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SCHIZOCODON. THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



SCHIZOSTYLIS. 



in cultivation a few species, and these 

 have yielded numerous varieties. The 

 hardy kinds are 5. pinnatus, i^ to 

 3 feet high, its rosy-purple and yellow 

 blossoms copiously spotted. Its chief 

 varieties are papilionaceus (purple 

 spotted), Priesti (white), atro-purpureus 

 (deep purple with dark eye), and Tom 

 Thumb (a dwarf compact variety). 5. 

 porrigens is similar to 5. pinnatus, but 

 has larger flowers. The half-hardy 

 kinds are 5. retusus (deep rose and 

 orange flowers with crimson tips), 

 Grahami (lilac and orange), and 

 Hookeri (pale rose and yellow). These 

 are also beautiful, and worthy of being 

 grown well. One of the best for 

 growing in pots is Wisetonensis, a com- 

 pact pyramidal form of 5. retusus, with 

 large flowers blending in white, pink, 

 and yellow. This should be grown 

 cool, just like a greenhouse Cineraria. 

 Caraway's is a good strain of large- 

 flowered forms, very useful for cutting 

 or decoration. If treated as half- 

 hardy annuals, the seed should be 

 sown in heat in spring, but if treated 

 as biennials, the seed should be sown 

 in August, the plants preserved in the 

 greenhouse till May, and then planted 

 out in rich, sandy loam. Chili. 



SCHIZOCODON (Japanese Moon- 

 wort] . 5. soldanelloides was introduced 

 by Captain Torrens, who in 1891 found 

 the plants growing beside sulphur 

 springs in the mountains of Japan, and, 

 after carrying them hundreds of miles, 

 succeeded at last in bringing home 

 three or four living plants. The 

 flowers of the Schizocodon are like 

 those of a large Soldanella, prettily 

 fringed, deep rose in the centre, passing 

 into blush or almost white towards the 

 edges. It requires much the same 

 treatment as Shortia, thriving in well- 

 drained sandy loam and peat, in cool 

 and moist but not wet or shady places. 

 Partial shade allows a finer develop- 

 ment of the rich crimson leaf - tints 

 in autumn. Captain Torrens says : 

 " The plant I found in an overhanging 

 bank surrounded by moss and moisture. 

 Since I brought it home I have kept 

 it in a pot with peat and sand. It is 

 a hardy plant, and I have had it out 

 two winters in a cold frame, and it 

 seems to have stood the climate well." 



SCHIZOPETALON. 5. Walkeri is a 

 curious cruciferous half-hardy annual 

 from Chili, about i foot high, with 

 slender stems, and numerous white 

 almond-scented elegantly fringed blos- 

 soms. If sown in April or May, in 



light, warm, rich soil in the open 

 border, it flowers in July and August, 

 and may also be sown in pots, but the 

 ball of earth must not be broken, as 

 the plant will not bear transplanting. 



SCHIZOPHRAGMA (Climbing Hy- 

 drangea) . 5. hydrangeoides is a 

 Japanese climbing shrub allied to the 

 Hydrangea, with tall slender stems 

 that send out roots which will fix 

 it to a wall. Its wood is soft, resem- 

 bling that of the slower-growing 

 Ivies, and it annually gives off fresh 

 sets of roots along its branches by 

 means of which it clings to rocks, stone, 

 stucco, bricks, and even wooden 

 palings. Its leaves are much less in 

 size than those of the climbing 

 Hydrangea, sharply toothed at the 

 edges, and of a lovely shade of green, 

 which contrasts prettily with the 

 reddish tinted young wood. It is 

 deciduous, of free growth, and flowers 

 freely in sunny positions. The sterile 

 flowers, though similar in effect to 

 those of the Hydrangea, are readily 

 distinguished, being composed of a 

 single bract, whereas the Hydrangea 

 flower is made up of four. I know 

 one case where a plant has grown in 

 a sunny corner of the house near French 

 windows, up the sides of which there 

 is lattice-work, and so charmed were 

 the owners with the tender foliage, 

 feathering the coign of the window, 

 that they made more lattice-work in 

 front of the window so that the creeper 

 could extend and form a natural 

 sunshade before the glass. In a few 

 years a plant had grown n feet high 

 and as much in width. 



SCHIZOSTYLIS (Kaffir Lily).S. 

 coccinea is a handsome bulbous plant 

 from Kaffraria, with the habit of a 

 Gladiolus, from 2 to 3 feet high. The 

 flowers appear late in the autumn on 

 a one-sided spike opening from below 

 upward, of a bright crimson colour, 

 resembling in form those of Tritonia 

 aurea, and should be well grown 

 wherever cut flowers are desired in 

 winter. It is hardy, and in a mild 

 autumn will flower out of doors, but 

 should have some protection. A good 

 row planted close to a wall or fence, 

 with some temporary protection against 

 severe frosts, will give many spikes 

 for cutting. 5. coccinea loves moisture, 

 both in the air and in the soil. " When 

 residing close to the sea in Dorset," says 

 "West Dorset," " I could grow this 

 winter Flag splendidly in a shallow 



