SAL 



SAL 



planted in a deepish trench, pretty close toge- 

 ther, which soon grow , and form a sort ot fence 

 immediately. 



When for twigs for garden uses, a moi-t si- 

 tuation should be chosen, and .1 quantity of the 

 most pliant kind of osier sus, or cuttings of 

 the vomit: shoots, half 8 yard or two teet long, 

 should be provided and planted in rows, t>'. 

 pans of three into the ground. They grow 

 Freely, and furnish plenty ot twigs every year, 

 managing them as those in the osier plania- 



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tions. 



The after-culture in all these cases is princi- 

 pallv the keeping down large weeds the firs) and 

 second vears after planting, bu' which is more 

 particularly necessary in the plantations 01 young 

 low cuttings, till they are a little advanced in 

 their growth. 



\\ nen intended for nursery collections, ajl 

 the different sorts should be kept, being raised 

 from young cutting-) of a year or two old, in 

 half-vard or two feet lengths, and planted in 

 rows, two or three feet asunder, to grow till 

 wanted for use. 



Some of these sorts of willows may be used 

 with good effect, as ornamental trees on the sides 

 of ponds or other places, especially while, yel- 

 low, purple, sweet, almond-leaved, and weeping 

 kinds, being disposed thinly in large out -planta- 

 tions; but the Babylonian or Weeping Willow, 

 for its curious pendulous growth, demands atten- 

 tion in a particular manner, and should be dis- 

 posed singly, or detached, both by the side of 

 water, and in spacious openings of grass ground, 

 also near urottoes, cascades, caves, rums, 8cc 



SALLAD HERBS, the different sorts 

 culent plants from which herbs for Ballads are 

 collected. These by different sow ings, plantings, 

 he. are obtained at ail times of the year; but 

 the most tenerallv esteemed sortq may be com- 

 prised under the heads of Lar^c, Small, and Oc- 

 casional Sallad Hetbs. 



The first con-isi chiefh of the different sorts 

 of lettuces; the dilierei endive, and aH 



the varieties of celery, which soils are in 1. 

 perfection for use when amved at the full 

 growth ; any of which may be < ■ sallad 



alone, orall mixed t' getb r, a n ilha pro per quan- 

 tity of small sal lading, especially 1:1 winter and 

 spring; as theBmalfsalladingbeii .mna- 



ture rentiers the sa lad more grateful and whole- 

 some. Lettuce - d roost io 

 summer, when full grown ai d firmly cabbaged, 



:\ be uSed at 

 ceitr\ are excellent for autumn and win 

 lads, being in. I from Se| 



the end ; . they art full 



and finely blanched, audotieii cot u> to- 



lerable perfection all winter and spring. 

 Lvci in, ClCBORlUM, and Al'U M. 



l'he second sorts are CICMCS, mustard, r.. 

 rape, and some others; in all of which herbs, the 

 yoi 1 - are the useful pans for the purp 



of sallad, and an- always in 1 he best perfection 

 when quite young, as a lew davs, or a week old 

 at most, while in their first lca.es; cuiting tbeiQ 

 up, stalks and top together, close to the ground, 

 as when used thus quite young they eat exc 

 inj tender, w ith an agreeably warm relish, but be- 

 come too hot bv age. . K i.SalladIIk 



I he I asi sorts are principally corn sailad, or 

 lamb's lettuce — purslane — spear-mint — water- 

 cress — borage and borage-flowers — nasturtium- 

 flowers and the young leaves — chervil — buruei, 

 and sometimes red -cabbage — radishes — redbcu- 

 root — rinochia, or Azorian fennel — sorrel — tarra- 

 gou — young onions — ci\es — and sometimes 

 hor?e-radish, incorporated with oilier herbs; 

 most of which sorts are occasionally used in 

 composition with other sallad herbs, and some 

 alone as a Ballad, such as red-cabbage, water- 

 cress, young borage, cce. See their respective 

 genera. 



S ALLOW. See Salix. 



SALSOLA, a genus containing a plant of the 

 shrubby evergreen kind. 



It belongs to the class and order Penlandria 

 Digy/iia, and ranks in the natural order of Holo- 

 racctr. 



The charac ers are : that the calyx is a five- 

 parted perianth: segments ovate, concave, per- 

 manent : there is no corolla, unie.-s the calyx be 

 called so: the stamina have t'i\c very short lila- 

 lnenis inserted into the segments, of the c.\\\ \ ; 

 the pistilluin is a globular get in : stylethree* 

 parted or two-parted, short: stigmas recurved; the 

 pericarpium is an ovate capsule, wi ipped iq the 

 calyx, one-celled : the seeds single, very large, 

 spiral. 



species cultivated is S. Jruticosa, 

 Slin S wort, or Stone CropXree. 



It has th* stem about two feet high or more, 

 woody, ere,-t, round, very much branched ; the 

 branches also erect, and tiiieklv clothed with 

 alternate, s. semi-cylindrical, blunt ish, 



lleshv. even, almost upi...;, rather giaui 

 leaves : thi fl >w ers iuc< ispi< n . 



lie, solitary, green;; with three small, eon- 

 cave, scariose bractes. The leaves have an her- 

 baceous flavour, with a slight de.r^e of sait .mil 

 some acrimony. It forms an elegant 1 ■. 

 shrub, Bower iug in July and August. It is a na- 

 tive ol i'rav ■'. \c. 



Cit!tiut. — This plant may be in..: 

 layers. 01 cuttings, though **lh difficulty in . 

 method. 



