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SAGUS. 



berry, with reddisli flowers, and R. 

 nooikanus, tlie Nootka Sound Bram- 

 "ble, with large white flowers, both 

 kinds being sweet-scented, are the 

 most ornamental. To these may 

 be added the donble-flowered com- 

 mon Bramble {R. fruticosus var. 

 pompbnius) and R. spectdhilis the 

 Californian Bramble, with fragrant 

 dark-purple flowers, and dark yel- 

 low fruit. All the brambles are 

 very hardy, but very short-lived ; 

 their stems dying down every se- 

 cond year, like those of the common 

 Raspberry {Riibus idcehcs). They 

 all send up numerous suckers, by 

 which they are propagated ; and 

 they all delight in a moist soil and 

 shaded situation ; though they will 

 not thrive exactly under the drip of 

 trees. 



Rudbe'ckia. - Comjjositce. -Yery 

 showy perennial, biennial, and an- 

 nual plants, which should be grown 

 in light rich soil. They attain a 

 very large size, and are therefoi-e 

 only suitable to large gardens. They 

 are all hardy, and of the easiest cul- 

 ture of their respective kinds. 



Rue. — Rd'ta. 



Rue'llia. — Acanthacece. — Her- 

 baceous plants with pretty tube- 

 shaped blue-flowers. Some of the 

 species require a stove, and others 

 a greenhouse ; but they should all 

 be grown in light rich soil, and are 

 propagated by cuttings. 



Ru'scus. — Smilacece. — The But- 

 cher's Broom. — Veiy curious ever- 

 green shrubs, most of which bear 

 their flowers and fruit on their 

 leaves. All the species prefer shady 

 situations under the drip of trees, 

 where but few other plants will 

 grow, and they are all readily in- 

 creased by suckers, which they 

 throw up in abundance. One of the 

 kinds is sometimes called the Alex- 

 andrian Laurel. 



RussE^LiA. — Scrophuldrince. — 



R. jioicea is a very elegant 

 stove-plant, with slender rush-like 

 branches, and scarlet tube-like 

 flowers. It should be grown in 

 light rich soil, and abundantly sup- 

 plied with water while in a grow- 

 ing state. It is propagated by cut- 

 tings, struck in heat. 



CA'BXL.—Pdlmce.—The Palmet- 

 ^ to, or American Palm. — These 

 Palm-trees, which are natives of 

 tropical America, require a stove in 

 England, and they should be grown 

 in light loamy soil. They are in- 

 creased by suckers, which they send 

 up freely. They are all of dwarf 

 stature, and grow freely in a some- 

 what moist heat. 



Sa'ccharum. — Granuncce. — The 

 Sugar-cane grows freely in England, 

 if kept in a stove in a very rich 

 loamy soil. It may be increased by 

 suckers ; or if a part of the stem 

 be laid in a trench in the tan-pit, 

 or in rich loam, where it has bot- 

 tom-heat, it wiU form plants at 

 every joint. 



Sacred Bean of India. — Ne- 



LU'mBIUM SPECIO'SUM. 



Saffron. — Crocus satlvus. — See 

 Cro^cus. 



Sage. — See Sa''lvia. 



Sagitta'ria. — AUsmdcece. — 

 Water plants, some of which re- 

 quire a stove, others a greenhouse, 

 and others are quite hardy. They 

 should all be grown in loamy soil, 

 with their stems in water ; and 

 they are increased by seeds or di- 

 viding the roots. 



Sago Palm. — See Sa'gus. 



Sa'gus. — Pdlmce. — A kind of 

 Palm, from the pith of the stem of 

 which Sago is made. The plants 

 should be grown in sandy loam, and 

 they should be exposed to a strong 

 j moist heat. The seeds are produced 

 I in a sort of cone, which is of a bril- 



