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SKIRRET 



Skirret belongs to a moisture-loving genus, and needs 

 a rich soil. The seeds may be sown in autumn or 

 spring and the plants yield well the tirst season. For 

 European practice Vilmorin recommends that the seed- 

 lings be grown in a seed-bed until they have made 

 4 or 5 leaves and then transplanted into permanent 

 quarters. Sow the seed in drills half an inch deep, and 

 thin out the seedlings to 8 inches in the row. The roots 

 may be left outdoors in the ground all winter, but others 

 advise storing them in sand or earth. -^y. ji. 



SKULL CAP. 



'ti-Ihi 



SKUNK CABBAGE. !<i„ilh,i,,„a fccfida. 



SLIPPEE FLOWER or SLIPPERWGP.:?. Calceo- 



SLIPPER, LADY'S. CupripetUum. 

 SLIPPERS, BABIES'. Lotus corniculatns. 



SLOE. Priii, 



spinosa. 



SMEL6WSKIA (Frof.T. Smelowskia, botanist of St. 

 Petersburg, died 1815). Vrucifene. About 1 species of 

 alpine plants with small white or yellow, 4-petaled 

 flowers: sepals short, lax, equal at base: pod somewhat 

 shortish, narrowed at both ends: seeds few, arranged 

 in 1 series: Ivs. 1-2-pinnatisect: fls. racemose: bracts 



calyclna, C. A. Meyer. Low, tufted perennial, very 

 variable in foliage: Ivs. soft, usually deeply pinnatiiid, 

 with 2 or several pairs of lit;' nr t.. n\,.,v::u-, obtuse seg- 

 ments and a terminal i>ih t !■ - ■' ' ■ 'a Ivs. .-ntire: 



liling smilax). LiUAcew. False 

 lit i') species of hardy perennial 

 ■ regions of North America and 

 'ig. 2'SJO) and simple leafy stems 

 of small usually white or 



ing in fruit: fls. white 

 long. Arctic regions, 

 sons for rock garden 

 advertised in America 



SMILAClNA (nsc 

 Solomon's St:ai.. A 

 herbs of ilir i.niii.r 



SMILAX 



A. Fruit red. 

 B. Plant with 2-4 leaves. 

 trifoliata, Desf . Rootstock slender : stem 2-15 in. 

 high: Ivs. sessile, oval to oblong-lanceolate, 2-5 in. 

 long: fls. in a simple raceme, few to several: berry 

 M in. through. Bogs and moist soil in the northern U. 

 S. and Asia. B.B. 1:430. 



BB. Plant with many Ivs. 

 racemdBa, Desf. Figs. 2330, 2331. Rootstock rather 

 stout: stem 1-3 ft. high: Ivs. 3-6 in. long, oblong-lan- 

 ceolate or oval, sessile or nearly so: fls. numerous, in 

 a panicle: berry ^ in. through. In shaded or partly 

 shaded places throughout the greater part of the U. S. 

 B.B. 1:429. A.G. 13:519. 



AA. Fruit black, or green and black. 

 B. Pedicels 2-7 lines long. 

 sessilifdlia, Nutt. Rootstock slender: stem 1-2 ft. 

 high, slender: Ivs. 2-G in. long, lanceolate, acute, flat 

 and spreading: raceme open, sessile or short-peduncled: 

 berry 3-5 lines through. Early summer. Pacific states. 

 BB. Pedicels 1-2 lines long. 

 Btellita, Desf. Very near to S. sessitiMia: Ivs. usu- 

 ally folded and ascending : raceme shorter and more 

 crowded. May, June. Moist soil, throughout the greater 

 part of the U. S. B.B. 1:430. F. W. Barclay. 



SMlLAX (ancient Greek name). Liiidcece. A genus 

 of about 180 species very widely distributed over the 

 world, usually wooily climbers, which ascend by means 



of the coililij .i;.]- r'i:iL- -- -f t!;, ].rti,,l,: .nrin tirn. s 

 shrubs or r;.' ■ '■ i ■ ■ ^ :• ■ • ■, ■.,■■,,•:•■■, i .•• ;• • \. , .i. ,■ 



twigs : rool ■ ■... , i.i , .: _•, ,-,.; -.l - ■ ■ •, . . I- ; 



merous, rathV-r's'iualirdiieious^lu \ixilhiry,' ses5Ue''ur 

 peduncled umbels : pedicels nearly equal in length : 

 berries usually globose, 1-4-seeded. 



There are 17 species native of the U. S., nearly all of 

 which are useful wild garden plants, having glossy at- 

 tractive foliage. The last three noted below have been 

 offered by collectors. For Smilax of florists, see ^s- 

 paragus medeoloides. 



A. Lvs. usually variegated. Exotic species. 

 B. Plant climbing. 

 argyr^a, Lind. & Rod. Tender foliage plant: stem 

 wiry, slender, armed with short, stout thorns: lvs. lan- 

 ceolate, becoming 8-10 in. long, dark green, 

 blotched with gray. 3-neryed, short -petioled. 

 Bolivia. I.H. 39:152. — According to G.F. 8:305 

 the above species is a robust healthy plant 

 doing well in a moderate temperature and 

 . duickly forming ornamental specimens. It 

 uould be given a rich, fibrous soil and a light 

 lid sunny position. It may be propagated by 

 alf-ripe cuttings of the side shoots with 2-3 

 j-es inserted in a moderately warm bed. 



Plant partially climbing. 



2330. Rootstock of Smilacina 



greenish white flowers: perianth of 6 equal spreading 

 segments; stamens 6, inserted at bases of the perianth- 

 segments: berry globular or nearly so, 3-celled. 



Smilacinas are of easy culture in any good soil. They 

 prefer a rich loam in a moist but not wet, partly shaded 

 place. They are handsome plants both in foliage and 

 flower. S. racemosa is probably the most attractive. 

 The plants may be forced slowly for bloom in the late 

 winter and early spring. 



herb&cea, Linn. A hardy perennial with a somewhat 

 procumbent or climbing branched annual stem 4-6 ft. 

 high, unarmed: lvs. ovate to lanceolate acute to cuspi- 

 date, obtuse or cordate at the base, long-petioled. 7-9- 

 nerved: umbels 15-80-fld., long-peduncled: fls. carrion- 

 scented when open; berry bluish black, H in. thick. 

 Apr.^une. In woods or fields throughout the greater 

 part of the U. S. B.B. 1:439. 



