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Bacchus, the god of wine, and Silenus, in vineyards. 
Daphne and Diana, Flora and Venus, fhould have 
their places in the flower-garden. 
iEolus, god of the winds, and the Oreades, fairies of 
the mountains, fh'ould be placed on high mounts, 
terrace walks, &c. 
The goddefs Vallenta in vallies. 
Harpocrates and Angerona, the former the god, and 
the latter the goddefs, of filence, and Mercury, the 
god of eloquence, in private cabinets in a wildernefs 
or grove. _ * 
Ariftaeus, the patron of bees, near an apiary. 
Morpheus and Pan, gods of flieep, Pales, the god- 
defs of fhepherds, and Bubona, the goddefs of oxen, 
in fmall paddocks of fheep in open iawns. But un- 
lefs thefe ftatues are good, or copies from thofe which 
are fo, there had better be none in. gardens, for peribns 
of good tafte cannot bear to iee ordinary ones. 
STE^LLATE plants are fuch as have their leaves 
placed at certain knots or intervals of the ftalks in 
form of a ftar: of this tribe are Madder, Goofe- 
grafs. Ladies Bedftraw, &c. 
STERILITY fignifi.es barrennefs. 
STEWARTIA. Lin. Gen. Plant. 758. 
The Characters are, 
The flower has a -permanent empalement of one leaf, cut 
into five oval concave fegments-, it has five large oval 
petals which fpread open , and a great number of fender 
Jlamina which are joined in a cylinder at bottom , which 
are jhorter than the petals , to which they are connected at 
their bafe , and are terminated by roundifh proftrate fum- 
mits , with a roundifh hairy germen , fupporting five ftyles 
the length of the Jlamina , crowned by obtufe jligmas. The 
germen afterzvard turns to a five-cornered capfule with 
five cells , opening with five valves whofe cells are clofed, 
each containing one oval comprejfed Jeed. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the third fedtion of 
Linnaeus’s fixteenth clafs, which includes thofe plants 
whofe flowers have many ftamina connected together 
in a column. 
We know but one Species of this genus, viz. 
Stewartia ( Malacodendron .) Aft. Upfal. 1741. Lin. 
Sp. Plant. 698. Stewartia . Malacodendron. Mitch. 
The title of this genus was given it in honour of the 
Right Honourable the Earl of Bute, whofe great 
knowledge of the fcience of botany is well known 
to all who have have the honour of his lordflfip’s ac- 
quaintance. 
This fhrub grows naturally in Virginia, where it 
riles with ftrong ligneous ftalks to the height of ten 
or twelve feet, fending out branches on every fide, 
covered with a brown bark, garnifhed with oval 
fpear-fhaped leaves like thofe of the Cherry-tree, 
about two inches and a half long, and one inch and a 
half broad ; they are fawea on their edges, and are 
pretty much veined, Handing alternately. The flowers 
are produced from the wings of the (talk ; their eni- 
palements are of one leaf, cut into five obtufe fegments 
almoft to the bottom. The flower is of one petal (ac- 
cording to Ray and Tournefort,) which is cut into 
five parts almoft to the bottom, but their bafe are 
connected together, and fall off united •, the fegments 
are narrow at their bafe, but fpread open, are broad 
and obtufe at their points, and hollowed like a lpoon 
in the middle ; they are white, but one of the feg- 
ments in each flower is ftained with an herbacous yel- 
low colour. In the center of the flower arife five 
ftyles, which are furrounded by a circle of purple 
ftamina, terminated by roundifh blue fummits. The 
ftamina are inferred to the bafe of the petals, fo form 
at their bafe one body, being there connected toge- 
ther. It flowers the latter end of May. The fruit of 
this is a conical, dry, ligneous capfule, having five 
fharp angles and five cells, which open at the top with 
five valves, each cell containing one oblong fmooth 
feed. 
