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spades have the plate wholly of iron, ter produced in the soil by mushrooms, 

 not above a quarter of an inch thick and by which they are propapated. It 

 upwards, growing gradually thinner ' is doubtful whether it arises from their 

 from the middle downward, the tree or seed, or whether it is a mass of under- 

 handle being generally of ash, about ground runners. See Mushroom. 



SPECKLINIA. Five species. Stove 

 epiphytes. Division. Wood, with a 

 little moss on the roots. 



SPECULARIA. Six species, and a 

 few varieties. Hardy annuals. Seeds. 

 SPERMACOCE. Five species. Har- 

 dy annuals and stove annuals and bien- 

 nials. Seeds. Light soil. 



SPERM AXYRUM strictum. Green- 



two feet and a half long and an inch 

 and a half thick, with a firm open han- 

 dle at top, formed out of the solid wood, 

 just big enough to admit of taking ready 

 hold, one hand at top and the other be- 

 low, and with an iron rivet through it 

 to prevent it splitting. 



Semicircular or Scooped Spade, has 

 the plate made semicircular like a gar- 

 den trowel, and is very useful in taking house evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Loam 



up plants with balls of earth to preserve 

 them more firmly about the roots. — 

 Abercrombie. 



Foster of Stourbridge, and Lyddon 

 of Birmingham, make very improved 

 spades, wearing with 

 throughout. 



SPANISH BROOM. Sparcium jun- 

 ceum. 



SPANISH CRESS. Lepidiinn carda- 

 mines. 



SPANISH ELM. Cordia Geraschan- 

 thus. 



SPANISH GARLIC. See Rocam- 

 bole. 



SPANISH NUT. Moraa Sisyrin- 

 chium. 



SPANISH VIPER'S GRASS. Scor- 

 zonera. 



SPARAXIS. Ten species and some 

 varieties. Green-house and half-hardy 

 bulbous perennials. Oflsets or seeds. 

 Sandy loam and peat. 



SPARMANNIA africana. Green- 

 house evergreen tree. Cuttings. Loam 

 and peat. 



SPARROW WORT. Erica passe- 

 rina. 



and peat. 



SPHACELE. Two species. Green- 

 house evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. 

 Light rich soil. 



S P H .^ R A L C E A. Eight species, 

 good edge i Green-house evergreen shrubs and herb- 

 aceous perennials; a few, hardy annu- 

 als ; the latter increase by seeds, the 

 others by cuttings. Rich soil. 



SPH.1:R0L0BIUM. Two species. 

 Green-house evergreen shrubs. Young 

 cuttings. Loam and peat. 



SPH/EROPHYSA caspica. Hardy 

 herbaceous perennial. Seeds, common 

 soil ; it should be watered sometimes 

 with salted water. 



SVUJhlROTEMApropinquum. Stove 

 evergreen climber. Cuttings. Sandy 

 peat and loam. 



SPH.EROSTIGMA. Three species. 

 Hardy annuals and biennials. Seeds. 

 Common soil. 



SPHAGNUM is a white spongy moss, 

 found only in bogs, and used for grow- 

 ing orchidaceous plants, or covering 

 the drainage in flower pots. 



S P H E N O G Y N E. Ten species. 

 Green-house evergreen shrubs, and 



SPARTIUM. Broom. Two species, j green-house and hardy annuals; the 

 and two varieties. Hardy deciduous latter increase by seeds, the former by 



shrub 

 soil. 



SPATALANTHUS speciosus. Har- 

 dy bulbous perennial. Otfsets. Sandy 

 loam and peat. 



SPATALLA. Nine species. Green 



Seeds or cuttings. Common j cuttings. Loam and peat 



1 SPHINX. S. ti pill if or mis. Currant 

 Sphinx is thus mentioned by Mr. Cur- 

 tis : 



'< Towards the end of May, and in 

 June, we see the beautiful little cur- 

 house evergreen shrubs. Seeds, ripe • rant sphinx sporting in the morning and 



cuttings. Light sandy loam. 



noonday sun, about the flowers of the 



SPATHODEA. Eight species. Persian' Lilac, the Common Syrmga, 

 Stove evergreen trees, shrubs, and and other plants; at this time the fe- 

 climbers. Cuttings. Loam and peat. ' males also resort to the currant trees to 



SPATHOGLOTTIS fortunatus. deposit their eggs in the crevices of the 

 Green-house tuber. Division. Sandy twigs, and as soon as the larva emerges 

 loam. I from its tiny shell, it penetrates to the 



SPAWN is the white filamentous mat- centre to feed upon the pith, proceed- 



