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ROSEMARY ROSEMARIANUS OFFICINALIS (Greenhouse Perennial, jj, 451055, 85). 

 vA common sweet scented plant, of erect habit, much cultivated as a house plant. It thrives 

 with the most ordinary care, and is generally prized by all who cultivate it. 



< SALPIGLOSSIS (Half-Hardy Annual). 



Beautiful annuals for the garden, with funnel-shaped flowers, richly colored, delicately veined 

 and marbled. On close examination the blossofms Vill be* found to have a rich, velvety softness 

 seldom seen in other* flowers. But for the fact that t the plants are of somewhat slender and 

 straggling growth, they would be exceedingly desirable. Seed may be sown in the open border. 

 The plants should stand about eight inches apart. ^ , . v . 



SALVIA SAGE (Greenhouse Perennial, 33, 45 to 50, 80). 



A family of late summer flowering plants, suitable for the garden. They are of robust 

 growth, easily cultivated in any soil, and form very attractive plants when in bloom. Easily 

 increased from cuttings, and some varieties from seed ; the plants may be lifted in the fall and 

 kept in a growing condition, either in a light cellar, the window or conservatory, until Febru- 

 ary, when new stock may be propagated for spring planting. 



' S. Grahami Purpurea, purplish crimson. 6V Ojficinalis Tricolor, a beautiful variegated 

 variety of the common Sage ; foliage blotched with white, green and sometimes pink ; dwarf, 

 bushy habit ; fine for bedding. -5". Patens, flowers of the richest and most distinct blue ; excel- 

 lent for pot culture. S. Splendent, a superb fall flowering bedding plant, growing to a height of 

 two to three feet, and completely covered with spikes of dazzling scarlet flowers, causing it while 

 in bloom to be the most attractive plant in the garden. A sharp lookout should be kept for the 

 Green-fly on this plant, in the winter, as it is perhaps more liable to attacks from this insect than 

 any other plant in cultivation. S. Splendens alba, a pure white variety, similar in form of growth 

 and flowers to the preceding. An excellent plant for decorating the conservatory and window in 

 autumn, if grown in a good sized pot. 



SANCHEZIA NOBILIS VARIEGATA (Greenhouse Perennial, 35, 50 to 90). 

 A highly ornamental plant of good habit and vigorous growth, producing large leaves of 

 intense green, the veins of which are broadly margined with golden yellow r . As a handsome, 

 variegated, foliage plant of easy culture in pots, it is very desirable, particularly in a warm con- 

 servatory. A light, rich soil suits it the best. 



SCABIOSA MOURNING BRIDE (Half-Hardy Annual). 



A garden plant of considerable value, grown from seed. There are tall and dwarf kinds, the 

 former attaining a height of two feet ; the dwarf, one-half of this height, but both are of free 

 growth and produce distinct flowers of many colors and shades, from white, through lilac, brick 

 color, dark purple, etc., down to almost jet black; these are produced on long, straight stems, 

 which, with being neat and pretty, render them exceedingly useful for cutting for summer 

 bouquets. In flower from July to October. The seed may be sown early in the open ground, 

 or started in heat, afterwards setting the seedlings a foot or fifteen inches apart in the garden. 



S. nanafl. pi., a dwarf variety, somewhat distinct, the flowers of which are quite double and 

 globular, extending through all the colors of the tribe. -5". Stellata (Starry Scabiosa). The 

 petals, or rather seed vessels, of this variety are of peculiar scaly texture, and when dried are 

 useful for arranging with the everlastings and dried grasses into winter bouquets. 



SEDUM STONE CROP (Hardy Perennials, principally). 



Mostly garden plants, with thick succulent leaves, and very tenacious of existence; the 

 common Live-for-Ever belonging to the genus. Some of the varieties are of erect habit, many 

 of which are exceedingly attractive in the garden, while others are creeping and trailing, being 

 very useful for cultivating in pots in the window or conservatory, or for planting in baskets, 

 vases, etc. , to droop over the edge. Among the latter S. Seboldii, with grayish green foliage 

 and wiry-like stems, and S. Seboldii variegata, similar to the preceding, except that the leaves 

 are varigated with yellow, are considered the best. Will thrive in any soil and progagate readily 

 by division or from cuttings, which, of some varieties, will root if simply laid where it is damp. 



SENSITIVE PLANT. See Mimosa Sensitiva. 



SMILAX. See Myrsyphyllum Asparagoides. 



SNAP-DRAGON. See Antirrhinum. 



SNOWDROP. See Galanthus. 



SOLANUM JERUSALEM CHERRY, ETC. (Greenhouse Perennial, 33, 45 to 55, 90). 

 A family of plants including several useful varieties, for pot culture in the window and con- 

 servatory and also for bedding. They are of the easiest possible culture, thriving^ in any soil 

 and under apparently adverse circumstances. All may be readily raised from cuttings, and the 

 fruit bearing variety from seed. 



S. Jasiminoides, of neat climbing habit, with small, dark green foliage and pure white flowers ; 

 suitable for training to trellis or pillars in the conservatory. S. Pseudo-Capsicum, the well known 



