Gardening for ladies, and, Companion to the flower-garden . the open ground; as theheat of the surrounding atmosphere,whether it be advantageous or inju-rious, penetrates readily through thesides of the pots, and the superfluousmoisture is exhaled in the samemanner. In stirring the soil amongplants in the open ground, it must,however, be always remembered that the soil is full of roots, and thereforethat the stirring must not be carriedto more than a few inches in depthIt should also be performed with qfork rather than with a spade, inorder that none of the roots may bocut. The soil should nev
Gardening for ladies, and, Companion to the flower-garden . the open ground; as theheat of the surrounding atmosphere,whether it be advantageous or inju-rious, penetrates readily through thesides of the pots, and the superfluousmoisture is exhaled in the samemanner. In stirring the soil amongplants in the open ground, it must,however, be always remembered that the soil is full of roots, and thereforethat the stirring must not be carriedto more than a few inches in depthIt should also be performed with qfork rather than with a spade, inorder that none of the roots may bocut. The soil should never be stirred,except when it is in a dry state, andwhen rain is not expected ; becauseshould the soil be in a wet statewhen it is moved, or should raiuoccur immediately afterwards, itwill defeat the end in view, viz. thatof forming a porous-surface layer,readily permeable by air and water. Stitchwokt.—See Stella^ria. Stock.—See Mathiola. Stone-Crop.—See Se^dum. Stool.—A tree or shrub whichhas its branches pressed down tomake layers.—See Jig. Fig. 54.—A Stool with several of the shootslayered. Storax.—See Sty^rax. Stramonium.—Solavdceoe.—TheThorn Apple. Large showy plants,conspicuous alike for their leaves,flowers, and fruit. They grow bestin chalk or a calcareous loam ; andthey are so completely hardy inBritain, and grow so freely fromseed, that the common kind has be-come naturalized, and is frequentlyfound growing wild. When theseplants are grown in gardens, theyshould be allowed plenty of room,as their principal beauty is the wide- STYLIDIUM. 385 SUCCULENT PLANTS. spreading and luxuriant characteroi their foHage. Stranvasia. — RosdcecE. — Thenew name for Crataegus glauca, anevcrgTeen tree, a native of Nepal,nith glaucous leaves, woolly be-neath , and white flowers. It appearsto be hardy, or very nearly so, andit is very handsome. It is generallypropagated by grafting on the com-mon Hawthorn. Strawberry Elite.—See Bli^- TUM. Strawberry tree.—See
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