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management of shrubberies, which 

 is almost everywhere defective ; for 

 the gardener generally continues 

 cutting the inner edge of the verge 

 and digging the ground among the 

 herbaceous plants and the Roses, 

 till he has reduced the verge to 

 about six or eight inches in width 

 next to the walk, this being the 

 only part on which he will suffer 

 any grass to grow ; while the Roses 

 and herbaceous plants which have 

 long ceased to be either healthy or 

 ornamental are left to display their 

 stunted and naked branches, with 

 the dug earth for a backgi'ound. 

 The constant digging and stirring 

 of the ground breaks off the branches 

 of the shrubs, and thus an unsightly 

 gap is created, which entirely 

 destroys all the pleasing ideas 

 excited by glades of smooth turf 

 appearing here and there to pene- 

 trate among the trees. To pro- 

 duce this latter effect, as the 

 branches of any of the shrubs begin 

 to spread over the verge, all digging 

 and paring ought to be left off, and 

 the grass encouraged to extend itself 

 into the bays and recesses of the 

 plantation. In like manner in a 

 shrubbery with the walks edged 

 with box, the box ought to be 

 removed whenever the branches 

 begin to spread over it, leaving no 

 edging to the walk at all except 

 what is formed by the retiring and 

 advancing of the branches of the 

 shrubs. This will form a walk 

 with what are called picturesque 

 edgings ; but if a definite or a 

 gardenesque edging is required, it 

 may be formed of brick or stone. 

 On no account whatever ought any 

 kind of vegetable edging to be kept 

 up which does not grow freely ; for 

 it is a maxim in gardening which 

 ought never to be forgotten, that 

 what cannot be grown well, ought 

 not to be grown at all. 



Siberian Crab. — Pyrus haccata, 

 and P. 'prunifblia. These trees, 

 though frequently grown in kitchen 

 gardens and orchards for their fruit, 

 deserve admission into ornamental 

 plantations for the beauty of their 

 Crabs when ripe. 



Siberian Pea Tree. — A hardy 

 flowering shrub. — See Caraga'xa. 



^tux ."M alvacece. — Stove, green- 

 house, and hardy plants, natives of 

 the East and West Indies, and North 

 America, with showy white, pink, 

 or yellow flowers, which they pro- 

 duce in great abundance. They are 

 grown in loam and peat, and gene- 

 rally ripen seeds ; by which, and by 

 cuttings, they are readily increased. 



SiDERO'XYLON.-<S'a2:'&ife(B. — Iron- 

 wood. — Half-hardy and hardy 

 shrubs, and low trees, natives of 

 America, the East Indies, and the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Some of the 

 species have been removed to Bu- 

 melia and one species, a native of 

 Morocco, which is hardy in British 

 gardens, is now called Argania. 

 All the kinds should be grown in 

 loam and peat ; and they have all 

 small white or whitish-green flowers. 



Side-saddle Flower. — See Sar- 

 race'nia. 



Sieves are necessary in garden- 

 ing to separate the stones and 

 coarser particles from the mould to 

 be used for potting and also for 

 cleaning seeds. Garden sieves for 

 mould should be made with deep 

 wooden rims, but for seeds the 

 wooden rim may be more shallow ; i 

 in both cases the wires, or toile 

 me^a//?2 we, through which the mould 

 is to pass, should be firmly attached 

 to the rim, the holes or interstices 

 not being more than the fourth of 

 an inch in diameter. 



Sifting is the operation of pass- 

 ing any kind of soil through a 

 sieve or screen to deprive it of its 

 coarser particles ; and some gar- 



