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How to Make a Flower Garden 



kept growing steadily in rather frequent 

 shifts of pots until they approach the flowering 

 stage, when they may be allowed to become 

 pot-bound. 



Sage, Scarlet . (Safo^'a splendens). Sow 

 seeds in late winter in a greenhouse or hot- 

 bed; transplant when an inch or two tall to 

 small pots, and again if necessary before 

 setting in ordinary soil eighteen inches apart, 

 after danger of frost has passed. Greenwood 

 cuttings may be easily rooted in a warm soil 

 or in the greenhouse. 



Salvia. See Sage, Scarlet. 



ScABiosA. See Mourning-bride. 



ScHizANTHUS. See Butterfly-flower. 



SciLLA. Plant the bulbs in mid-autumn 

 in good garden soil, in beds or upon the lawn, 

 and leave them to themselves. If desired 

 to remove them, dig after the foliage has 

 turned yellow, dry in the shade and store in 

 a cool, airy room until planting time. 



Sedum. Sow seeds in mild greenhouse or 

 hotbed during winter or early spring; trans- 

 plant to flats when large enough, and to the 

 garden when the weather becomes settled. 

 From four to eight inches are the usual 

 distance for planting. The soil should be 

 sandy and well drained, especially if the plants 

 are to remain outdoors during the winter, 

 which some may. For further propagation, 

 offsets are usually employed. They are 

 taken in summer or autumn and from their 

 increase during winter a supply should be 

 ready by spring. They need little care. 



Shell-flower {Moluccella). Sow seeds 

 where the plants are to remain or in a mild 

 hot-bed for transplanting; first to small pots 

 and later to ordinary garden soil. Allow 

 about eighteen inches between the plants. 

 Select some part of the garden where the 

 plants may self-sow or where the volunteer 

 seedlings will not be obnoxious as weeds. 



Shooting-star (Dodecailieon) . Propaga- 

 tion by seeds is slow. Use divided plants 

 when possible. Plant in partial shade in 

 fairly rich, well-drained but inoist soil. 

 Good among rocks. The leaves die after the 

 plants flower. 



Silk Oak {Grcvillea robusta). For winter 

 ornamental purposes sow the seeds during the 

 previovis February or March in ordinary 

 potting soil; transplant the seedlings to 

 small pots when about two inches tall, and 

 give frequent changes of pots as root develop- 

 ment seems to demand. By Christmas time 

 the plants should be in four- or six-inch pots. 

 They may be managed as easily as geraniuins, 

 and will stand as much bad visage. A new 

 lot of seed should be started each year, since 

 the plants become bare below as they become 

 large. 



Snapdragon {Antirrhinum). Sow seeds 

 in early spring under glass and transplant 

 the seedlings to small pots or flats when large 



enough to handle. When the weather 

 becomes settled place the plants about a 

 foot apart in the garden, allowing about 

 a foot between the smaller kinds and eighteen 

 inches between the larger. Any garden soil. 

 These plants should blossom in late summer, 

 if not earlier. For earliest spring blossom 

 and for winter use the seeds inay be sown in 

 late summer, the plants that are to bloom 

 during the winter being removed before cold 

 weather, the others, which are to blossom 

 where they remain, being protected with a 

 light mulch of straw or leaves until spring. 



Snowdrop {Galanthiis). Plant the bulbs 

 about three inches deep in any good soil, 

 upon the lawn or in beds, in clumps or chains. 

 They need not be removed from the beds for 

 years. If desired to dig them, do so after 

 the foliage has turned yellow. Dry in the 

 shade, clean and store in a dry, airy place 

 until planting time. In lawns, the grass 

 often chokes the bulbs in three or four years, 

 and renewal is necessary. 



Snowflake {Leucojum). Plant the bulbs 

 two inches deep in ordinary garden soil in 

 autumn. Allow the foliage to die naturally 

 before digging for division, which should 

 occur as soon as the plants show signs of 

 deterioration. Useful for planting in lawns 

 like snowdrops. 



Spir^a. Usually propagated by cuttings 

 of green or mature wood, often also by seeds 

 sown in spring. The plants usually thri\-e 

 in all moderately moist soils except the 

 lightest and heaviest; some, however, demand 

 dry ground, thus being viseful for planting 

 among rocks; others (a few) wet and peaty 

 situations. As with soil the species and 

 varieties stand all degrees of shade (except 

 the deepest) and light, even to full sun. But 

 there is such a large number of kinds that 

 enumeration for specific situations is impos- 

 sible here. Their season extends from early 

 spring until late autumn, the former generally 

 being profuse bloomers of only a few weeks' 

 duration, the latter less floriferotis but of 

 extended season. 



Squill. See Scilla. 



Sternbergia. Plant the bulbs about six 

 inches deep in rather heavy, dryish soil, well 

 exposed to the sun. They may remain until 

 they show signs of failing, when, after the 

 tops have died down, they may be dug, 

 divided and reset in a new place. 



Stock, Ten Weeks. Sow seeds in a mild 

 hotbed or greenhouse in early spring; trans- 

 plant the seedlings when about two inches 

 tall to small pots, and when the ground 

 becomes warm to ordinary garden soil about 

 twelve or eighteen inches apart. Later and 

 successional sowings may be made in the 

 open ground. For winter bloom seed may be 

 sown successionally , beginning in late summer. 

 The plants grow readily from cuttings. 



