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pruning back with impunity, and succeeds in any light, 

 rich, loamy soil. 



S. DULCAMARA. Bitter Sweet, and Woody Nightshade. 

 This is a native plant, and one of great beauty when seen 

 clambering over a fence or bank. It has long, flexuous 

 stems, and large clusters of purple flowers, which are 

 rendered all the more conspicuous by the showy yellow 

 anthers. The scarlet fruit is very effective. It sometimes, 

 as in Regent's Park, London, rises to a height of 16 feet, 

 with woody stems fully an inch in diameter. 



S. JASMINOIDES, with its pure-white flowers and yellow 

 stamens, is valuable for wall purposes. 



Sophora (Leguminosae), 



SOPHORA JAPONICA (syn Styphnolobium japonicum). 

 Chinese or Japanese Pagoda-tree. China and Japan, 1763. 

 A large deciduous tree, with elegant pinnate foliage, 

 and clusters of small greenish-white flowers produced in 

 September. Leaves dark-green, and composed of about 

 eleven leaflets. S. japonica pendula is one of the most 

 constant of weeping trees, and valuable for planting 

 in certain well-chosen spots on the lawn or in the 

 park. 



S. TETRAPTERA. New Zealand, 1772. This requires 

 protection in any tut favoured situations. It is a valuable 

 species, having numerous leaflets, and bearing racemes of 

 very showy yellow flowers. S. tetraptera microphylla is 

 a smaller-leaved variety, with ten to forty pairs of leaflets, 

 and is known in gardens under the names of Edwardsia 

 Macnabiana and E. tatraptera microphylla. Sandy loam 

 and wall protection are necessities. 



Sorbus. See Pyrus. 



