SOLLYA 



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SOPHORA 



S. ere'cta (upright). 3. September. 

 fra'grans (fragrant). See S. ELONGATA. 

 Gattinge'ri (Gattinger's). N. Amer. 

 gigante'a (gigantic). See S. SEROTINA. 

 glomera'ta (crowded). 3. September. 1820. 

 graminifo'lia (grass-leaved). See S. LANCEOLATA. 

 hu'milis (humble), i. July. 1811. 

 Gillma'ni (Gilhnan's). 

 ju'ncea (rush-like). 3. August. 1811. 

 Iceviga'ta (smooth-teat^). See S. SEMPERVIRENS. 

 lanceola'ta (lanceolate). 3. August, September. 1758. 

 laterifto'ra (lateral-flowered). See S. ELLIPTICA. 

 latifo'lia (broad-leaved), ij. September. 1725. 

 , lithospermifo'lia (Lithospermum- leaved). 3-5. 

 , longifo'lia (long-leaved). See S. CANADENSIS. 

 , macrophy'lla (large-leaved). 3. September. 

 , mexica'na (Mexican). See S. SEMPERVIRENS. 

 , minu'ta (minute). J. July. Pyrenees. 1772. 

 , missourie'nsis (Missouri). 3-5. N. Amer. 

 multiradia' ta (many-rayed). . July. Labrador. 



1776. 



negle'cta (neglected). N. Amer. 

 nemora'lis (grove), ij. September. 1769. 

 nepale'nsis (Nepaul). See S. VIRGAUREA. 

 noveborace'nsis (New York). 3. September. 

 nudiflo'ra (naked-flowered). See S. VIRGAUREA. 

 odo'ra (sweet-smelling). 3. July. 1699. 

 ohioe'nsis (Ohio). N. Amer. 

 pa'tula (spreading). 2. September. 1805. 

 pauciflosculo' so. (few-floreted). 2. September. 1811. 

 petiola'ris (long-stalked). N. Amer. 

 pilo'sa (thinly-hairy). 2. September. 1790. 

 plantagi'nea (plantain-like). See S. ELLIPTICA. 

 polifo'lia (Folium-leaved). 3. September. 1826. 

 ,. pro'cera (tall). See S. CANADENSIS. 

 pube'rula (slightly-downy). 2. September. 

 pulverule'nta (powdered). See S. PUBERULA. 

 pyramida'ta (pyramidal). See S. PILOSA. 

 recurva'ta (curled-back). 2. October. 

 refle'xa (bent-back-leaved). See S. CANADENSIS. 

 Ridde'llii (Riddell's). N. Amer. 

 ri'gida (stiB-leaved). 3. September. 1710. 

 rugo'sa (wrinkled). 3. August, September. 1732. 

 sca'bra (scurfy). See S. RUGOSA. 

 sempervi'rens (evergreen). 5. September. 1699. 

 sero'tina (late-flowering). 4. July. 1758. 

 Sho'rtii (Short's). 2. October. Arkansas. 

 simplex (simple-stemmed), i. Mexico. 1826. 

 specio'sa (showy). 4. October. 1817. 

 specta'bilis (showy). 2^. Rich golden-yellow. Sep- 

 tember. 1910. 



spiihama'a (span-high). J-i. S. United States. 

 squarro'sa (spreading). 3. September. 

 stri'cta (upright). 3. September. 1758. 

 tenuifo'lia (fine-leaved). 2. October. 1758. 

 ulmijo'lia (elm-leaved). N. Amer. 

 urticcefo'lia (nettle- leaved). See CALEA URTIC^EFOLIA. 

 villo'sa (shaggy). See S. RUGOSA. 

 vimi'nea (twiggy). See S. BICOLOR. 

 virga'ta (rod-like). See S. STRICTA. 

 Virgau'rea (golden-rod). 1^-2. August. N. tem- 

 perate regions (Britain). " Common Golden Rod." 

 ca'mbrica (Cambrian), i. Europe (Wales). 

 na'na (dwarf). See S. VIRGAUREA CAMBRICA. 

 SO'LLYA. (Named after R. H. Solly, a naturalist. 

 Nat. ord. Pittospomds [Pittosporaceae]. Linn. $-Pen- 

 tandria, i-Monogynia.) 



Greenhouse, blue-flowered, evergreen climbers, from 

 Australia. Seeds in a slight hotbed, in April ; cuttings 

 then of young shoots a little firm at the base, in sand, 

 under a bell-glass, and placed in a cold pit, when the 

 night temperature does not exceed from 45 to 50 ; 

 loam and peat. Winter temp., 40 to 45. Most of 

 them would succeed against a conservative wall. 

 S. angustifo'lia (narrow-leaved). See BILLARDIERA SCAN- 

 DENS. 



Drummo'ndii (Drummond's). See S. PARVIFLORA. 

 heterophy'lla (various- leaved). 5. July. 1830. 

 angustifo'lia (narrow-leaved). 5. Leaves linear- 

 lanceolate. 

 linea' ris (narrow-leaved). See S. HETEROPHYLLA 



ANGUSTIFOLIA. 



parviflo'ra (small-flowered). July. 1838. 

 salicifo'lia (willow- leaved). 1839. Appears a garden 

 form of S. heterophylla. 



