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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Sciadophyllum continued. 



five, rarely four ; heads or small nmbels disposed in simple 



racemes, paniculate, or umbellate. Leaves digitately com- 



pound ; leaflets entire ; stipules often elongated. A selec- 



tion from the introduced species is given below. They 



are well worth cultivating on account of their fine foliage. 



A mixture of loam, peat, and sand, is the most suitable 



soil. Propagation may be readily effected by cuttings, 



inserted in sand, under a hand glass, in moderate heat. 



S. acuminatum (acuminate-leafleted). fl.. yellow, in heads little 



larger than a pea. May. I., leaflets seven to eleven, petiolulate, 



oblong, obliquely acuminate, coriaceous, glabrous, reticulately 



veined. Stems climbing. A. 10ft. Peru. Greenhouse. 



S. Brownii (Brown's). Galapee-tree. fl. white, nearly capitate, 



in very long, compound racemes. June. I., leaflets seven to 



eleven, nearly umbellate, petiolulate, oblong-lanceolate, glabrous, 



unequal, the central ones smallest Stem arboreous. A. 10ft to 



15ft. Jamaica, 1793. Stove. 



S. conicum (conical-flowered), fl. whitish-red, in heads about 

 the size of a pea ; racemes two or three, rather velvety. May. 

 I, leaflets seven to thirteen, petiolulate, oblong, abruptly acu- 

 minate, coriaceous, glabrous, reticulately veined. Stem shrubby. 

 A. 10ft Peru. Stove. 



SCIADOPHYLLUM (of Blume). A synonym of 

 Heptapleurom (which see). 



SCIADOPITYS (from skyas, a parasol, and pitys, 

 a Fir-tree ; referring to the spreading whorls of leaves). 

 ORD. Coniferce. A monotypic genus. The species is a 

 tall, but very slow-growing, hardy, evergreen tree. It 

 thrives in rich, moist loam, and may be propagated by 

 imported seeds. Now and then, seeds are ripened in 

 this country. 



S. verticillata (whorled). Parasol Fir. fl. monoecious ; male 

 catkins -terminal, somewhat globular ; females solitary, growing 

 from amongst the scaly buds, cones elliptic-cylindrical, 2iin. 

 long, liin. in diameter. I. long, linear and somewhat falcate, 

 smooth, entire, alternate, without any footstalks, tapering to an 

 obtuse point, concave and ribbed on the under 4de, in close 

 tufts of from thirty to forty at the ends of the shoots, forming 

 a sort of whorl in the form of an extended parasol. Branches 

 alternate or in whorls. Stem straight. A. 80ft. to 120ft. Japan, 



1861. (G. C. 1861, p. 360, 1862, p. 23, 1872, p. 1526; G. C. n. s., 

 01-2.) 



. . . , . , , . , , . . . . ., 



xvii. p. 113, xix. p. 85 ; S. 'L. F. J. 101-2.) There are several 

 varieties, in addition to the following: 

 S. v. variegata (variegated). This differs from the type in 

 having some of its leaves of a pale yellow, intermixed in the 

 parasol-like whorls. 



SCILLA (the old Greek name used by Hippocrates). 

 SquiJ.1; Wild Hyacinth. Including Barnardia and Lede- 

 bouria. ORD. Liliacece. A genus embracing nearly eighty 

 species of stove, greenhouse, or hardy bulbous plants, 

 natives of Europe, temperate and mountainous Asia, and 

 extra tropical, or the mountains of tropical, Africa, with 

 one from Chili. Flowers small or mediocre, racemose, 

 on articulated pedicels; perianth blue, rose, or purplish, 

 persistent for some time ; segments nearly equal, distinct 

 or very shortly connate towards the base, spreading, or 

 rarely campanulate-connivent at base, one-nerved ; stamens 

 six, affixed at the base or below the middle of the seg- 

 ments ; bracts small ; racemes sometimes elongated and 

 many-flowered, sometimes reduced to two or three, occa- 

 sion ally nearly corymbiform ; scape simple, leafless. Leaves 

 radical, linear, loriform, oblong, or nearly ovate. Bulb 

 tunicated. 8. autumnalis, 8. nutans, and S. verna, are 

 natives of Britain. Hardy Scillas are amongst the most 

 beautiful of spring-flowering bulbous plants. They suc- 

 ceed in ordinary garden soil, and require to be planted 

 in early autumn when the bulbs are resting. S. sibirica 

 is also well suited for culture in pots; but these must 

 be kept in a cold house or frame, and not subjected to 

 heat. The greenhouse species succeed in sandy loam, 

 and in pots Sin. in diameter, along with other Cape 

 bulbs, in a cool greenhouse. Propagated by seeds, when 

 obtainable, which is, however, a very slow process; and 

 by offsets. 



The selection of species given below includes the 

 most popular and beautiful. Most of the descriptions are 

 translated from Mr. Baker's admirable Monograph of the 

 genus, which appeared in the "Journal of the Linnean 



Scilla continued. 



Society," vol. xiii. The leaves, except where otherwise 

 stated, are cotemporary with the flowers. 



S. amoena (pleasing).* Star Hyacinth, fl., perianth blue, rarely 

 whitish, five to six lines long, the segments lanceolate ; pedicels 

 ascending iin. to Jin. long ; raceme loosely three to six-flowered, 

 lin to 3in. long ; scape weak, 4in. to 6in. long. March. I. four 

 or nve, flaccid, lorate. ascending, glabrous, 6in. to 9in. long, 



S. a, sibirica (Siberian). A synonym of S. sibirica. 



S. amoenula (rather pretty). A synonym of S. sibirica. 



S. autumnalis (autumnal), fl., perianth reddish-purple, Jin. in 

 diameter; pedicels ascending or spreading; racemes short; 

 scapes several, equalling the leaves. July to September. I. 

 autumnal, succeeding the flowers, narrow, 3in. to 6in. long, half- 

 terete, grooved above. Europe (Britain), North Africa. Hardy. 

