliancy and beauty of their flowers ; the hardy kinds are splendid for 

 rockwork and flower-borders ; the half-hardy sorts make flnc conservatory plants. 



2224 Stat'ice Aralat'tii, pink, of a dark trailing habit, half-hardy perennial I G 



2225 „ arbores'cens, blue, foliage very handsome greenhouse perennial, i! ft 1 G 



2226 „ Bonducl'lii, deep golden yellow^ \ \ ft., half-hardy perennial, from the Levant . . 0 4 



2227 „ brassicssfo'Iia 1 6 



2228 „ Cas'pica,/>a/e blue, 2 ft., hardy perennial, from Caspian Sea 0 6 



2229 J, formo'sa, rose, very beautiful, 1 ft., hardy perennial 0 4 



2230 Fortu'nii, white and yellow, 1 ft., half-hardy perennial, from China 0 C 



2231 Halfoi-'dii, i/we, 2 ft., greenhouse perennial 0 G 



2232 „ imbrica'ta, Wwe, 1^ ft., half-hardy perennial, from Teneri He 0 G 



2233 „ inca'na, pink, 1 ft., half-hardv perennial, from Egypt 0 6 



2234 „ longifo'lia, blue, 1 ft 1 6 



2235 „ macrophyria, ichite, 2 ft., from Canaries 0 G 



2236 „ pseiid-arme'ria, piwA, 1-^ ft., hardy perennial, from China 0 3 



2237 „ puber'ula hyb'rida, pale blue, 3 ft., gi-eenhouse i)erennial 0 6 



2238 „ ro'sea super'ba, bright rose, flowers produced in the greatest profusion, a first- 



class NOVELTY, 1 ft., greenhouse perennial 1 Q 



2239 J, sinua'ta, j9Mr/)/e a7i(fye//o/fj, 1 ft., half-h|irdy perellnial, from the Levant 0 3 



2240 „ Texa'na, pink, 2 ft., hardy perennial, from Texas 0 4 



2241 ,, Tormentil'la, 1 ft., hardy perennial, from the Levant 0 4 



2242 „ Wclwitsch'ii, 1 ft., hardy perennial, from the Levant 0 4 



2243 „ Willdenovia'na, violet, \ ft., hardy perennial, from France 1 Q 



STEXACfTIS, Nat. Ord. Compos' itce. 

 A show}', free-flowering plant, producing a striking effect in mixed or shrubbery borders ; 

 grows freely in any garden soil. Hardy perennial. 



2244 Stenac'tis specio'sa, lilac, 2 ft., from California 0 3 



STE]\rOGHl'LUS, Nat. Ord. Myopora' cece. " 

 A beautiful little flowering greenhouse shrub, of a very gay appearance ; thrives best in 

 sandy peat and loam. 



2245 StenocM'lus macula'tus, scarlet, 3 ft., from N. Holland 1 0 



STOCKS (Matthi'ola), Nat. Ord. Crucifercu. 



The Stock Gilliflowcr is one of the most popular, beautiful, and important of our garden 

 favourites ; its delicious fragrance, brilliant and diversified colours, profusion and duration of 

 its bloom, make it invaluable for flower beds and borders, for edgings, ribbons, and pot culture. 



The 10- week Stock (Matthiola annua) is the most universally cultivated ; it usually 

 blooms 10 or 12 weeks after being so\m, grows from 6 to 15 inches high, and when cultivated 

 in rich soil and occasionally watered with very Avcak guano M'ater, throws out an immense 

 quantity of lateral spikes of bloom, so that a plant forms a perfect bouquet ; it would indeed 

 1)6 very difficult to surpass the grand efTect produced by these exquisite floral gems. H'df- 

 i hardy annuals. 



! 2246 ^Stocks, German dwarf 10-week, splendid mixed, 1 0 



j 2247 „ „ „ „ fine mixed 0 G 



! 2248- „ „ „ " „ new large-flowering, splendid mixed, 1^ ft 1 0 



I 224^-^ „ „ „ „ fine mixed 0 G 



I 2250 „ „ „ „ „ crimson, 1^ ft I 0 



• 2251 „ „ „ „ „ purple,'n{t 1 0 j 



I 2252 „ „ „ „ white, li ft 1 0 I 



f 2253 „ „ „ „ new large-flowering pyramidal, splendid mixed, l^ft. 1 0 j 



t 2254 „ „ WaUflower-leaved, splciidid mixed, lA ft 1 0 j 



{ 2265 „ „ ,, „ newla.Tge-^oweredilavender-leaved, splendid mixed, 1^ ft. 1 0 j 



I 2256 „ ,, „ „ autumn-flowered Rocket, splendid mixed 1 0 



j 2257 „ „ „ „ new dwarf Bouquet, splendid mixed, f f t 1 0 



i 2258 „ „ „ Tom Thumb, splendid mixed, for edgings, a ft 1 0 



The Lnpeiial or Emperor, sometimes called Perpetual Stocks, are hybrids of the 

 I Brorapton, growing eighteen inches high, and of a robust branching habit. Sown in ^larch or 

 ' April they make splendid " Autumn Flowering Stocks," and form a valuable succession to 

 the summer- blooming varieties ; should the -n-inter prove mild, they will continue flowering to 

 Christmas. Sown in June or July, they flower the following June, and continue blooming 

 tlu'ough the summer and autumn months. Half-hardy biennials. 



2259 Stock, Grerman Imperial, new large-flowered, splendid mixed, 1.^ ft 1 0 



The Brompton and Giant Cape are generally called Winter Stocks, on account of their 

 not flowering the first year ; the former is robust and branching, the latter possesses the 

 characteristic so much esteemed by some, viz., an immense pyramidal spike of bloom. Half' 

 hardy biennials. 



