SHRUBS, DECIDUOUS. 



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SKIRRET. 



massing the different sorts together. The 

 same principle applies to trees. 



Shrubs, Deciduous. 



In addition to the deciduous trees under 

 cultivation, the principal of which have 

 been named above, there is a large 



SILENE PENDULA SINGLE VARIETY. 



number of deciduous shrubs which should 

 hot be neglected by any one who wishes 

 to beautify and improve his plantations. 

 Most of these shrubs blossom freely ; many 

 are very handsome, and produce an excel- 

 lent effect when blended with evergreens, 

 of which mention will be made presently. 

 There are different sorts of Berberis, or 

 barberry, some evergreens and some de- 

 ciduous, but bearing in every case a pretty 

 yellow blossom ; Amygdahis communis 

 iitnara, the bitter almond ; A. dulcis, the 

 sweet almond ; Buddlea globosa, the globe- 

 flowered buddlea, which is very ornamental, 

 with its orange blossoms and lanceolate 

 leaves ; the Daphne Mezerciuii^ the com- 

 mon mezereum, and D. M. album, the 

 white-flowered variety ; also three or four 

 varieties of the elegant and free-flowering 

 Deutzia. Nor must we omit the different 

 sorts of Genista, or broom, the Robinia^ 

 and the many kinds of Spir&a, than which 

 it is hardly possible to find any genus more 

 richly varied and more profuse in flowering. 

 For filling up gaps in plantations and 

 borders, there are many other small deci- 

 duous shrubs that are useful) which need not 

 be mentioned here. 



Shrubs, Distance between. See 



Transplanting {Distances at which i<? 

 Plant Trees']. 



Sieves. See Baskets as Measures. 



Silene (nat. ord. Caryopliylla'ceae). 



A genus containing a considerable 

 number of species, among which are 

 numbered the plants known as Campion 

 and Catchfly. They are for the most part 

 annuals, biennials, and perennials. Most 

 of them are extremely hardy. They like 

 a rich loam, and ar2 propagated according 

 to their kind by seeds, cuttings, slips or 

 divisions of the roots. The Silene common 

 in our hedges, with a pink and white star- 

 like flower, is Silene anglica. Many are 

 suitable for rock-work, as, for example, S. 

 pendula with flesh-coloured flowers, and 

 S. p. compacta with bright pink blossoms. 

 S. Armeria is the Sweetwilliam Catch- 

 fly ; . infiata, the Bladder Campion or 

 CatcLfly ; S. regia, the Royal Catchfly 

 with scarlet flowers; and S. Virginica, 

 tlie Virginian Catchfly or Fire Pink, with 

 deep crimson flowers. 



Skirret (Slum sisarum). 



A perennial plant, sometimes cultivated 

 for the sake of its fleshy tuberous roots, 



SILENE PENDULA DOUBLE VARIETY. 



which are used in much the same manner 

 as salsafy. It is propagated by means of 