 (B. M. 919 ; Sy. En. B. 1526.) The form iaponica has beautiful 

 rose-coloured flowers. 



S. Bertheloti (Berthelot's). fl., perianth ^ile lilac, campanulate, 

 one line long ; pedicels ascending, as long as the perianth ; raceme 

 twelve to twenty-flowered, lin. to 2in. long ; scape slender, 6in. 

 to 8in. long. ApriL I. five or six, slender, spreading, lorate, 6in. 

 to 12in. long, iin. to fin. broad, long-attenuated. Tropical Africa, 

 1862. Greenhouse. (B. M. 5308.) 



S. bifolia (two-leaved).* 71., perianth blue, sometimes reddish or 

 whitish, four to five lines long, the segments spreading ; pedicels 

 ascending, Jin. to lin. long; raceme deltoid, three to eight- 

 flowered, lin. to 1 Jin. broad ; scape solitary, 3in. to 6in. long. 

 March. I. usually two, opposite, narrowed at apex, cucullate, 

 4in. to Sin. long, in. to iin. broad, concave on the face. Medi- 

 terranean region, &c. Hardy. (B. M. 746 ; J. F. A. 117.) 



S. b. prsecox (early), ft. ten to fifteen, appearing earlier than 

 those of the type, rather large ; pedicels lin. to liin. long. 

 1. thicker and broader. A robust form. (S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 14, 

 under name of S. prcecox.) S. rosea is a sub-variety of this, with 

 reddish flowers. 



S. b. taurica (Taurian). I usually three or four. Tauria. 

 (R. G. 307.) 



S. campanulata (hell-shaped). A synonym of S. hispam'ca. 



S. cblnensis (Chinese).* fl., perianth rose-purple, one line long ; 

 bracts whitish, minute ; pedicels .ascending, about in. long, the 

 lower ones often twin ; raceme somewhat dense, twenty to sixty- 

 flowered, lin. to 2in. long ; scape slender, straight, 1ft. or more 

 long. June. I. two or three, equalling or exceeding the scape, 

 rather hard, acute, channelled down the face. China, 1826. 

 Half-hardy. SYN. Barnardia seilluides (B. M. 3788 ; B. R. 1029). 



S. concinna (neat), fl., perianth rose-purple within, oblong-cam- 

 panulate, ^in. long ; pedicels all erecto-patent, four to five lines 

 long; raceme dense, twenty to thirty-flowered, oblong, liin. to 

 2in. long ; scape firm, erect, terete, 2in. to 6in. long. Spring. 

 1. three or four, nearly erect, linear, Sin. to 9in. long, iin. to |in. 

 broad, profusely purple-spotted at back. South Africa, 1862. 

 Greenhouse. (Ref. B. 235.) 



S. concolor (one-coloured), fl., perianth greenish, rounded, cam- 



Culate, about iin. long ; pedicels two to four lines long, the 

 er ones drooping ; racemes dense, thirty to fifty-flowered, 

 oblong-cylindrical, Sin. to 4in. long ; scapes one to three, flexuous, 

 Sin, to 4in. Ions. Spring. I. five or six, falcate, ligulate- 

 lanceolate, 5in. to 8in. long, IJin. to liin. broad, obtuse or sub- 

 acute, very slightly narrowed at base, unspotted. South Africa, 

 1862. Greenhouse. SYN. Drimia Cooperi (Ref. B. 18). 



S. Cooperi (Cooper's), fl., perianth bright purple, drooping, 

 campanulate, iin. long, the divisions reflexed from half- way down 

 when expanded ; pedicels |in. to iin. long, spreading, or the 

 lowest slightly nodding ; raceme moderately dense, thirty to fifty- 

 flowered, 2in. to Sin. long, lin. broad ; scape firm, erect, 4in. to 

 5in. long. Spring. 1. four or five, ascending, lOin. to 12in. long, 

 iin. to Jin. wide, green, streaked and spotted with purple on the 

 back downwards. Cape of Good Hope, 1866. Greenhouse. 

 (B. M. 5580.) 



S. Cupani (Cupani's). fl., perianth blue, Jin. long, the segments 

 oblong-obtuse ; bracts whitish, slightly ciliated, iin. to Jin. long ; 

 pedicels ascending, lin. to 2in. long ; raceme loosely six to twelve- 

 flowered, sub-corymbose or deltoid, liin. to 2in. long and broad ; 

 scape slender, flexuous, 3in. to 6in. long. June. I. six to eight, 



lorate-lanceolate, spreading, Sin. to 4in. long, six to eight lines 

 broad, the margins pellucid a 

 Hardy. (B. R. 1878.) 



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and minutely ciliated. Sicily, 1834. 



S. floribunda (bundle-flowered). /., perianth greenish without, 

 rose-purple within ; pedicels six to eight lines long, the central 

 ones spreading, the lower ones drooping ; raceme rather dense, 

 containing sixty to a hundred or more flowers, 6in. to Sin. 

 long, 2in. broad; scape erect, 6in. to 9in. long. Spring. I. 

 nearly erect, lorate, about 1ft. long, l|in. to 2in. broad, arute, 

 scarcely narrowed at base, pale green, with large blotches 

 of deeper green. Cape of Good Hope, 1862. Greenhouse. 

 (Ref. B. 188.) 



S. hispanica (Spanish).* Large or Spanish Bluebell or Squill. 

 fl>, perianth usually blue, but often changing to ruse-purple or 



