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SCHIZOPE'TALON contimied. 



their roots disturbed. Or the seeds can be sown 

 outdoors in April or May in a warm, sunny border, 

 when they will flower in July and August. Or if 

 sown in autumn indoors and the plants grown on 

 during winter they bloom early in summer. 



SCYPHAN'THUS Cup Flower (from Gr. skuphos, a 

 cup, and anthos, a flower). Nat. Ord. Loasacece. 



S. dlegans. A hardy twining annual from Chili, 

 useful for covering a trellis or pergola pole. 

 It will reach 6 or 8 ft. in a season. The 

 foliage is fern-like and graceful, though some- 

 what sticky to the touch, the leaves being 

 deeply cut and of a glaucous hue. The 

 bright yellow cup-shaped flowers, spotted 

 with red inside and slightly spurred, are 

 borne in the axils of the branches in great 

 number from July to October. Introduced, 

 1824. Syn., Grammatocar'pus wlu'bilis. 



Sow in pans or pots, slightly cover with light 

 soil, and plunge in hotbed. Prick off when quite 

 young singly into pots of rich soil, harden off in 

 cold frame gradually, and plant out in May. Give 

 rich light soil in a sunny position. 



SEA SCABIOUS. See SCABIOSA maritima. 

 SEA LAVENDER. See STATICE. 

 SEA-SIDE POPPY. See GLAUCIUM luteum. 

 SENECIL'LUS. A diminutive of SENECIO (which see). 