This fhrub is at prefent very rare in the Englifh gar- 
dens. The feeds are feldom brought to England, 
and th6fe frequently fail, either by their not having 
been properly impregnated, or duly ripened, for I 
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have examined feveral which have been hollow, hav- 
ing only a fliell-, and when the plants come up, they 
are veiy difficult to maintain while young * s for if they 
are expofed to too much fun, they will foon be de- 
ftroyed, nor do they thrive when expofed to the open 
air. The only way in which I have feen the young 
plants iiicceed was, when they were few a under giafies, 
and the furface of the ground between the plants 
covered with Mofs to keep the ground moift, and the 
glafles were conftantly fhaded every day when the 
lun was bright. With this management the plants 
feemed in good health, but made little progrefs in 
their growth. _ ( 
STOCK G I LI FLOWER. See Cheiranthus* 
S T CEB E. Lin. Gen. Plant. 839. 
The Characters are. 
The flower is compofed of many hermaphrodite florets , 
which are included in one common empalement , whofe 
[coles are awl-fhaped and permanent between each ficale 
is fituated one floret, whofe empalement is compofed of 
five narrow acute leaves which are equal and ere ft. 
The florets are funnel-fioaped, 6 f One petal, cut into five 
points at the brim , fpread open they have five fhort 
hair-like Jlamina , terminaJed by cylindrical fummits with 
five indentures, and an oblongs germen, fupporting a Jlen- 
' derjiyie , crowned by a bifid acute fiigma . The germen after- 
zvard becomes a Jingle feed, crowned with a long feathery 
down, fitting in the common e?npalement. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the fifth fection of 
Linnaeus’s nineteenth clafs, which includes thofe 
plants whofe flowers have many partial empaiements 
included in the common one. 
We have but one Species of this genus, viz. 
Stoebe ( TEthiopica .) Hort. Cliff. 360. Stcebe. Helichry- 
foides juniperi creberrimis aduncis fbliis, floribus in 
ramulorum cymis Vaill. A 61 . Par. 1719. Baftard Eli- 
chryfum with crooked Juniper leaves , and flowers growing 
at the tops of the branches. 
This plant grows naturally at the* Cape of Good 
Hope it is a perennial plant, with a ligneous ftalk 
which rifes two or three feet high, fending out Ben- 
der branches from the fides, which are garnifhed with 
fhort linear leaves that are for the raoSt part hooked ; 
they are of a grayifh colour, and placed irregularly 
round the branches ; the flowers are produced in An- 
gle heads at the end of the branches *, they are of a 
pale yellow colour, and are compofed of feveral her- 
maphrodite florets, each having a feparate cup, in- 
cluded in one common empalement, whofe feales lie 
over each other like thofe of fifh. The florets are 
Angle, and peep out between the feales of the em- 
palement. This plant flowers in Auguft, but feldom 
produces good feeds in England. 
It is propagated by cuttings or flips, which fhould 
be planted in July upon a bed of foft loam, and co- 
vered clofe down either with a bell or hand-glafs, 
fhading them every day from the fun till they have 
taken root ; then they muff be gradually inured to the 
open air, and afterward taken up, and planted in 
pots, placing them in the fhade till they have taken 
new root ; then they may be placed in a fheltered fitti- 
ation with other tender exotic plants, and in autumn 
they muff be removed into fhelter, for they are too 
tender to live through the winter in the open air in 
England. 
STCECHAS. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 201. tab. 95. La- 
vendula. Lin. Gen. Plant. 630 [fo called from cer- 
tain ifles in the Mediterranean Sea, belonging to the 
French, where this plant was firft found. In the 
fliops it is called Stcechas Arabica, not becaufe it 
grows there, but becaufe the Arabian phyficians 
highly commend this herb.] Caflidony, French La- 
vender, or Stickadore. 
The Characters are, 
The flower has an oval permanent empalement of one 
leaf, whofe brim has fome obfeure indentures ; it is of 
the lip kind with one petal, having a cylindrical tube 
longer than the empalement , whofe brim Spreads open. 
The upper lip is large, bifid , and open % the under Up is 
cut into three roundifh almoft equal fegments . . It has four 
12 U Jlamina 
