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ling, or run up to flower, they are to be j finest plants of two years' growtli must 

 topped to induce laterals. In the au- [ be left, not nearer to each other than 

 tumn, if they have attained a tolerably j four feet, and when the plants begin to 

 shrubby growth, otherwise not until the , flower, a plentiful watering given, and 

 succeeding spring, remove to their final repeated every other day until the seed 

 stations; being taken up with as little j has attained its full growth. When 

 injury as possible to the roots, and perfectly ripe, the plants being pulled 

 planted, if in a bed in rows two feet up, and completely dried, they easily 



apart each way. 



By Slips. — When there are rooted 

 slips, they may be taken off separately, 

 with their fibrous roots still pertaining, 

 or the whole plant may be taken up and 

 divided into as many separate slips as 

 can be furnished with roots. These 

 may be planted both in spring and au- 

 tumn, but the first season is to be pre- 

 ferred. Set out at once where they are 

 to remain. 



By Seed is the most preferable mode, 

 the plants affording finer flavoured, 

 larger and greater abundance of leaves, 

 than those raised by other modes. Sow 

 in April, in a bed of rich light earth, in 

 drills half an inch deep, and six inches I Ascyron. 

 apart. The plants soon make their ap- i SALADING. 

 pearance, and when two or three inches ! American Cress, 

 high, thin to half a foot apart, and those I Beet Root, 

 removed prick out at a similar distance. Borage. 

 In the autumn or succeeding spring, as ! Burnet, 

 the plants are strong or weak, remove ; Celeriac. 

 them to their final stations. I Celery. 



After-Culture. — During their future | Chervil, 

 existence, keep constantly clear of j Corn Salad, 

 weeds. The decayed flower-stalks, ; Cress, 

 stunted branches, &c., remove in early t Dandelion, 

 winter and spring, and the soil of the ' Endive, 

 beds slightly turn over. All irregular • Finochio. 

 growth may be corrected during the: Garden Rocket, 

 spring and summer. When the plants I SALICORNIA. 



have continued two or three years, a | and green-house evergreen shrubs and 

 little dry, well putrefied dung maybe j creepers. Hardy annuals and half- 

 turned in during early spring with con- i hardy perennials. Seeds or division, 

 siderable advantage. A due attention Common soil. 



to the mode of gathering has no small ! SALISBURIA adiantifoUa. Maiden 

 influence in keeping the plants healthy I Hair Tree. Hardy deciduous tree. 



shed their seed if struck on the floor. 



S A G I T T A R I A . Fifteen species. 

 Hardy, half-hardy, stove and green- 

 house aquatic perennials. Division. 

 Loamy soil. 



SAGUS. Four species. Stove palms. 

 Sandy loam and a strong moist heat. 



ST. ANDREW'S CROSS. Ascyrum 

 Crux AndrecE. 



ST. BARNABY'S THISTLE. Cen- 

 taurea solstitialis. 



SAINTFOIN. Onobrychis. 



ST. JOHN'S WORT. Hypericum. 



ST. MARTIN'S FLOWER. Als- 

 trameria Flos-Martini. 



ST. PETER'S WORT. Hypericum 



See the following ; 

 Horse Radish. 

 Lettuce. 

 Mint. 

 Mustard. 

 Onions. 

 Purslane. 

 Radishes. 

 Rape. 



Scurvy Grass. 

 Succory. 

 Water Cress. 

 Wood Sorrel. 



Six species. Hardy 



and vigorous. The tops ought never to 

 be cropped too close, so as to render 

 the branches naked or stumpy. This 

 should be especially attended to in au- 

 tumn and winter. During this last sea- 



Layers. Common soil. " The Salis- 

 buria is a native of Japan and China, 

 and forms a large tree in its native 

 country. Bunge, who accompanied the 

 Russian mission to China, states, that 



son, they are less liable to be injured i he saw one with a trunk nearly forty 

 by severe frost, if kept with a full re- | feet in circumference. Mr. Loudon 

 gularhead. If appearance is consider- I says, the tree grows with considerable 

 ed, fresh plants must he raised every [ rapidity in the climate of London, and 

 three or (bur years. P'or drying, the has attained the height of forty or fifty 

 shoots and leaves may be gathered any feet, in as many years. The longevity 

 time in summer before the plants flower, : of the Salisburia promises to be great, 

 which they do in July. as the largest trees in England continue 



To obtain Seed. — Two or three of the \ to grow with as much vigour, as when 



