SOUTHERNWOOD 



tonic properties, which resemble those of wormwc 

 It is seldom offered by seedsmen in this country 

 cause of its slight importance. jj. q. Kain: 



SOW BREAD. An old name for CycUimen. 



SOY BEAN {Gh/riiie Jiispi.!,,. which sc- for l...t;ni 

 description) is a legiinic. and wliili- it lia~ Iliu; lie . 

 staple crop in .Japan it lias hut suuii'\vh;ir r. ,■. nily I 

 cultivated in the rnitt-d Stati-s, Figs. I'Jl. I'.i:.. It irr 

 to perfection only in a tropical or seinitropical dim 

 In its native country. .Tapan. the seed is an impor 

 human food prodm't, liut in the United States its p 

 cipal use at present is as a forage plant for farm 



SPARAXIS 



1693 



the nil ze f rop js a food tor stock although it is coarse 

 11 leit ml St ilk 



It thines best upon a -narm, well drained loamy soil, 

 and seed should not be planted until all danger from 

 frost is over. The laud should be prepared by plowing 

 and harrowing in the early spring, and the harrow should 

 be used two or three times before the seeds are planted. 

 Best success is attained bv planting in drills, rows to be 

 from 2'.;.-:! ft. a|iart and tlie hills in the row 18-20 in. 

 apart. Duriim tin' .;nl\ p.riods of growth cultivation 

 should be fiiM|iH tit. ]in foraliiy with a tine-toothed im- 

 plement. Aftir til.- jilaiits have grown so that the 

 ground is well sliadcd thf tillage may be discontinued. 

 It is doubtful whethertheciiriiigof the plants for hay will 

 ever come into general practice, but the crop may be 

 largely grown for green soiling and for ensilage pur- 

 poses. It may be cut into the silo with corn and serves 

 to improve the quality of the food. 



To the horticulturist the Soy Bean is valuable chiefly 

 as a soil renovator. The soil of the orchard can be given 



clean culture during the early summer and the Soy 

 Beans may be sown broadcast about .July 1 and harrowed 

 in. One bushel of seeil prr aire will he required. One 

 bushel of rye per acre shoiilii ho -ii-,\ n .it the same time, 

 for when tlie beans are kill. .1 .l.nvn l.y the frost in the 

 fall the rye will then servr as a i-ovir-crop during the 

 winter. When the soil is so hard and unforbidding that 

 clover will not thrive the Soy Bean may be made to 

 .serve as a nitrogen-gatherer, and when plowed under it 

 serves to greatly improve the physical condition of the 

 land. See also Gh/cine. ' l. a. Clinton. 



SPANISH BAYONET. See Yucca. 



SPANISH BROOM. Sparfium juneeum. 



SPANISH LIME. Mflln.m, hijiuja. 



SPANISH OYSTER PLANT. Scohjmtis. 



SPAKAXIS (Greek word referr 

 erated spathes, a character whi 

 genus from Tritonia). Iriddc 



spike 



ng to the torn or lac- 

 h distinguishes this 

 (c. Wand Flower. 

 ining " Cape bulbs " of 

 letaled, more or less 

 r two across and ex- 

 of color and throat 

 Ijopular than Ixias, 

 lants an- dwarfer and 

 y C-lL' in. high, the 



reguia 



tures ; 

 late ai 

 simple 

 3-celIed; 



r,.r. -siLuaM, is ..sseMtially distin- 

 i ' ii t illii-d genera by the sub- 

 1 ill arcuate stamens, and 

 : I s. Other general fea 

 M-i.iis .iiiiiii; Ivs. linear or lanceo- 

 l ill a ha.^ai rosette; inflorescence a 

 d spike; perianth-tube short: ovary 

 lany, superposed. Sparaxks is native 

 the southwestern provinces of Cape Colony, S. 

 Africa. 



.\ltlioui;h a frw jilaiits of S|iara\is are occasionally 

 iMiltixainl in .\niiri.-:i In Imlh laii.'ji i-. one may search 

 tliroii-h iiiarix AiiMiiian r.il :ilo-ucs without finding 

 tliiMii list.il. ill. Diioli liuii- m-ouir-^ olfer 25 distinct 



kinds. \\ iii'li ,'. liii- :niiT of ilio number of 



vari.'ii.- ' i 11 /' IN, .\i-.-,,nli.i- to J. G. 



Baker, i' i-- - ■ ' ■ i ... in ,-i hroa.l sense, vary- 



st important and variable 



'.Mill t-i.^nIni. ].. .N,,.|lii, .11,,;. I- -I^le-I„.all.■|l.■s. ,.l|uilat- 



eral stamens, and iari;.. Iir.ii.i^ ulin-li are not laciniate. 

 B.M. 5.555. F.S. 17:ls|ii, i h,, iM :,;i,-,-, 14. p. 281. This 

 plant is said liy F. \V, llnrhiilLo lo he "perhaps the 

 most graceful of all tlie Cajie Inds," 



A. Throat of flower same color as seg- 



B. Fl/ysmall: segments %-% in. 



loiiq 1 . bulbifera 



BB. Fl^.lar.irr: s.'.n^riils 1 i,,. ,„■ i„„n- 



l"i"/ 2. grandiflora 



AA. Tl,iy„l ,.f Ih.ir.r l.ri.jhl ,„n,nr. .„l,„ 



of each segment 3. tricolor 



bulbifera, JKer. Corm globose, K-iM in. thick : basal 

 Ivs. about 4, linear or lanceolate, K-1 ft. long : stems 

 J-.-l ft. long, simple nr branched, bearing low down 2-3 

 small Ivs., often with bnlhils in the axils; fls, solitary 

 or few in a spike, yellow; ).erianth-tube % in. long. 

 B.M. 545 (Ixin hiill,if,ni }. To this species Baker refers 

 S. alhitlora. Eckl., with lis. whitish inside, and S. rio- 

 lacea, Eckl., with dark purple fls. 



grandifldra, Ker. Habit, corm, Ivs. and spathe just 

 as in S. bulbifera but the fls. larger, the limb 1 iii. or 



