BWAINSONA 



SWEET CICELY 



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brous attractive shrub, with long flexuose or half- 

 climbing branches: Ifts. 5-10 pairs and an odd terminal 

 one, small, oblong and obtuse or somewhat emarginate: 

 racemes axillary and mostly exceeding the foliage, bear- 

 ing rather large deep red fls.: pod 1-2 in. long, much 

 inflated, stipitate. Austral. B.M. 792. H.F. U. 4:276. 

 J.F. 3:304. J.H. III. 49.547. An old-time garden 

 plant, blooming freely in a cool- or intermediate house 

 along with carnations and roses. It thrives well either as 

 a pot-plant or in beds. It is hardy at San Francisco. 

 It is a nearly continuous bloomer. Cuttings taken in 

 late winter bloom in summer; these plants may then be 

 transferred to the house for winter bloom, although 

 maiden plants are to be preferred. By cutting back old 

 plants, new bloom may be secured. Cuttings grow 

 readily. The plant is easy to manage. The original 

 form of swainsona is little known in cult., but the 

 advent of the white form has brought the species to 

 the fore. 



Var. albiflora, Lindl. (var. dflxz, Hort. S. albiflora, 

 Don). Fig. 3744. Fls. pure white. B.R. 994. L.B.C. 

 17:1642. A.F. 8:1173; 10:611; 11:1180. Gng. 5:185. 

 In X. America this is one of the most popular of 

 florists' white fls. for use in winter decorations. It has 

 been called the "winter sweet pea" because of the shape 

 of the fls., but it has no fragrance. The delicate bright 

 green foliage affords an excellent contrast with the 

 pure white fls. This variety is often grown at the end 

 of a rose- or carnation-house, or trained on a trellis. It 

 Likes abundant sunlight, rich soil, and liquid manure. 

 When allowed too much root-room, the plants become 

 very large and are slow to bloom, wherefore a large pot 

 or tub is preferable to the border. 



Var. violacea, Hort., has rose-violet fls., and is some- 

 what dwarf. 5. coronUlsfolia., Salisb., probably repre- 

 sents this form or something very like it. B.M. 1725. 

 S. coronill&folia is an older name than S. galegifolia, 

 and if the two names are considered to represent the 

 same species the former should be used. 



Var. rosea, Hort., has pink fls. 



AA. Standard without callosities: pod various. (S. Mac- 

 cullochiana may have catti.) 



B. Lfts. glabrous above, puberulent beneath. 



Maccullochiana, F. Muell. Shrub, erect, up to 8 ft. 

 high, pubescent: Ivs. pinnately compound, 8-10 pairs 

 of Ifts., which are elliptic or obovate, mucronate, rather 

 glabrous above, puberulent beneath; stipules obliquelj" 

 deltoid: raceme many-fld.: fls. reddish purple; standard 

 ovate-orbicular: wings oblong, rounded, base auricula te; 

 keel slightly curved, obtuse: pod 2 in. long, stipitate. 

 N. W. Austral. B.M. 7995. 



BB. Lft-s. more or less pubescent on both surfaces. 

 c. Fls. violet-purple: Ifts. 9-15 pairs. 



lessertiaefolia, DC. (S. Froebelii, Regel). Perennial, 

 1-1^2 ft. high: sts. diffuse or ascending, glabrous except 

 the young shoots and foliage which are more or less 

 gray-appressed-pubescent : Ifts. 9-15 or rarely more, 

 oblong, obtuse, mucronate or almost acute, %-%, 

 rarely 1 in. long; stipules rather broad: fls. rather small, 

 violet-purple, in short racemes, sometimes reduced to 

 umbels or heads; calyx more or less pubescent with 

 black appressed hairs; standard nearly J^in. broad 

 without callosities, wings shorter, keel very obtuse, 

 almost hood-shaped: pod sessile, inflated, %-I in. long. 

 Austral. Gt. 3:89. 



cc. Fls. lilac-rose: Ifts. 6-10 pairs. 



ecalldsa, Sprague. Herb, erect, about 2 ft. high, 

 pubescent: Ivs. 3-5 in. long; Ifts. 6-10 pairs, elliptic- 

 oblong, obtuse or retuse, sometimes mucronate, J^-%in. 

 long, pubescent on both surfaces; stipules deltoid at 

 base, apex subulate: racemes axillary, 4-5-fld.: fls. lilac- 



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rose; standard without ealli, 7-8 lines diam., much 

 longer than the wings; keel broad, obtuse; ovary silky. 

 W. Austral. 



S. alba, Hort., is mentioned in the horticultural journals as a form 

 with snow-white fls.; possibly only a variation of S. galegifolia. 

 G.W. 3, pp. 353, 354; 11, p. 13. Var. grandiflora, Hort., is offered in 

 the trade, nS. atrococdnea, Carr. Similar to S. Ferrandii but with 

 larger Ivs.: infL large; peduncle slightly purplish: fls. purplish red, 

 standard broad-spread, 2-lobed, slightly convex, with a white spot 

 at base, keel brilliant red-violet. A horticultural form. S. 

 Ferrdndii, Hort. Perennial, 12-20 in. high, much branched: Ivs. 

 compound, unevenly so; Ifts. numerous, elliptic, apex rounded, 

 glabrous: fls. in axillary racemes; peduncle short and arched; stand- 



3744. Swainsona galegifolia var. albiflora. (X?.D 



and broadly expanded ; wings much reduced ; keel small. Probably of 

 garden origin. Var. alba, Hort., has pure white fls. Var. carminea, 

 Hort,, has carmine^>ink fls. -5. grandiflora var. alba, Hort., is 

 offered in the trade, very probably is a form of S. galegifolia. S. 

 rdsea var. grandiflora, Hort., is offered in the trade. 5. splendens, 

 Hort. appears in the trade. R TRACT HuBBARD.f 



SWEET ALYSSUM: Alyssum maritimum. S. Bay of general 

 literature is Laurus nobilis; in America, Magnolia glauca. S.- 

 brier: Rosa rubiginosa. 



SWEET CICELY, or SWEET-SCENTED CHERVIL 



(Myrrhis odorata, Scop., which see), indigenous to 

 Europe on the banks of streams, is a graceful hardy 

 perennial 3 feet tall, with very large downy grayish 

 green, much-divided leaves, hairy stems and leaf- 

 stalks, small, fragrant white flowers, and large brown 

 seeds of transient vitality. The leaves, which have an 

 aromatic, anise-like, sweetish flavor and odor, character- 

 istic of the whole plant, are still occasionally employed 

 in flavoring soups and salads, though their use as 

 a culinary adjunct, even in Europe, is steadily declining. 

 In American cookery, the plant is almost confined to 

 the unassimilated distinct!}" foreign population. 

 Though easily propagated by division, best results are 

 obtained from seed sown in the autumn either spon- 

 taneously or artificially; the seedlings, which appear in 

 the following spring, are set 2 feet apart each way in 



