S A I\I 



SAN 



so hi'^h: the leaves have seldom more than se.ven SAND, an earthy substance that is fre- 



IcaHuTs, and towards the top only five, lonaer quently made use of in the cuUure of different 



nud narrower thiin in the above, ckeply cut7)n sorts of fl(jwers and plants which require a dry 



their edo-es, and ending with win-cd acme soil. 



SAND-nOX TREE. Sec IIura. 

 SANtiUlNAKlA, a genus containing- a plmt 

 of l!ic low herbaceous ilowering kind. 



It be!ono;s to the class- and order Pohjanilr'nt 

 aud ranks in the natural order of 



points. 



The fourth species rises to the height of 

 twenty feet in itk native situation, but here, it 

 is seldom much more than half that height : the 



leaves have generally seven or nine leaflets, which Monogynia 



are lonoer and narrow er than those of the first Rhoeudece. 



sort : the berries are smaller, of the same black co- The characters are : that the calyx is a two- 

 lour, but not so full of juice: nor have the leaves leaved perianth, ovate, concave, shorter than the 

 so strono- a scent: it is' shrubby, but commonly corolla, caducous : the corolla has eight petals, 

 pcrishes'^above ground in winter: the cymes are oblong, blunt, spreading very much, alternately 

 of the same structure as in the first ; and the interior and narrower: the stamina have very 

 stipules are filiform and truncate, as in that, not many filaments, simple, shorter than the co- 

 expanded into leaflets, as in the third: the ber- rolla : anthers simple: the pistillum is an ob- 

 ries are reddish, and said to be eatable. It is a long compressed germ: style none : stigma 

 native of North Amcnea, flowering from June thickish, two-grooved with a streak, height ot 

 to Auo-ust. the stamens, permanent: the pericarpium is 

 Culture. — '!'he first and second sorts may be an oblong capsule, ventricosc, sharp at both 

 readily increased from cuttings, or by sowing ends, two-valved : the seeds very many, round, 

 their seeds ; but the former being the most acuminate. 



expeditious method, it is generally practised. The species is ,S. Canadensis, Canadian San- 



The season for planting the cuttings is any time gninaria, Bloodwort, or Puccoon. 



from the autumn to Ihe spring ; in doing of It has a tuberous, thick, fleshy root, placed 



which, there is no more care necessary than to transversely, with several slender fibres descend- 



thrust them about six or eight inches into the iiig from it, of a reddish saff'ron colour, and 



ground, as they take root readily, and may af- yielding a juice of the same hue, which is bitter 

 terwards be planted out where they are to re- . and acrid, and flows also from the leaves and 



main,vhichmj.ybeuponalmost any soil or situ- footstalks when cut. In the spring the root 



ation, as they are extremely hardy : if their seeds puts forth slender round smooth stems, palish 



be permitted to fall upon the ground, they often green or brownish tinged with purple, each ter- 



produce plenty of plants the succeeding summer, minated by a little conical head, which expands 



They are often planted for fences, on account into a white flower of eight [-(ctals. at first con- 



of their quick growth ; but as their bottoms be- cave, then flat, and finally rolled back so as to 



come naked iii^ a few vears, they are not by any be convex, marked w ith slender streaks: fila- 



means proper for that purpose.' In this i'nten- ments white, with saffron-coloured anthers. 



tion the cuttings should be planted in one or When the flowers are about expanding, a single 



two rows, where they are to remain. leaf comes out upon each flower-stalk, at first 



This sort of plants should not be planted near small, compressed, and protecting the flower 



habitations, as at the season when they are in with its foot-stalk; but afterwards becoming^ 



flower they are said to emit such a strong scent 

 as to occasion violent pains in the heads of those 

 who abide long near theni. 



The first son succeeds in any soil or situation. 



The third is increased rapidly, wherever it is 

 once planted, by its creeping roots; and the 

 fourth puts out roots from cuttings ahnost as 

 easily as the common sort ; but being liable to 

 injury from severe frosts, it shoukl be planted 

 in a sheltered situation, and rather dry scd. 



All the sorts atlord diversity in large orna- 

 mental plantations, the common sorts being only 

 thinly introduced. 



The fruit of the common sort is frequently 



mp/it" lise of for the 

 ti-om it. 



purp' 



ose of hiakiuir wine 



larger, and unfolding into lobes, like those of 

 the'fig, which are thickish, smooth, internally 

 of a tTecp glaucous green, externally of a whitish 

 glaucous cH)lour with frequent veins, most con- 

 spicuous on the outside ; on petioles which are 

 flat and slightly grooved on the inside, and con- 

 vex on the outside. Three or four flower-stems 

 arise from each root, and are surrounded at the 

 base by oblong, membranaceous, ttndtr, striated 

 scales : the root, leaves, and flowers have no 

 smell. It is a native of America, and flowers 

 here in the beginning of April. 



There are varieties with single flowers, wuh 

 semi-double flowers, and full tfowers. 



Culture. — ^This plant is readily increased by- 

 parting the roots, and planting them out in tlxe 



