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Saffron ( Carthamus tinctorius}. Composite?. 



Propagated by seeds, in open air in spring-. Saffron is 

 also Crocus sativus. See Crocus. 



Sage (Salvia officinalis]. Labiate. 



Seeds, sown in spring where the plants are to stand. 

 Also by division, but seeds give better plants. Sage plan- 

 tations should be renewed every two or three years. 

 Good plants may be grown from cuttings. See Salvia. 



Sage Palm. See Cycas. 

 Saintfoin. See Onobrychis. 

 Saint John's Bread. See Carob. 



Saintpaulia. Gesneracecr. 



Grown easily from seeds, sown on the surface. Also 

 from leaf cuttings. Handled like Sinningia, except that it 

 is not tuber-bearing. 



Salisburia. See Ginkgo. 



Salix (Willow, Osier, Sallow). Salicacecz. 



All the willows grow readily from cuttings of ripe wood 

 of almost any age. The low and weeping varieties are 

 top-worked upon any common upright stocks. Kilmar- 

 nock (weeping form of Salix Caprea], Rosmarinifolia 

 (S. incana^ and other named vanities are worked upon 

 cutting-grown stocks of S. Caprt. 



Salpiglossis. Scrophulariacecz -. 



Propagated by seeds in open air, or they may be started 

 under glass. 



Salsify {Tragopogon porrifolius). Composites. 



Seeds, sown in spring where the plants are to remain. 



Salvia, including Sclarea (Sage). Labiatcz. 



May be increased by seeds, sown thinly and placed in a 

 little warmth. Also by cuttings ; these will root readily in 

 heat, if they are rather soft and in a growing state. See 

 Sage. 

 Sambucus (Elder). Caprifoliacecc. 



Seeds, handled like those of raspberries and black- 

 berries. Named kinds are grown from cuttings of mature 

 wood, and by layers. 



