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- gkimm ia —continued. Bierce: 
S. fragrantissima. See S. oblata. 
S. intermedia (intermediate). fl. white, rosy on the outside, 
scented, disposed in spike-like panicles. Spring. J. narrow- 
elliptic, coriaceous, deep green. 1870. A much-branched and 
compact, garden variety, intermediate between S. fragrans and 
S. japonica, 
Fie. 492. BRANCHLET, WITH FLOWERS AND FRUITS, OF | 
SKIMMIA JAPONICA. | 
mica (Japanese).* fl. white, resembling those of some 
ies, deliciously scented ; petals ig parece fe panicles thyrsoid, 
|e peerage, a broadly-oblong, many-flowered. fr. roundish-oval, 
right red. March. l. alternate, but here and there crowded, 
so as to appear stb-verticillate, oblong, acuminated, entire, 
pellucid-dotted, tapering into short footstalks. A. rarely above 
Sft. or 4ft. Japan, 1845. A very handsome shrub when in full 
berry. See Fig. 492. (B. M. 4719: G. C. n. S., XXV. p. 244; 
T. H, 1854, 13; L. & P. F. G. ii. 163; S. Z. F. J. 68.) 
S. j. argentea variegata (silvery-variegated). J. oblong, acu- 
minated, broadly and unequally bordered with white. 1875 
S. ja 
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FIG. 493. BRANCHLET ae a AND FRUIT, AND DETACHED 
FLOWER, OF SKIMMIA OBLATA VEITCHII. 
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Skimmia—continued. 
S. Laureola (Laureola).* f. pale yellow, very fragrant, densel 
disposed in terminal, compact corymbs; rachis and peduncle 
purple-dotted. Spring. fr. ovate, smooth, nearly as large an 
olive. l. approximating at the tips of the branches, sub-opposite 
or ternate, oblong-lanceolate, acute, attenuated at base, entire, 
šin, to 5in. long, dark green above, yellowish beneath. h. 4ft. 
SeT, A very pretty, Citron-scented shrub. SYN. Limonia 
Laureola. 
S. oblata (oblate-berried).* fr. very bright vermilion-red, oblate, 
glossy, borne in panicled clusters. l. firm, smooth, elliptic-obovate, 
bright green. Japan, 1864, (G. C. n. s., xxv. p. 245.) A remarkably 
beautiful, dwarf shrub, of dense habit. The male or pollen- 
bearing plant is known in gardens by the name of $. fia- 
grantissima. 
S. o. Veitchii (Veitch’s). jl. hermaphrodite or moncecious, in 
spike-like racemes; petals dirty-white. Spring. fr. spherical 
of a beautiful coral-red. Z. flat, oige, oboval, glossy, narrow: 
fie 1h TR petiole. h. 3ft. See Fig. 493. (R. H. 1880, p. 57, 
S. ovata (ovate). This appears to be a garden form of S. japonica, 
with larger, broader leaves than the type. 
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FIG. 494. FLOWERING BRANCHLET, AND PORTION OF DETACHED è 
INFLORESCENCE, OF SKIMMIA RUBELLA, i, ae 
S. rubella (reddish).* j. greenish-white, di in thyrnes, ° 
odorous ; buds tinted with ean, hence the ee horata 
elliptic, leathery. China, 1874. See Fig. 494. (R. H. 1874, 311 ; 
1880, p. 57, fig. 12; 1885, p. 189.) 
SKINNERIA. Included under Ipomea. 
SKIOPHILA. Included under Episcia (which see). 
SKIPJACKS. See Wireworms. 
SKIRRET (Sium Sisarum). A perennial, cultivated, 
but not extensively, for its roots, which are rather 
large, and composed of fleshy, tuberous prongs joined 
together, as shown in Fig. 495. Leaves pinnatisect; seg- 
ments oblong-acute serrate; involucre five-leaved, reflexed. 
The roots are white, and are cooked and served in a 
similar way to those of Salsafy. Skirret may be pro- 
pagated by slipping off the side roots before growth 
commences in spring, and dibbling them in ordinary 
garden soil, but it is generally increased by seeds. These 
should be sown in drills, about 1ft. apart, early in April, 
and the seedlings thinned, when large enough, to 6in. or 
8in. asunder. A rather light soil, which has not been 
very lately manured, is best suited to the requirements 
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