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feet ; flowers white, spotted red, in June ; China ; 1815. S. um- 

 brosa; hardy perennial ; 18 inches ; flowers flesh-colored, spot- 

 ted, in April ; Britain. 



All the perennial kinds may be safely added to this small 

 selection, which serves merely to indicate the variety com- 

 prised in the genus. 



SCABIOSA. Scabious. [Dipsaceae.] Hardy herbaceous 

 perennials. Common soil. Increased by division. The 

 species are S. arvensts, Australis, Carpatica, dichotoma y dip- 

 saafolia, pubescens, Salcedi, and stricta, mostly white flowered. 



SCARLET RUNNER. See PHASEOLUS. 



SCHIVERECKIA. [Brassiceae.] Hardy perennial rock- 

 plants. Common soil. Increased by division. 



SCHIZANTHUS. [Scrophularineae.] Hardy annuals and 

 greenhouse biennials. The plant is of branching, elegant, 

 habit, and well covered with bloom ; the flowers of an odd 

 shape, with wings and lips of different colors. They are a 

 very pretty tribe of plants, and for pot-culture, as well as the 

 borders, are worthy of all gardens. Sown in the open bor- 

 ders, they bloom the more dwarf in proportion as the soil 

 is poor ; but the best way to raise them is on a hot-bed in 

 March. The greenhouse biennial section is only suitable 

 for pot-culture, and differs in requiring to be sown in July or 

 August, and kept through the winter in small pots, on a dry, 

 airy, greenhouse shelf. They bloom very late if sown in 

 spring. 



S. candidus (whitish) ; half-hardy annual ; 2 feet ; flowers 

 whitish, in July; Coquimbo ; 1840. S. Grahami (Graham's); 

 half-hardy biennial ; 2 feet ; flowers lilac and yellow, in June ; 

 Chili; 1831. S. Hookeri (Hooker's) ; half-hardy biennial ; 2 

 feet ; flowers rose and yellow, in June ; Chili ; 1828. S. pinna- 

 tus (pinnate) ; half-hardy annual; 18 inches; flowers lilac and 

 rose, in June; Chili; 1822. ' S. retusus (retuse) ; half-hardy bi- 

 ennial ; 2 feet ; flowers crimson and yellow, or white, in June ; 