SOLOMON'S SEAL. Polygona'tum multiflo'rum. 



SO'NCHUS. Sow Thistle. (From sogkos, the old Greek 

 name for Sonchus oleraceus, or S. maritimus. Nat. ord. 

 Composite.) 



Hardy or half-hardy perennial herbs. Seeds ; cuttings 

 or divisions. Loam, leaf-mould, and sand in a pit or 

 cool greenhouse. 



S. arbo'reus (tree). Yellow. Canary Islands. 

 lacinia'tus (deeply-cut.) See S. LACINIATUS. 

 gu'mmifer (gum-bearing). 2-3. Yellow. Canary 



Islands. 

 Jacqui'nii (Jacquin's). 1-2. Deep yellow. March. 



Canary Islands. 1882. 

 lacinia'tus (deeply-cut). Yellow. Country unknown. 



1871. 

 leptoce'phalus (slender- headed). Yellow. Canary 



Islands. 

 palu'stris (marsh). 4-8. Yellow. September. 



Europe (England) ; Asia Minor. Hardy. 

 pectina'tus (comb-like). Yellow. Canaries. 

 pinna' tus (pinnate). 3. Yellow. June to August. 



Madeira. 1777. 



radica'tus (rooting). i. Yellow. July, August. 

 Madeira ; Teneriffe. 1780. 



SONERI'LA. (From Soneri-ila, the Javanese name. 

 Nat. ord. Melastomads [Melastomaceas]. Linn. &-Oct- 

 andria, i-Monogynia. Alliance near Bertolonia.) 



Stove evergreen perennial herbs or subshrubs. Seed 

 in a gentle hotbed, in March, potted off, and bloomed 

 in greenhouse or stove ; cuttings in sandy peat in a close 

 case, with bottom-heat. Lumpy peat, sphagnum, char- 

 coal, and sand. 



S. Benso'ni (Benson's), i. Rosy-purple. India. 1873. 

 e'legans (elegant). See S. SPECIOSA. 

 grandiflo'ra (large-flowered). i. Mauve. India 



1856. Subshrub. 

 Henderso'nii (Henderson's). See S. MARGARITACEA 



HENDERSONII. 

 la'ta (bright), r. Leaves deep green above, with 



white spots, purple beneath. S. China. 1906. 

 macula' ta (spotted), r. Pink, rose, or purple. Hima- 

 laya. 1890. 



margarita'cea (pearly), i. Purple. Burma. 1854. 

 Henderso'nii (Henderson's). $. Lilac-rose. 1874. 

 orbicula'ta (orbicular). See S. SPECIOSA. 

 orienta'lis (oriental). See S. MACULATA. 

 peperomi&fo'lia (Peperomia- leaved). 

 specio'sa (showy), i. Pink. Winter. E. Ind. 1852 

 stri'cta (upright). |. Rose. May. Burma. 1848. 



SONNERA'TIA. (Named after M . Sonnerat, a botani- 

 cal traveller. Nat. ord. Loosestrifes [Lythracece], Linn. 

 i2-Icosandria, i-Monogynia. Allied to the Pomegranate.) 

 Stove evergreen shrubs, from the East Indies. Cut- 

 tings of half-ripened shoots, taken off with a heel, in 

 sand, under a bell-glass, and placed in a mild hotbed in 

 May ; fibrous loam, turfy peat, a little sand, and dried 

 old cow-dung. Winter temp., 45" to 55 ; summer 60 

 to 85. 

 S. a'cida (sour). Red. June. 1822. 



a'lba (white). White. May. 1824. 



ape'tala (petal-less). White. June. 1826. 



SOOT is the volatilised unconsumed portion of common 

 coal. It is thus constituted : Charcoal, 371 ; salts of 

 ammonia, 426 ; salts of potash and soda, 24 ; oxide of 

 iron, 50 ; silica, 65 ; alumina, 31 ; sulphate of lime, 31 ; 

 carbonate of magnesia, 2. It is an excellent manure for 

 peas, onions, carrots, and probably all garden crops. 

 An excellent liquid-manure is soot mixed with rain- 

 water, in the proportion of one tablespoonful of soot to 

 a quart of water, for plants in pots ; but for asparagus, 

 peas, &c., six quarts of soot to a hogshead of water! 

 It must never be applied to plants in a state of rest. 

 It succeeds admirably with bulbs. See LIQUID-MANURES. 



SO'PHORA. (From the Arabic name, Sophera, of a 

 leguminous tree. Nat. ord. Leguminous Plants [Legu- 

 minos*]. Linn. ro-Decandria, i-Monogynia.) 



Hardy herbaceous kinds by divisions "in spring ; stove 

 and greenhouse species, by cuttings of half-ripened shoots 

 under a bell-glass, in sand, and grown in peat and loam. 

 The hardy kinds, such as japo'nica and its varieties, are 

 very ornamental trees on a lawn, but should be grown 

 in poor soil north of London, that the annual growth 



