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teen feet, unless they are climbers, and | dicaulis a perennial. Seeds, 

 having, if permitted, branches and fo- ' soil. 



Common 



liage clothing the entire length of their 

 stems. 



SHUTERIA hicolor. Stove ever- 

 green twiner. Seeds. Rich light loam 



SHUTTLECOCK 

 punicca. 



SIBBALDIA. Four species and 

 some varieties. Hardy herbaceous pe- 

 rennials, or evergreen trailers. Divi- 

 sion. Loam, peat and sand. 



SIBERL\N CRAB. Pyrus pruni- 

 folia 



SINNIXGIA. Six species. Stove 

 evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Peat and 

 loam. 



SIPHOCAMPHYLUS. Four 

 Peripetera j species. Stove and hardy evergreen 

 i shrubs. Cuttings. Light sandy soil. 



SIREX gigas. This fly pierces the 

 fir, and other growing timber, deposit- 

 ing its eggs in the alburnum. M. Kol- 

 lar says that : — 



"In the seventh week after the eggs 

 are laid, the maggot has attained its 



SIBERIAN PEA TREE. Cara- full size, and then generally buries it 

 gana. self six inches deep in the wood, where 



SIBTHORPIA europcea. Hardy ^ it is transformed in a cavity into a pupa, 

 herbaceous creeper. Division. Peaty ' covered with a thin transparent skin, 

 soil, and a moist situation. It remains in this state a longtime ; and 



SIDA. Sixteen species. Hardy an- examples are given of the perfect insect 

 nuals, biennials, and herbaceous pe- ^ only making its appearance when the 

 rennials; and stove evergreen shrubs, wood has been cut up for useful pur- 

 Seeds. Rich soil. The shrubby kinds ^ pos 



are also increased by cuttings 



SIDERITIS. Eighteen species. 

 Hardy annuals and herbaceous peren- 

 nials, and hardy, half-hardy and green- 

 house evergreen shrubs. Cuttings, 

 seeds, and division. Dry sand or chalk. 



SIDERODENDRON triflorum. 

 Stove evergreen tree. Cuttings, Loam, 

 peat, and sand. 



SIDESADDLE FLOWER. Sarra- 

 cenia. 



SIEGESBECKIA. Six species. 

 Hardy annuals. Seeds. Common soil. 



SIEVE, fiee Measures. 



SIEVERSIA. Seven species. Hardy 

 herbaceous perennials. Seeds or divi- 

 sion. Light soil. 



SILENE. Catch Fly. One hundred 

 and fifty-one species. Chiefly hardy 

 annuals, biennials, and herbaceous pe- 



PINE. 



S-" 



SIR JOSEPH BANKS' 



Araucaria imbricata. 



SISYMBRIUM millffoUum. Green- 

 house evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Light 

 soil. 



SISYRINCHIUM. Twenty-seven 

 species. Hardy, half-hardy, green- 

 house and stove herbnceous perennials. 

 Seed, or offsets. Light soil. 



SIUM. Two species. Hardy herb- 

 aceous perennials. Division or seeds. 

 Moist soil. 



SKIP-JACK. See Elater. 



SKIRRET. Siwn Sisarjim. 



Propagation. — By Seed. — Sow at the 

 end of March, or early in April, in 

 drills one inch deep, and twelve inches 

 apart. The seedlings will be up in 

 five weeks. Weed and thin to twelve 

 inches apart. In autumn, they will be 



rennials. Seeds, Light rich soil. The ; fit for use like parsnops 



shrubby kinds increase by young cut- 

 tings also. A few are green-house bi- 

 ennials. 



SILK COTTON TREE, Bombax. 



SILK TREE. Acacia Jul ibriss in. 



By Offsets. — Old roots throw ofT these 

 in the spring, when they may be slip- 

 ped off, and planted in rows a foot 

 apart each way. 



Soil. — A light loam is best, trenched, 



SELPHIUM. Three species. Hardy with a little manure dug in with the 

 herbaceous perennials. Division. Com- bottom spit, 

 mon soil. To save Seed, let a few of the old 



SILVER TREE. Leucadendron se- roots run up in spring; they will flower 

 riceum. in July, and ripen their seed in the au- 



SIMABA. Two species. Stove tumn. 

 evergreen shrubs. Ripe cuttings. Turfy SKULL-CAP. Scutellaria. 

 loam and peat. SLIPPER PLANT. Pcdilanthes. 



SINAPIS. Mustard. Six species. | SLIPPER WORT. See Calceolaria. 

 Chifly hardy annuals. S. frutescens is | SLIPS are employed for increasing 

 a green-house evergreen shrub. S. me- the number of an established variety or 



