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feet ; flowers white, spotted red, in June ; China ; 1815. S. um- 

 brosa; hardy perennial ; 18 inches ; flowers flesh-colored, spot- 

 ted, in April ; Britain. 



All the perennial kinds may be safely added to this small 

 selection, which serves merely to indicate the variety com- 

 prised in the genus. 



ScABiosA. Scabious. [Dipsaceae.] Hardy herbaceous 

 perennials. Common soil. Increased by division. The 

 species are S. arvensis, australis^ Carpatica^ dichotoma^ dip- 

 sacifolia^ piibesceiis^ Saicedi, and stricfa, mostly white flowered. 



Scarlet Runner. See Phaseolus. 



ScHivERECKiA. [Crucifcrae.] Hardy perennial rock- 

 plants. Common soil. Increased by division. 



ScHiZANTHUS. [Scrophulariaccae.] Hardy annuals and 

 greenhouse biennials. The plant is of branching, elegant, 

 habit, and well covered with bloom ; the flowers of an odd 

 shape, with wings and lips of different colors. They are a 

 very pretty tribe of plants, and for pot-culture, as well as the 

 borders, are worthy of all gardens. Sown in the open bor- 

 ders, they bloom the more dwarf in proportion as the soil 

 is poor ; but the best way to raise them is on a hot-bed in 

 March. The greenhouse biennial section is only suitable 

 for pot-culture, and differs in requiring to be sown in July or 

 August, and kept through the winter in small pots, on a dry, 

 airy, greenhouse shelf. They bloom very late if sown in 

 spring. 



S. candidiis (whitish) ; half-hardy annual ; 2 feet ; flowers 

 whitish, in July; Coquimbo ; 1840. 6*. G^r^/^^;;// (Graham's) ; 

 half-hardy biennial ; 2 feet ; flowers lilac and yellow, in June ; 

 'Chili; 1831. 6". /f^^/^^?'/ (Hooker's) ; half-hardy biennial; 2 

 feet ; flowers rose and yellow, in June ; Chili ; 1828. S. pinna- 

 ^wi" (pinnate) ; half-hardy annual; 18 inches; flowers lilac and 

 rose, in June ; Chili ; 1822. S. retusus (retuse) ; half-liardy bi- 

 ennial ; 2 feet ; flowers crimson and yellow, or white, in June ; 



