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SANTALUM. 



rivers or the sea. The first kind of 

 sand is used for striking Heatlis, 

 and other plants difiicult to root by 

 cuttings, and also for mixing with 

 peat, for growing the more tender 

 kinds of house plants. This sand 

 is procured in abundance in the 

 neighbourhood of London and Paris, 

 from pits ; but throughout the 

 country in general, it is chiefly to 

 be found mixed with peat, and form- 

 ing what is called heath soil on the 

 sui-face of heaths or commons. In 

 these situations this sand, from being 

 exposed alternately to the air, the 

 sun, and the action of rain, becomes 

 white by bleaching, and is indispen- 

 sable to the gardener ; but when it 

 exists in heath soil in a sufiicient 

 proportion for growing plants, pure 

 sand is only wanted by the gardener 

 for striking cuttings. It is, how- 

 ever, so useful for this purpose, that 

 a quantity of it ought to be procured, 

 and carefully kept in a box where 

 it will not be mixed with other soil, 

 by every person who grows plants 

 in pots. 



Common coarse sand is used for 

 striking the commoner kinds of 

 plants either by cuttings or layers ; 

 it is also used for placing under 

 bulbs when planting them, and in 

 general for mixing with soil of dif- 

 ferent kinds, with a view to render 

 it more free and pervious to water. 

 This description of sand may be pro- 

 cured in almost every part of the 

 counti-y ; and it is only necessary 

 to guard against pit-sand which is 

 of a rusty brown, and consequently 

 strongly impregnated with iron, and 

 sea-sand, which is necessarily im- 

 pregnated with salt. By mixing 

 j irony sand with quicklime in a state 

 I of powder, the iron may be neutral- 

 I ised ; but this operation requires a 

 year or two to effect it, besides the 

 expense of the lime, and the neces- 

 sity of separating it afterwards by 



sifting. Saline sand may be rendered 

 fit for use by repeated washings with 

 fresh water ; but this expense can 

 only be advisable when no other 

 sand can be procured. In various 

 parts of the country there is a lead- 

 coloured soft sandstone, which when 

 broken, and reduced to a state of 

 powder, forms an excellent sand, 

 both for mixing with soil, and 

 striking cuttings. 



Sandal-wood. — See San^talum. 



Sandersonia. — Lilidcece. — This 

 very remarkable and ornamental 

 plant was discovered by John San- 

 derson, Esq., in ISol, near Port 

 Natal, in South Africa. It has a 

 small tuber, an upright stem, and 

 numerous golden orange bell-shaped 

 flowers bearing more resemblance to 

 the Fritillaries than the lilies. It 

 is about as hardy as Gladiolus na- 

 talensis. S. aurantiaca is the only 

 species yet known. 



Saxgdina^ria. — Pajmvevdcece. 

 — Puccoon, or Canadian Bloodwort. 

 A very pretty little plant with 

 white ranunculus-shaped flowers. 

 It should be grown in a light sandy 

 soil, and it has a good efiect when 

 used to fill one of the beds of a geo- 

 metric flower-garden. The plants 

 are increased by seed or division of 

 the roots. 



S a'ntalum. — Santalacece. — San- 

 dal-wood. — Stove plants, natives of 

 the East Indies, and one species 

 from New Holland. The flowers of 

 S. album, the true Sandal-wood, 

 are small, and are produced in 

 spikes or racemes ; but the great 

 value of the plant consists in the 

 fragrance of the wood, which is so 

 great that it is burned for incense, 

 &c., and is said to be destructive to 

 all noxious insects. The plants 

 should be grown in light sandy 

 loam, and kept rather dry ; but 

 the wood has comparatively very 

 little fragrance in this countiy. • 



