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youDg shoots. S. vimineum and S. raedium. They flower 

 freely, and are easily cultivated. The old wood should be 

 frequently cut out where it is practicable. Drain the pots. 

 (Soil No. 6.) 



Sprengelia incarndta, the only species^ a very pretty 

 plant, allied to E-pdcris ; foliage acuminate, embracing the 

 stem ] flowers small, pink, bearded, and in close spikes ; 

 grows freely. The pots must be well drained, and the plants, 

 when dormant, watered sparingly ; for if they get sodden 

 about the roots, they very seldom recover. (Soil No. 6.) 



Strelitzkij or queen plant : a genus of fine plants belong- 

 ing to the natural order of Miisacea. S. regma, S. ovdfa, 

 and S. humiUs are the most free and beautiful flowering 

 species, and are very similar, except in habit. The flower- 

 stalks is from one to two feet long, producing about five 

 flowers of a bright yellow, having a large blue stigma, which 

 forms a distinct contrast. S, juncea and S. j^ci^i^iflora are 

 also desirable species, but are more rare than the former, 

 which ought to be in every green-house. (Soil No. 19.) 



Stre^^tocarjjus rliexiiy a free-blooming dwarf plant, of easy 

 culture in soil No. 4. 



StyUdUniiy six species of pretty little plants, with small 

 linear leaves, and remarkable for the singular elasticity of 

 -the style or column, \^hich, when the flower is newly ex- 

 panded, lays to one side, and, on being touched with a pin, 

 starts with violence to the opposite side. S. gramini folium, 

 S. fruticosiim, S. lancifoUumj and S. adndtum, are all free- 

 flowering; flowers in spikes, very small; color light and 

 dark pink ; blooms from April to July. S. adndtinn is half 

 herbaceous, and should, when growing, be kept nigh the 

 glass, or it will be drawn, and the flowers become of a pale 

 color. They are all of easy cultivation. (Soil No. 10.) 



SfyplieliaSy seven species of very showy flowers, with mu- 

 cronate leaves; corolla in long tubular form, having several 

 bundles of hairs in it; segments reflex and bearded. >S^. 

 tubiflbra, crimson; S. trifldra, crimson and green; S. adsceii- 

 densj and S. longiflbra, are beautiful species. They grow 

 freely, and should be well drained, as too much wat^r is very 

 hurtful to them. In summer, they ought not to be much 

 exposed to the hot sun^ or the foliage will become brown. 

 (Soil. No. 6.) 



