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the Clyde, where the Sweet Williams 

 were so beautiful as almost to deserve 

 to take rank as florists' flowers. Some 

 of the varieties are more fragant than 

 others. The Sweet William, though 

 a perennial, is not a long-lived plant, 

 particularly in London or any other 

 large town, or if the soil be very 

 moist or very dry ; and it seldom 

 flowers well after the second year. 

 The plant does best when treated as 

 a biennial. 



Sympho'ria. — Caprifoliacece. — 

 St. Peter's Wort. — Bushy, deciduous 

 shrubs, which grow so freely in any 

 common garden soil, and send up so 

 many suck ers, that when once planted 

 it is difficult to eradicate them. The 

 flowers of S. rjlomerata are produced 

 in clusters, and the berries are small 

 andreddish. *S'. raceviosa, the Snow- 

 berry, has pinkish flowers, which are 

 disposed in such loose racemes as to 

 appear almost solitary, and which are 

 succeeded by large white berries 

 which are very ornamental. There 

 is another species, *S'. Occident cdis, 

 with very large leaves and drooping 

 racemes of flowers, which has not yet 

 been introduced. >S'. microphyllus is 

 a Mexican species, with very small 

 leaves, pink flowers, and pink berries. 

 AU the kinds are natives of North 

 America. ;S. racemosa is sometimes 

 grafted on Lonicera Xylosteum, to 

 avoid the inconvenience of its nu- 

 merous suckers. 



Symphorica'rpus. — Michaux's 

 name for the Snowberry. — See Sym- 



PHO^RIA. 



Syngenesious Plaxts. — Plants 

 belonging to the 19th class of the 

 Linntean system, and the natural 

 order Composite, 



Syri'kga.— Oleivo. — The Lilac. 

 — Well-known deciduous shrubs, 

 with purplish or white flowers, 

 natives of Europe and the colder 

 parts of Asia, and valuable in British 

 shrubberies for the early appearance 



of their leaves in spring, and for the 

 beauty andfiagrance of their flowers. 

 There are several species and varieties, 

 varying principally in the colour of 

 the flowers. They are all quite 

 hardy in British gardens, and they 

 will grow in any common soil. They 

 are propagated by layers and suckers, 

 which they produce in great abun- 

 dance. 



'TABERN^MONTA'NA.— ^po- 

 -*- cynecB. — Trees and shrubs from 

 the East and West Indies, which, 

 require a stove in England. They 

 have generally white fragrant flowers, 

 resembling those of the common 

 Jasmine, but are many times larger. 

 They should be grov/n in loam and 

 peat ; and they are propagated by 

 cuttings, which require a moist heat 

 to make them strike. 



Tacamahac. — The Indian name 

 for the Balsam Poplar ; a species that 

 should be cultivated in ornamental 

 plantations for the beautiful yellowish 

 green of its leaves, which appear very 

 early in spring. 



Tasco'nia. — Passiflorhcece. — 

 Climbing plants, nearly allied to the 

 Passion Flowers, with pinkish flowers, 

 and golden, ball-like fruit. They are 

 sometimes kept in a stove, but they 

 will both grow and flower fi-eely in 

 greenhouse-heat. They should be 

 grown in sandy loam and peat, and 

 they are propagated by cuttings. 



Tage^tes. — Compositce. — The 

 French and African Marigolds. Well- 

 known half-hardy annuals, with 

 showy flowers that have a very dis- 

 agreeable smell. The seeds are 

 generally sown on a slight hotbed, 

 and the young plants are planted 

 out in May. 



Talau'ma. — Magnoliacecs. — 

 Low trees and shrubs from Java and 

 other parts of the East Indies, with 

 very fragrant white flowers, nearly 



