SAVOY CABBAGE. 



SCABIOUS. 



Savoy Cabbage. See Cabbage, 

 Savoy. 



Saw-flies. 



Among the saw-flies, so called from the 

 females possessing a saw-like apparatus at 



SAXIFRAGE " MOTHER OF THOUSANDS.' 



the extremity of the body, Cladius pectini- 

 corms, which is very destructive in gardens, 

 measures a sixth of an inch in length, and 

 is black and shining in body, with dirty 



SAXIFRAGE "LONDON PRIDE." 



yellowish- while legs. It feeds upon the 

 leaves of various kinds of roses ; the 

 caterpillars are found feeding on them in the 

 beginning of July, remaining in the pupa 

 state a fortnight or three weeks, when 

 they appear as perfect insects. There are 



many other saw-flies which do great damage 

 to roses, gooseberries, currants, &c. , but 

 they need not be named and described indi- 

 vidually here. To get rid of them shake 

 them from the bushes and remove the soil 

 on which they fall, or sprinkle the bushes 

 with powdered sulphur, or with water to 

 which hellebore has been added. 



Saxifrage (nat. ord. Saxifra'gese). 



A very large genus of plants that are for 

 the most part perennial, and are very hardy 

 and easy of cultivation. Many species are 

 rock plants, invaluable for rock and root 

 work. They are easily propagated by cut- 

 tings on division of the root, except in the 

 case of Saxifraga Sannentosa^ also called 

 " Creeping Sailor " and " Mother of Thou- 

 sands," which is propagated like straw- 

 berries, by stolons, or creeping and hanging 

 runners. " London Pride" (S. timbrosa) is 

 a saxifrage, and a plant that does well in 

 the shade. 



Scabious (nat. ord. Dipsa'cese). 



This genus of flowers, consisting of a disc: 

 studded with numerous stamens, which 



SCABIOSA ATROPURFUREA. 



have obtained for them the name of " Pin- 

 cushion " flowers, and surrounded with 

 petals, blue, lavender, rose, purple, and 



