336 THE DICTIONARY OF 
GARDENING. 
Pronouncing Dictionary—continued. 
spec-i-o-sis’-sim-a 
Speck-li’-ni-a 
spec-ta’-bil-is 
spec-tan’-dum 
spec-tril-in’-guis 
spec’-trum 
Spec-ul-a’/-ri-a 
spec-ul-a’-trix 
Spec’-ul-um 
Speir-an’-tha 
Spel’-ta 
spe-lun’-cz 
Spen-cer-i-a’-na 
Sper’-gul-a 
Sper-gul-as’-trum 
Sper-ling’-i-a 
Sper-mac-o’-ce* 
Sper-mad-ie’-ty-on 
Sper-max’-yr-um 
sphac-el-a’-tum 
Sphac’-el-e 
Sphac-el’-i-a 
Spher-al’-cé-a 
Spheer-el’-la 
Spheer’-i-a 
Spheer-i-a’-cé-2 
spheer’-ic-a 
Spher-oc-ar’-pus 
Spheer-oc-ar’-V-a 
spher-oc-eph’-al-us 
Spheer-och’-lé-a 
Spheer-oc-i-on’-i-um 
Spher-og’-yn-e 
spheer-d-i/-dé-a 
Spher-ol-ob’-i-um 
Spher-o’-ma 
Spher-oph’-or-a 
Spher-oph-y’-sa 
Spher-op-sid’-é-2 
Sphzr-op’-sis 
Spheer-op’-ter-is 
spheer-os-tach’-¥-um 
Spheer-os-te’-ma 
Spher-os-teph’-an-os 
Spher-os-tig’-ma 
Spher-oth-e’-ca 
Spher-oth-e’-le* 
Sphag-na/-cé-ze 
Sphag’-num 
Sphe-nan’-dra* 
Sphe-nod-es’-ma 
Sphe-nog’-yn-e 
Sphe-not’-om-a 
Sphing’-id-z 
Sphing-i’-na 
Sphinx 
sphon-dyl’-i-um 
spv’-ca 
Spi’-cant 
spi-ca/-ta 
Spi-cer-i-a’-num 
spi-cig’-er-a 
Spi-cil-la/-ri-a 
Spiel-man’-ni-a 
Spi-gel’-i-a 
Spi-lan’-thés* 
Spi-lan’-thus 
Spi-loc-x’-a 
Spi-lon-o’-ta 
spi-lop’-ter-um 
Spi-los-o’-ma 
spi’ -na-Chris’-ti 
Spi-na’-ci-a 
spi-na’-rum 
Spi’-nif-ex 
spi-no’-sa 
spi-no-sis’-sim-us 
spi-nul-if’-er-a 
spi-nul-o’-sum 
Spi-re’-a* 
Spi-ra’-t-2e 
spi-ra’-lis 
Spi-ran-the’-ra 
Spi-ran’-thés 
spi-ran-tho-i’-dés 
Spi-ra’-ri-a 
spi-rel’-la 
Spi-rid’-i-um 
Spi-roc-o’-nus 
Spi-ron-e’-ma 
Spi-ros-te’-mén 
Spith-am-2’-us 
Spiv-i-a’-na 
splach-nic-ar’-pa 
splen’-dens 
splen’-did-a 
splen-did-is’-sim-um 
Spof-forth-i-a’-na 
Spon’-di-as 
spond-i--i’-dés 
Spon-dyl-oc-oc’-ca 
Spon-ti’-ni 
spor-ad-oc-ar’-pum* 
Spor-id-es’-mi-um 
Spor-ob’-ol-us 
Spra’-gue-a 
Sprek-el’-i-a 
Spreng-el’-i-a 
Spreng-el’-i-i 
spreng-el-i-6-1'-dés 
Spring’-i-a 
Spru-cé-a’-num 
Spru’-cé-i 
spu-ma’-ri-a 
spur’-i-a 
spu-ta’-tor 
Spyr-id’-i-um 
squa’-lens 
squa’-lid-a 
squa-ma’-ta 
Squa-mat-ax’-us 
squa’-mé-a 
squa-mif’-er-a 
squa-mo’-sa 
squa-mul-o’-sum 
squar-ro’-sa 
Squil’-la 
Staav’-i-a 
Stach-j-op-o’-gon* 
Stach’-ys 
Stach-yt-ar’-pha 
Stach-yt-ar-phe’-ta 
Stach-j-n’-rus 
Stack-hous’-i-a 
Stack-hous’-i-é-2 
Steh-el-i’-na 
Stag-on-os’-por-a 
Stal-ag-mi’-tés 
Stam-ford-i-a’-num 
sta-min’-#-a 
Stand-ish’-1-i 
Stang-é-a'-na 
Stang-er’-i-a 
Stan-ho’-pé-a 
Stan-ho’-pé-as’-tram 
Stan’-ley-a* 
Stan-ley-a’-na 
Stan’-ni-a 
stans 
Stans-field’-i-i 
Sta-pel’-i-a 
Sta-pel’-i-x 
sta-pel-i-se-for’-mis 
sta-pel-i-6-i/-dés 
Staph-id-i-as’-trum 
Staph-id’-i-am 
Staph-yl-e’-a* 
Staph-yl-e’-2e 
staph-yl-e-v-i’-dés 
Staph-yl-i’-nid-z 
Staph-yl-i’-nus 
Staph-ys-ag’-ri-a 
Star’ -ké-a 
Stat’-ic-e 
stat-ic-if-ol’-i-us 
Staun-to’-ni-a 
staur-ac-an’-tha 
Stanr-ac-an’-thus 
Staur-an-the’-ra 
Staur-i’-tis 
Staur-og-lét’-tis 
staur-oph-yl’-lum 
Staur-op’-sis 
Staur-os-tig’-ma 
Steel’-i-i 
Steen-ham’-mer-a 
Steetz-i-a’-na 
Steg-nog-ram’-me 
steg-nog-ram-mb-i’-dés 
Steg-o’-si-a 
Stei-ger-i-a’-na 
Stein’-\-i 
Stel-eph-u’-ros 
Stel’-is 
stel’-la 
Stel-la’-ri-a 
stel-la’-ris 
stel-la’-ta 
stel-la-ta’-rum 
stel-la-tif-ol’-i-um 
Stel-le’-ra 
Stel-le’-ri 
Stel-le-ri-a’-na 
stel-lig’-er-um 
stel-lul-a’-tum 
Words derived from Latin and Greek (i.e., all except those in italics) to be pronounced as follows: i as in ap-art’ ; 
aas in psd@’-lmist; & as in slén’-der; é as in vé’-ined; i as in thin; i as in mach-?’-nist; 5 as in rot’-ten ; 6 as 
in vo’-ter ; ti as in pow’-er-fl; a as in ra’-ler; ¥ as 1; ¥ as 1; @, @, ei, as ai in pain; au as ow in house; 
g, c, and ch, always hard, as, for example, g in good, c in muscular, and ch in Christian. (For the old 
method, see page 276.) 
* This word is discussed at the end of the Pronouncing Dictionary. 
