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S antoli'na. — Conipositce. — La- 

 vender Cotton. — Evergreen dwarf 

 slu'ubs, •which will grow in any 

 common garden soil, and which are 

 propagated bj- cuttings. 



Sanvita^lia. — Compositce. — A 

 beautiful little IMexican annual, well 

 adapted from its dwarf stature and 

 compact habit of growth, for cover- 

 ing a bed in a geometric flower- 

 garden. The flowers are large in 

 jnroportion to the size of the plant, 

 and they are of a rich brown and 

 yellow. It is quite hardy, and only 

 requires sowing in March or April 

 in the open border. 



Sapi'ndus. — Sajyinddcece. — The 

 Soapberry. — 'Natives of the East 

 and "West Indies, which require a 

 stove in England. They should be 

 grown in loam and peat, and they 

 are propagated by cuttings. 

 _^ Sapona^ria. — SUendcece or Ca- 

 ryophylldcece. — Soapwort. — Very 

 beautiful little plants, annual and 

 perennial, greatly resembling some 

 of the kinds of Lychnis. All the 

 kinds of Saponaria look very well 

 on rock-work, covering it with a 

 profusion of beautiful little pink 

 flowers. The handsomest kinds are 

 >S'. ocymoules and S. caldhmca, for 

 the perennials ; and S. Vaccdria 

 and S. pei'foUdta, for the annuals. 

 They will all grow in any common 

 garden soil. 



Sa'racha. — Solandcece. — An- 

 nual and perennial plants, natives 

 of Mexico and Peru. >§. viscosa, 

 which is the handsomest species, 

 has rather large cream-coloured 

 flovrers, beautifully marked in the 

 centre with olive dots, and which 

 are succeeded by large red berries. 

 It may be treated as a half-hardy 

 annual ; or the roots, which are 

 tuberous, may be taken up and kept 

 dry during v/inter, like those of the 

 3Iarvel of Peru, and other similar 

 plants. When treated as an annual, 



the seeds should be so'svti on a sKght 

 hotbed in February, and the young 

 plants removed into the open border 

 in May. 



Sarrace Via. — Sarracenidcece. 

 — The American Pitcher-plant, or 

 Side-saddle flower. — Bog- plants, 

 with very curious flowers, and pit- 

 cher-shaped leaves. Though natives 

 of Canada, where they flower freely, 

 and are produced in great abund- 

 ance, they are seldom flowered in 

 England without the aid of artificial 

 heat. They are grown in pots fiUed 

 with peat and moss, and placed in 

 saucers of water, or in the open air, 

 on the banks of ponds or rivers. 

 AYhen kept in a room, or on the bal- 

 cony, they should be grown in double 

 pots, the interstice between the two 

 being filled with moss. 



Sarsapaei'lla, — See Smi'lax. 



Sasa'nqua. — A kind of Camellia, 

 the blossom of which strongly re- 

 sembles that of the Tea-tree. 



Saty'rium. — Orchiclacece. — Ter- 

 restrial orchidaceous plants from the 

 Cape of Grood Hope. The leaves are 

 very curious, from the flat manner 

 in which they spread themselves on 

 the surface of the pot ; and the 

 flowers, which are generally yeUow, 

 are very handsome. They should 

 be grown in very sandy loam or 

 peat ; and they are generally kept 

 in a greenhouse. They are very 

 apt to damp off if over-watered. 



Saw-fly. — Tenthredlnida;. — 

 Beautiful flies with clear >vings, 

 which are furnished with a curious 

 instrument like a saw in the lower 

 part of the body, with which they 

 wound the bark to deposit their 

 eggs. These eggs, like those of 

 some other insects, greatly increase 

 in size after they are laid. The 

 grub or maggot is short and thick, 

 with a black shining head, and when 

 attacked, it can let itself down by a 

 thread. These insects are very de- 



