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SEB^A 



S. purpura' scens (purplish). 2. Light blue ; lower lip 



violet. June. Trop. Amer. 1820. 

 sple'ndens (splendid), i. Scarlet, orange. September. 



Mexico. 1844. Stove. 

 Ventena'tii (Ventenat's). 2. Scarlet. August. 



Colombia. 1844. Greenhouse. 

 villo'sa (shaggy). J. Scarlet. February. Brazil. 



1842. 

 viola' cea (violet). Violet-blue, with white blotch on 



lower lip. India ; Burma ; Malaya. 1904. 



HARDY HERBACEOUS. 



5. a'lbida (whitish). Whitish. July. South-eastern 



Europe. 

 alpi'na (alpine). J. Purple. August. Hungary. 



1752. 



lu'tea (yellow). Yellow. August. Tartary. 1739. 

 sangui'nea (blood-red). J. Red. July. 1835. 

 variega'ta (variegated-flowered) . . Pale yellow. 



August. Switzerland. 

 ,, ver si' color (changing-coloured). 

 ,, alti'ssima (tallest), i. Dark purple. July. Crimea. 



1683. 

 baicale'nsis (Baical). |. Rich purple. July. Siberia. 



1827. 



ccelesti'na (sky-blue). \. Bright blue. 1904. 

 Colu'mncz (Columna's). ij. Blue. July. S. Europe. 



1806. 



commute,' ta (changed). See S. ALTISSIMA. 

 galericula'ta (small-capped), i. Blue. July. North 



temperate regions (Britain). " Common .Skull- 

 cap." 



grandifto'ra (large-flowered). See S. ORIENTALIS. 

 hastifo'lia (spear-leaved), . Purple. June. Europe. 



1798. 



hi'ria (hairy). Dark purple. June. Candia. 1835. 

 i'ndica japo'nica (Indian. Japanese variety). J-J. 



Purple, white. July. Japan. 1838. 

 integrifo'lia (entire-leaved), i. Blue. July. N. 



Amer. 1731. 



japo'nica (Japan). See S. INDICA JAPONICA. 

 laterifto'ra (side-flowering), i. Blue. July. N. 



Amer. 1752. 



linea'ris (linear). Himalaya. 

 ,, macro. 'ntha (large-flowered). See S. BAICALENSIS. 

 mi'nor (less). . Pink. July. Europe (Britain). 

 nervo'sa (large-nerved), i. Blue. July. Virginia. 



1826. 

 ,, orients.' Us (eastern), r. Yellow. August. Levant. 



1729. 

 pa'rvula (very-small). J. Blue. July. N. Amer. 



1822. 

 peregri'na (spreading). 2. Violet. August. Tauria. 



1823. 



pilo'sa (shaggy), i. Blue. July. N. Amer. 1825. 

 rupe'stris (rock). See S. HIRTA. 

 scordiifo'lia (Scordium-leaved) . Siberia. 

 serra'ta (saw-leaved). J. Blue. August. N. Amer. 



1800. *r 



Sibtho'rpii (Sibthorp's). See S. PEREGRINA. 

 Tournefo'rtii (Tournefort's). ij. Purple. July. 



Persia. 1837. 

 ve'rna (spring). See S. ALPINA. 



SCU'TIA. (From scutum, a shield ; in reference to 

 calyx surrounding the base of the globular fruit. Nat. 

 ord. Rhamnaceas. Allied to Ceanothus.) 



A stove shrub. Cuttings in sand, in bottom-heat. 

 Loam, peat, and sand. 



S. Commerso'nii (Commerson's) . 3. White. June. 

 Trop. Asia. 1818. 



SCUTICA'RIA. (From scutica, a whip ; leaves as 

 round as a whipcord. Nat. ord. Orchids [Orchidace*]. 

 Linn. zo-Gynandria, i-Monandria. Once called Maxil- 

 laria.) 



Stove orchids, grown on blocks. See ORCHIDS. 

 S. Dodgso'ni (Dodgson's). This seems to be S. Hadwe'nii. 

 Hadu'e'nii (Hadwen's). i. Green, chocolate, and 



white. June. Brazil. 1851. 



be'lla (pretty). Whitish, yellow, cinnamon, white. 

 pardali'na (pard-spotted). Yellow; with brown 



circles ; lip ochre and yellow. 



Stee'lii (Steel's). Yellow-spotted. July. Guiana. 

