232 SHEEFS-BIT SCABIOUS 



Sheep's-Bit Scabious. See Jasione montcma. 

 Shirley Poppy. See Papaver Kh^eas. 

 Siberian Purslane. See Claytonia siberica. 

 SiKKiM Poppy. See Meconopsis simplicifolia. 



Sile'ne — Catchfly (from L. Silenus, a Gr. mythological 



deity). Nat. Ord. Caryophyllacece. 



S. pen'dula ro'sea is a well-known dwarf annual 

 species belonging to a large family, most of 

 which are perennial. It is useful for spring 

 bedding, borders, or rockwork, and planted 

 close together makes a capital carpet plant, 

 as it is literally one mass of pink bloom. 6 

 ins. high. Sicily, 1731. There are numerous 

 improved garden varieties, namely : — 



S. pen'dula Jl. pi has double rose flowers. 6 

 ins. high. 



S. pen'dula al'ba has white flowers. 6 ins. high. 

 S. pen'dula compac'ta is a bushy plant with rose- 

 coloured flowers. 6 ins. high. 



S. pen'dula compac'ta al'ba has white flowers. 

 6 ins. high. 



S. pen'dula ruher^rima^ the flowers of which are 

 purplish-red. 6 ins. high. 



S. pen'dula ruber'rima Jl.pl. is a double-flowered 

 variety of the above. 



Sow the seeds \ in. deep outdoors in August 

 or September, thinning out or transplanting the 

 seedlings to 3 ins. apart, and plant out to flowering 



