SWAINSONA 



Australian undershrubs and Iitrbs liflfninv from 



Colutea chiefly in smaller st-xtui i 1 tl ! It 1 



stigma. Flowers pea lih.e m \ i 111 



blue, red, yellow or white t I 



vexillum large and show\ 



twisted or falcate; stamen 



inflated pod, which is bomit 



and sometimes with the u\ ] 



small and kidney-shaped 1 



ally with several or manj si ii 



various species are seen m tht Ik ti ns t iniitnus 



or botanic gardens, and 8 specu 



German dealer, but by far the m 



galegifolia, var. albiflora 



galegifdlia, R. Br. (Ffcirt /tl i \ i 



galegifolia, Sims. S Osh M 



brous, attractive shrub with 1 i 11 

 ing branches: If ts. .5-10 pan 1 



small, oblong and obtuse oi 

 cemes axillary and mosth 



ing rather large deep red il I 



inflated, stipitate. Austr<l 



galegifolia is an old-time (^ ii I i j i ^ i 1\ 



in a cool or intermediate housu Uou^ with Lunitionb 

 and roses. It thrives well either as a pot plant or in 

 beds. It is hardy at San Francisco It is a neaily con 

 tinuous bloomer. Cuttings taken in late winter bloom in 

 summer; these plants may then be transferred to the 

 house for winter bloom, although maiden plants are to 

 be preferred. By cutting back old plants, new bloom 

 may be secured. Cuttings grow readily. The plant is 

 easy to manage. The original form o"f Swainsona is 

 little known in cultivation, but the advent of the white 

 form has brought the species to the fore. 



Var. albiJldra, Lindl. (var. alba, Hort. S. albifldra, 

 G. Don). Fig. 2440. Flowers pure white. B.R. 12:994. 

 L.B.C. n:lf)42. A.F. 8:1173; 10:611; 11:1180. Gng. 

 5:185. — In North America this is now one of the most 

 popular of white florists' flowers for use in winter dec- 

 orations. It has been called the "Winter Sweet Pea" 

 because of the sliape of the flowers, but it has no fra- 

 grance. The delicate bright green foliage affords an 

 excellent contrast with the pure white flowers. This 

 variety is often grown at the end of a rose or carnation 

 house, or trained on a trellis. It likes abundant sun- 

 light, rich soil and liquid manure. When allowed too 

 much root room the plants become very large and are 

 slow to bloom, wherefore a large pot or tub is prefer- 

 able to the border. 



Var. Tiol&cea, Hort., has rose-violet fls., and is some- 

 what dwarf. S. coroniUw folia, Salisb., probably repre- 

 sents this form or something very like it. B.M. 1725. 

 S. coronilla>foUa is an older name than S. galegifolia, 

 and if the two names are considered to represent the 

 same species the former should be used. 



Var. rdsea, Hort., has pink flowers. 



S. Ferrandi, Hort., is called a "garden variety" h.v Kew au- 

 thorities. Var. alba is described in R.H. 1886, p. 562, and v;u-. 

 canninea is in the American trade. L. H. B. 



SWALLOW THOKN. Hippophag rliamnoides. 



SWAN RIVER DAISY is Brachycome iberidifolia. 



SWEET ALYSSUM, See Alyssum marifimum. 



SWEET BASIL. See Basil. 



SWEET HERBS 



1751 



SWEET BAY of general literatur 

 n America, Magnolia glauca. 



SWEET BBIEK. Eosa rubigi; 



: Launis nobilis. 



SWEET CICELY, or SWEET-SCENTED CHERVIL 



{Mijrrhis odordtn. Scop., which see), indigenous to 

 Europe upon the banks of streams, is a graceful, hardy 

 perennial 3 ft. tall, with very large, downy, grayish 

 green, much-divided leaves, hairy stems and leaf-stalks, 

 small, fragrant white flowers, and large brown seeds of 

 transient vitality. The leaves, which have an aromatic, 

 anise-like, sweetish flavor and odor, characteristic of 



tht whcle flant trc still occasional!} employed in fla- 

 ^ ' ' I II ids, though their use as a culi- 



1 urope, IS steadily declining. In 

 ^ I I plant is almost confined to our 



' ill I th foreign population. Though 



e I ih 1 loi i^it 1 I \ diMsion be'it results are obtained 

 fiom seed sown in the autumn either spontaneously or 

 artihcially, the seedlings, which appear in the foUow- 



2440. Swainsona galegifolia 



ing spring, are set 2 ft. apart each way in almost any 

 ordinary garden soil. Spring-sown seed frequently 

 fails to germinate. When once established common 

 care will be suflicient. m. g. g^i^s. 



SWEET CLOVER. Melilotus alba. 



SWEET FERN. Myrica Gale. 



SWEET FLAG. Acorus Calamus. 



SWEET GALE. Myrica Gale. 



SWEET GUM. Liquidambar. 



SWEET HERBS. The term"Sweet Herbs»has long 

 been applied to the fragrant and aromatic plants used 

 in cookery to add zest to various culinary preparations, 

 principal among which are dressings, soups, stews and 

 salads. At the commencement of the nineteenth cen- 

 tury many were to be found in gardens and kitchens 

 that now have been dropped entirely or have but very 

 limited use. Perhaps no group of garden plants dur- 

 ing this time has been marked by so little improve- 

 ment. Except in parsley, very few distinctly new or 

 valuable varieties have been produced or disseminated. 

 This is mainly due to the prevailing ignorance of their 

 good qualities, to which ignorance may be charged the 

 improper handling, not only by the grower, but by the 

 seller and often by the final purchaser. With the public 



