252 GREEN-HOUSE — REPOTTING. [March. 
young shoots. S. vimineum and S. medium. They flower 
freely, and are easily cultivated. The old wood should be 
frequently cut out where it is practicable. Drain the pots. 
(Soil No. 60 
SprciKjelia incamdta, the only species, a very pretty 
plant, allied to Epacris; 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.) 
Strelitzia, or cpueen plant : a genus of fine plants belonging 
to the natural order of Musacea. S. regina, S. ovdta, and 
S. Immilis are the most free and beautiful flowering species, 
and are very similar, except in habit. The flower-stalk is 
from one to two feet long, producing about five flowers of a 
bright yellow, having a large blue stigma, which forms a dis- 
tinct contrast. S. jiincea and S. parviflbranxe, also desirable 
species, but are more rare than the former, which ought to be 
in every green-house. (Soil No. 19.) 
Streptoearpm rhSxvi, a free-blooming dwarf plant, of easy 
culture in soil No. 4. 
Styltdium, six species of pretty little plants, with small 
linear leaves, and remarkable for the singular elasticity of the 
style or column, which, when the flower is newly expanded, 
lays to one side, and, on being touched with a pin, starts with 
violence to the opposite side. S. graminifblium, S. fniticb- 
sum, S. lancifbUum, and S. aduatum, are all free-flowering; 
flowers in spikes, very small; colour light and dark pink; 
blooms from April to July. S. adndtum is half herbaceous, 
and should, when growing, be kept nigh the glass, or it will 
be drawn, and the flowers become of a pale colour. They are 
all of easy cultivation. (Soil No. 10.) 
Styplielias, 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. 
tubijlbra, crimson; S. trijlbra, crimson and green; S. adscen- 
dens, and >S'. hrngtUbra, are beautiful species. They grow 
freely, and should be well drained, as too much water is very 
hurtful to them. In summer, they ought not to be much ex- 
posed to the hot sun, or the foliage will become brown. (Soil 
No. 6.) 
