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SCABIOSA SCILLA. 



Scabiosa ochroleuca (Yellow Scabious). 

 A hardy perennial, with a furrowed 

 stem, 1 ft. to 16 in. high. Floivers, in 

 summer ; pale sulphur -yellow, more 

 than 2 in. across. Leaves, pinnate ; 

 radical ones a foot long ; leaflets in- 

 creasing in size from below upwards, 

 coarsely toothed ; stem-leaves pinna- 

 tifid, with linear divisions. Germany. 

 Naturalized in rough and half- 

 wild spots, in ordinary soil. Seed or 

 division. 



Scabiosa Webbiana (WebVs Scabious). 

 A rather dwarf, silvery-leaved spe- 

 cies, not growing more than from 6 

 to 10 in. high. Flowers, in summer ; 

 cream-coloured, in small heads, in- 

 conspicuous. Leaves, obovate ; upper 

 ones divided ; lower ones toothed. 



Phrygia. The rock-garden, and 



warm borders, in sandy loam. Seed 

 and cuttings. 



Schivereckia podolica (Podolian S.) 

 Alyssum podolicum. A small alpine 

 herb, nearly white with starry 

 down ; 3 or 4 in. high. Flowers, in 

 spring; small, white, in terminal 

 racemes ; petals slightly notched at 

 the apex. Leaves, of the root in 

 rosettes, oval-oblong, toothed ; stem- 

 leaves few, clasping. Podolia, Vol- 



hynia, and the Ural mountains. 



The rock-garden and borders, in light 

 sandy soil. It has few claims for any 

 but large and botanical collections. 

 Seed and division. 



Schizostylis coccinea (Crimson S.) 

 A handsome bulbous plant, with the 

 habit of a Gladiolus ; 2 to 3 ft. high. 

 Flowers, in summer and autumn ; of a 

 bright crimson, 2 in. across, resembling 

 in form those of Tritonia aurea, in a 

 one-sided spike, and opening from 

 below upwards. Leaves, sword-shaped, 

 dark green, sheathing at the base. 

 Caffraria. Borders, fringes of beds 

 of shrubs, associated with Gladioli 

 and other autumn-flowering bulbs, in 

 sandy peat and loam. Division. 



Scilla amoena (Star-flowered Squill). 

 A charming, spring-flowering, bul- 

 bous plant, about 1 ft. high. Flowers, 

 in April and May ; dark indigo-blue, 

 with a darker line through the middle 

 of each petal ; ovary conspicuous in 

 the star - like bloom. Leaves, of a 

 lively green colour, linear - lance- 

 shaped, about ^ in. across, channelled. 

 South of Europe. Sheltered posi- 

 tions in borders, in light sandy soil. 

 Increased by separation of the bulbs 

 every second or third year. 



Scilla bifolia (Early Squill). A beau- 

 tiful, early-flowering, dwarf species, 

 from 6 to 10 in. high. Flowers, in 

 March and April ; dark blue, 4 to 6 

 on a spike, forming rich masses. 

 Zea0es,linear-lance-shaped,channelled, 

 2 in number (occasionally 3), of a de- 

 licate green colour, with reddish 

 lines. There are numerous varieties. 

 Southern and Central Europe. Bor- 

 ders ; flowers best in warm sunny 

 spots, in light sandy soil. It is also 

 well fitted for naturalization in sunny 

 openings in woods where the ground 

 vegetation is scant, and the soil of an 

 open texture. Separation of the 

 bulbs. 



; Scilla campanulata (Large Bluebell). 

 j A vigorous and handsome kind, 8 

 to 18 in. high. Flowers, late in spring 

 or early in summer ; bell-shaped, 

 of a light violet-blue, on short stalks, 

 pendent from the axils of whitish 

 bracts, and arranged in a pyramidal 

 cluster. Leaves, broadly lanceolate, 

 acute, about as long as the stem, and 

 spreading in a broad rosette. .Bulb, 

 large, solid, rounded-oval, egg-shaped, 

 or oblong, of various forms when 

 young depressed, elongated, cylin- 

 drical, oblong, or club-shaped. There 

 are several varieties, much the largest 

 and finest being S. campanulata major, 

 which appears to be the plant figured 

 by Redoute. The white and rose 

 varieties are particularly well worthy 



