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green shrub. Young cuttings
peat, and sand.
STEPHANOTIS fiorihunda.
STE 555 S T
Stove
climber. Cuttings. Light rich loam.
STEPTOCARPUS rexii. Mr. M'lntyrc,
of Hillsborough, gives the follow
Loam, Hardy bulbous perennials. Offsets. Rich
loam.
STEVENLl. Two species. Hardy
innual and biennial. Seeds. Common
directions for the culture of this
STEVIA. Thirty-one species. Hardy,
half-hardy, or green-house herbaceous
perennials. Cuttings, divisions and
The seed should be sown in the seeds. Peat and loam.
STEWARTIA virsrinica. Hardv de-
green-house evergreen :
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month of April, in pans, in a mixture of
peat and loam ; then place the pans in ciduous tree. Layers or ripe cuttings.
a hot-bed, frame or_pit,_until the plants Peat and loam.
are fit for potting off. The seed should STIFTL\ insi^nis. Green-house debe
sown very thin; if not, the greater ciduous shrub. Cuttings. Loam and
portion of the plants will rot off for want peat.
of air and room to their stalks, as they S TIGMAPHYLLON. Four species.
grow with their foliage prostrate. As Stove evergreen twiners. Cuttings.
soon as the plants are large enough for Peat and sandy loam.
potting off, fill a quantity of pots with a
mixture of leaf-mould, loam, and sand ;
place a plant in each pot, and give a
little water.
"Afterwards remove them into the
frame or pit; when they have got established
in their pots, they may be
STILAGO. Two species. Stove
evergreen trees. Cuttings. SandyJoam
and peat.
STITCHWORT. Stellaria.
SiTQ'a ]^i\. pinnata. Green-house
evergreen shrub. Young cuttings.
removed to a cold frame or greenhouse.
" In June, they may be placed in the
open air, and regularly watered during
the summer.
" Towards the end of October, remove
them to a frame, to protect them
from frost. In May or June Ibllowing
they may be planted out where recjuired.
As soon as frost is apprehendecl, take
up the plants, with a ball of earth at-
Light rich soil.
STOCK. Mathiola. This genus was,
until lately, united with the wall-flower,
under the generic name Cheiranthus.
Some of the following are species, but
others only very distinct varieties,
M. acaulis. (Stemless Stock.) Hardy
annual. Red. Flowers in June.
M. alpina. (Alpine Stock.) Hardy
evergreen. Yellow. May.
M. annua. (Ten-week Stock.) Hardy
tached to the roots, repot them and
place them in a green-house or frame,
till again required.'' Gard. Chron.
S T E R C U L I A. Eighteen species.
Stove evergreen trees and shrubs. Ripe
annual. Various colours. August.
Many varieties.
M. coronopifolia. Hardy biennial.
Purple. June.
M.fenestralis. Hardy biennial. Pur-
cuttings, with the leaves left on. Light ple. July.
turfy or peaty loam.
STER1GM.\. Two species. Hardy
M. glabrata. Half-hardy
White. August.
evergreen.
biennials. Seeds. Sandy loam.
STERILE is a term applied to unpro-
M. grcEca.
August.
Hardy annual. White.
ductive land and flowers. For some M. helvetica. (Swiss Stock.) Hardy
observations on the first, see Barren. evergreen. Yellow. June.
Sterile (lowers are the male flowers on M. incana. (Brompton and Twick-
monocicious and dioecious plants. They
occur on the cucumber, melon, gourd,
enham Stock.) Hardy evergreen shrub.
Crimson. August. Many varieties.
asparagus, &c. They must not be de M. livida. Hardy annual. Purple.
stroyed, for without the pollen produced July,
by their stamens, the fertile or female M. longipetala. Hardy annual. Red.
blossoms will not produce fruit. If
plants are grown in too high a tempera-
.Tune
M.maritima. (Virginia Stock.) Hardy
ture, there is reason to believe they annual. Red and white. June.
produce an excess of these sterile or M. mutabilis. (Changeable Stock.)
male blossoms.
S T E R N B E R G I A. Four species.
Green-house evergreen.
purple. May.
Yellow and