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Swainsonia Leguminosce, Swainsonia Galegifolia. Thia is a 

 pretty species of shrub, with purple, red and white flowers, 

 grown from seed in good garden soil. 



Sweet Briar. Vide Rosa Rubiginosa. 



Sweet Pea. Vide Lathyrus. 



Sweet Sultan. Vide Centaurea. 



Sweet William. Vide Dianthus. 



Stevia Compositce, Stevia Pur pur ea. These are pretty small 

 flowering plants, natives of New Spain and Mexico, propagated by 

 seed, cuttings and division of the roots in any good garden soil, 



Stipa, Graminacece. A beautiful species of grass, grown chiefly 

 in gardens for the sake of the beautifully feathered heads. 



Streptocarpus, Bignoniacece. This is a handsome plant from the 

 Cape of Good Hope, produces abundance of pale, purple flowers, 

 it requires a good garden soil, and is increased by seed. 



Sun Rose. Vide Helianthemum. 



Sutherlandia Leguminosce, Sutherlandia Grandiflora. This is 

 a pretty shrub with scarlet flowers, native of the Cape, and is 

 readily increased by seed in any good garden soil. 



Taberncemontana, Apocynacece. A genus of interesting plants, 

 mostly bearing white, sweet-scented flowers. A mixture of 

 loam, peat, and sand suits them best ; and young plants may be 

 obtained from cuttings, planted in sand, under a glass, in a 

 moist heat. 



Tacsonia. Tacsonia, a sub-tribe of Passion Flower, with bril- 

 liant scarlet, crimson and rose-coloured flowers, should be sown 

 in pots in rich soil early in June, the pots exposed to the sun 

 during the forenoon only, and no rain must be allowed to reach 

 the young seedlings ; if so, they are almost certain to die ; when 

 the seedlings have grown about six or eight inches high, trans- 

 plant singly, still keeping from rain. In October they may be 

 shifted to large pots, and in the cold season will flower profusely 

 if kept in a sunny spot, sheltered from cold cutting wind. Dur- 

 ing the second hot season, they should again be sheltered from 

 the afternoon sun, and in June re-potted in the largest sized 



