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Skimmia - - continued. 



&. fragrantissima. See S. oblata. 



S. intermedia (intermediate). JL white, rosy on the outside, 

 scented, disposed in spike-like panicles. Spring. I narrow- 

 elliptic, coriaceous, deep jjreen. 1870. A much-branched and 

 compact, garden variety, intermediate between 5. fragrant and 

 S. japonica. 



FW. 492. BRANCH LET, WITH FLOWERS AND FRUITS, Of 

 SKIMMIA JAPONIC.*. 



Japanese).* JL white, resembling those of some 



iciously scented ; petals spreading ; panicles thyrsoid, 



B, broadly-oblong, many-flowered. Jr. roundish-oral, 



March. I. alternate, but here and there crowded, 



S. Japonica (J: 

 Hollies, deliciot 

 pedunculate, 



bright red. 



so as to appear sub-verticillate, oblong, acuminated, entire, 

 pellucid-dotted, tapering into short footstalks. A. rarely above 

 3ft. or 4ft. Japan, 1845. A very handsome shrub when in full 

 berry. See Fig. 492. (B. M. 4719; G. C. n. s., xrv. p. 244; 

 L H. 1854, 13; L, & P. F. G. ii. 163; S. Z. F. J. 68.) 



S. j. argentea variegata (silvery-variegated). I. oblong, acu- 

 minated, broadly and unequally bordered with white. 1875 



FIG. 493. BRANCHLET is FLOWER AND FRUIT, AND DETACHED 

 FLOWER, OF SKIMMIA OBLATA VEITCHII. 



Vet IO. 



Skimmia continued. 



S. Laurcola (Laureola).* /. pale yellow, very fragrant, densely 

 disposed in terminal, compact corymbs; rachis and peduncle 

 purple-dotted. Spring, fr. ovate, smooth, nearly as large as an 

 olive. L approximating at the tips of the branches, sub-opposite 

 or teroate, oblong-lanceolate, acute, attenuated at base, entire, 

 3in. to 5in. long, dark green above, yellowish beneath. A. 4ft 

 NepauL A very pretty, Citron-scented shrub. SYX Limonia 

 Laureola. 



S. oblata (oblate-berriedX* fr. very bright vermilion-red, oblate, 

 glossy, borne in panicled clusters, i. firm, smooth, elliptic-obovate, 

 bright green. Japan, 1864. (Q. C. 0. s., xxv. p. 245.) A remarkably 

 beautiful, dwarf shrub, of dense habit The male or pollen- 

 bearing plant is known in gardens by the name of S. fra- 

 ffrantissima. 



S. O. Veitchli (Veitch's). JL hermaphrodite or monoecious, in 

 spike-like racemes ; petals 'dirty-white. Spring. Jr. spherical. 

 of a beautiful coral-red. L flat, elliptic, oboval, glossy, narrowed 

 into a thick petiole. A. 3ft See Fig. 493. (R. H. 1890, p. 57, 



S. qvata (ovate). This appears to be a garden form of S.japotiica, 

 with larger, broader leaves than the type. 



Fio. 494. FLOWERING BRANCH LET, AND PORTION OF DETACHED 

 INFLORESCENCE, OF SKIMMIA RUBELLA. 



S. rubella (reddish).* JL greenish-white, disposed in thyrses, 

 odorous ; buds tinted with red, hence the name. L lanceolate- 

 elliptic, leathery. China, 1874. See Fig. 494. (B, U. 1874, 311 ; 

 1880. P .57 L flg. 12 ; 1885, p. 189.) 

 SKINNESIA. Included under Ipomcea. 

 SKIOPHILA. Included under Episcia (which see). 

 SKIPJACKS. See Wireworms. 

 SKISST (Stum Sisarum). A perennial, cultivated, 

 but not extensively, for its roots, which are rather 

 huge, and composed of fleshy, tuberous prongs joined 

 together, as shown in Fig. 495. Leaves pinuatisect ; seg- 

 ments oblong-acute, serrato; involucre five-leaved, reflexed. 

 The roots are white, and are cooked and served in a 

 similar way to those of Salsafy. Skirret may be pro- 

 pagated by slipping off the side roots before growth 

 commences in spring, and dibbling them in ordinary 

 garden soil, but it is generally increased by seeds. These 

 should be sown in drills, about 1ft. apart, early in April, 

 and the seedlings thinned, when large enough, to 6in. or 

 Sin. asunder. A rather light soil, which has not been 

 very lately manured, is best suited to the requirements 



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