 1834. 



SCYPHA'NTHUS. (From scyphos, a cap, and anthos, 

 a flower. Nat. ord. Loasads [Loasacea]. Linn. 18- 

 Polyadelphia, z-Polyandria. Now referred to Grammato- 

 carpus.) 



S. e'legans (elegant). See GRAMMATOCARPUS VOLUBILIS. 

 grandiflo'rus (large-flowered). See GRAMMATOCARPUS 

 VOLUBILIS. 



SCYTHE. This mowing implement being confined, in 

 the garden, to cutting the fine, short grass of lawns, re- 

 quires to be much sharper than that used in cutting the 

 coarser grasses, which stand up more firmly to the scythe. 

 It is also necessary that the mowers should not score the 

 grass, that is, should not leave the mark of each stroke 

 of the scythe, which has a very unsightly appearance ; 

 to prevent which, have the scythe laid out rather wider, 

 an inch or two beyond heel and toe, especially for very 

 short grass ; and in mowing keep the point rather out, 

 and do not draw that part too fast toward, gathering 

 i the grass natly to the left in a range ; and having 

 | mowed to the end of the swath, mow it lightly back 

 I again, to trim off all scores and other irregularities un- 

 ! avoidably left the first time. A great inconvenience 

 attending the old scythe is the difficulty of fastening and 

 I adjusting the blade to the handle. This is entirely 

 ; obviated by Boyd's Self-adjusting Scythe. It is always a 

 ; problem to determine the angle the blade should make 

 j with the handle, as it varies with every mower. A good 

 i guide is for a perpendicular line to be chalked against 

 i a wall, and for the mower to stand close and directly 

 fronting to this line ; then, without moving his feet, 

 and with arm at full stretch above his head, to chalk a 

 1 line to the left, from the perpendicular line, as far as 

 ' he can reach. The line he thus chalks should corre- 

 spond with the angle of the scythe's blade, supposing 

 I the perpendicular line to represent the handle. 



SEA BELLS. Calyste'gia Soldane'lla. 

 SEA-BUCKTHORN. Hippo'phae rhamnoi'des. 



SEAFO'RTHIA. (Named after Lord Seaforth, a botani- 

 I cal patron. Nat. ord. Palms [Palmaceae]. Linn. 23- 

 Polygamia, i-Monoecia.) 



S. e'legans (elegant). See ARCHONTOPHO-NIX CUNNING- 

 HAMI. 



SEA HEATH. Franke'nia la'vis. 

 SEA-HOLLY. Ery'ngium. 



SEA-KALE. Cra'mbe mari'tima. See CRAMBE. 

 In addition to what is there stated of its culture, we 

 j have only to make mention of the pots usually employed 

 i for blanching it ; but see RHUBARB for a frame, which 

 also answers, when fermenting materials are heaped over, 

 i to force it. 



The following is also a good mode of forcing : On each 



side of a 3-foot bed dig a trench 2 feet deep, the side 



of it next the bed being perpendicular, but the outer 



side sloping, so as to make it 18 inches wide at the 



] bottom, but 2^ at the top. These trenches fill with 



j fermenting dung, which, of course, may be renewed if 



| found necessary, and frames put over the plants, the 



light to be completely excluded by boards, matting, &c. 



SEA LAVENDER. Sta'tice. 



SEA RAGWORT. Sene'cio Cineraria. 



SEA-SIDE BALSAM, Cro'ton Eleute'ria. 



SEA-SIDE GRAPE. Cocco'loba. 



SEA-SIDE LAUREL. Phylla'nthus latifo'lius. 



SEA-WEED. See GREEN MANURE. 



SEBffi'A. (Named after A. Seba, a Dutch botanist. 

 Nat. ord. Gentian-worts [Gentianaceae]. Linn. ^-Tetran- 

 dria, i-Monogynia.) 



Greenhouse annuals, all but ova' ta from South Africa. 

 Seeds in a sweet hotbed in March, pricked out or potted, 

 and either bloomed in the open garden, or in the green- 

 j house after May. 



I S. a'lbens (whitish). |. White. August. 1820. 

 au'rea (golden). . Yellow. July. 1824. 

 7 ellow. 



Yel 



July. 1815. 



,, corda'ta (heart-leaved). \. 



ova'ta (egg-leaved), i. Red. August." N. S. Wales. 

 1820. 



