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424 THE NURSERY-MANUAL
Stenotaphrum (St. Augustine Grass). Grarrukece.
Propagation is mostly by cuttings or parts of the creeping
rhizomes.
Stephanotis. Asclepiadaceaz.
Multiplied by seed:; when obtainable ; also by cuttings of halfripe
wood in spring or at other times under a frame in the
greenhouse.
Sterculia, Sferculiacec??.
Increased by- seeds and by ripened cuttings. The commonest
species, S. platanifolicl but preferably to be called Firmiana simplex,
seeds freely in the southern states ; it is the Japanese varnish tree.
Stembergia. A mar!/llidacee.
Increased by offsets ; also by seeds when they can be obtained.
Stewartia (t;;tuartia) . Terwstr~miacetz.
Grown by seeds sown soon after maturity ; also by layers, and
by cuttings of various degrees of maturity under cover in summer.
Stigmaphyllon. Malpighiucea?.
Propagates well 1,~: means of firm cuttings in autumn ; seeds may
be employed, if obtainable.
Stillingia. Eu~horbiaccce.
Easily handled by imported seeds or by cuttings placed in sand
in heat.
Stipa. Gram inece.
Propagated by seeds, or by division of established plants.
Stizolobium : b’elz~f Bean.
Stocks :
Ma.tth iola.
Stokesia. Contyosifce.
Grown from seeds and by division ; blooms second year from seed.
Strawberry (Fraga,ria). Hosacece.
New kinds are produced from seeds, which are usually sown as
soon as the berries are dead ripe. The berries are crushed and the
seeds separated by rubbing the pulp in dry sand, which is then sown
with the seeds.
Varieties are commonly increased by offsets, or plants formed at
the joints of runners. These runners appear after the fruit is off
(Fig. 55). The ground should be soft and somewhat moist, to enable