SCREENS. 



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SEATS. 



well deserving of cultivation. S. 

 nonscripta, the Wild Hyacinth, is 

 sometimes called the Blue Bell, and 

 the Hare Bell ; but these names are 

 also applied, and apparently with 

 more propriety, to Campanula ro- 

 tundifolia. — See Campa'nula. All 

 the kinds of Scilla are quite hardy, 

 but they thrive best in a sandy soil 

 and a somewhat shady situation. 

 They are increased by offsets, and 

 the bulbs may be taken up in 

 autumn if it is thought necessary to 

 remove them ; but otherwdse they 

 may remain in the ground several 

 years without sustaining any injury. 



SciTAMi'KECE. — Hothouse plants 

 with reed-like stems, long broad 

 leaves, and showy flowers, which 

 are usually fragrant. 



Scorpion GRASs.-SeeMToso'Tis. 



Scorpion Senna. — Coronilla 

 E'merus. — See Coroni'lla. 



ScORPiu^RUS. — Leguminosce. — 

 Caterpillars. — Annuals with yellow 

 pea flowers, the seed vessels of 

 which resemble caterpillars. The 

 species are all natives of the south 

 of Europe, and they are all quite 

 hardy in British gardens. 



Scorzone'ra. — CompositcB. — 

 Viper's Grass. — Handsome peren- 

 nials, with purple, pink, or yellow 

 flowers, quite hardy in British gar- 

 dens, and growing in any common 

 garden soil. 



Scotch Laburnum. — Cytisus 

 alplnus. — See Ct'tisus. 



Sco'ttia. — Ler/iirninbsce. — An 

 Australian shrub with reddish, pea- 

 flowers, quite hardy in British gar- 

 dens, if grown in sandy peat. 



Screens differ from sieves in 

 having the wires in parallel lines, 

 and not reticulated ; and in being too 

 large to be shaken by the hands. A 

 screen consists of a number of pa- 

 rallel wires fixed in a wooden frame, 

 and supported at the one end by two 

 wooden posts, while the other rests 



against the ground ; and the earth 

 to be sifted is thro'mi by spadefuls 

 against the wires, so that while the 

 mould passes through them, the 

 stones and rubbish fall on the side 

 next the gardener. The earth must 

 be well broken with the spade before 

 it is thrown upon the screen, and 

 the operation can only be performed 

 when the weather is dry. 



SCROPHULA^RIA.-5b'02)7lwZa?'MlCB. 



— Figwort. — Perennial plants, with 

 brownish flowers, mostly natives of 

 Europe, and growing in any com- 

 mon garden soil. 



ScuTELLA^RiA.-iaSzate. -Skull- 

 cap. — Handsome perennial plants, 

 generally with blue flowers, but 

 sometimes having pink, white, or 

 purple flowers, all of which are 

 shaped like those of the Snapdragon. 

 Some of the species are natives of 

 Britain and other parts of Europe, 

 and others of North America and 

 Australia. They all grow best in 

 peat or in very sandy loam ; and 

 they ai-e ^ quite hardy in British 

 gardens. 



Sea Buckthorn. — Hippophae 

 rJiamnoides. — See Hippo'phae. 



Sea Heath, — See Franke^nia. 



Sea Holly. — Eryngmm A quifb- 

 Hum. — An umbelliferous perennial 

 with blue flowers, a native of Spain, 

 which should be grown in very sandy 

 loam. 



Sea Lavender. — See Sta'tice. 



Sea Uagwort. -Ciiierch-ia Mari- 

 tima. — A half-hardy dwarf shrub 

 with yellow flowers, a native of the 

 south of Europe, which is generally 

 gTown in a greenhouse, in a mixture 

 of loam and peat. 



Sea-side Balsam. — Croton Eleu- 

 teria. A native of Jamaica. See 

 Cro'bon. 



Seats for gardens are either open 

 or covered, the latter being in the 

 form of root-houses, huts, pavilions, 

 temples, grottoes, &c., and the 



