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Sabba'tia — continued. 



S. chloroi'des — continued. 



moist soil. It is 12 ins. high and has large 

 pink flowers, nearly 2 ins. across. A good 

 pot plant, but must be stood in a saucer of 

 water. 1817. 



Sow in summer-time tV in. deep in good fibrous 

 loam and sifted leaf- mould and a little sand where 

 they are to grow, and thin out to 4 ins., or in pans 

 with equal parts of sandy peat and leaf-mould. 

 These should be placed in a pan or in saucers filled 

 with water, placed in a cold frame. Transplant in 

 pots singly in some compost, and keep in frame till 

 March and plant out. 



Sage. See Salvia. 



Salpiglos'sis — Tube-tongue (from Gr. salapinx, a 

 trumpet, and glossa, a tongue ; having reference to 

 the tongue-shaped style in the trumpet-shaped 

 flower). Nat. Ord. Solanacew. 



S. sinua'ta varia'bilis. One of the choicest and 

 most dainty annuals grown, though somewhat 

 tender. It makes quite a display when massed 

 together in small beds, producing an abundance 

 of graceful trumpet-shaped flowers, something 

 like a Petunia but beautifully pencilled, on 

 long, erect stalks. The colours are most 

 delicate and variable, from the palest yellow to 

 rose, carmine, deep scarlet, violet, and purple- 

 brown, and veined with the richest velvety 

 crimson, purple, or black. In nurserymen's 



