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full three Inches in circumference with 

 the greatest ease. 



Verge Shears are merely the hedge 

 shears set nearly at a right angle on long 

 handles, for the convenience of the gar- 

 dener in clipping the sides of box-edging 

 and the verge of grass-plots. Turf Shears 

 are set also at an angle, -but in a different 

 direction, for cutting the tops of edgings, 

 and grass growing in corners unap- 

 proachable by the scythe. 



SCLE'ROON. (From scleros, hard, and 

 eon, an egg ; hard seeds. Nat. ord., Ver- 

 benas [VerbenaceeeJ. Linn., l<l~Didyna- 

 mia 2-Angiospermia. Allied to Cornutia.) 



Greenhouse evergreen. Cuttings of young shoots 



a bell-glass, in spring; pe 

 and leaf-mould, and half a part of silver sand. 



in sand, under a bell-glass, in spring ; peat, loam, 



Winter temp., 38 to 48; summer, 60 to /5. 

 S. ole'inum (olive-like). 2. Green, white. May. 

 Mexico. 1840. 



SCLEKOTHA'MNUS. (From scleros, hard> 

 or rigid, and thammis, a shrub. Nat. ord.> 

 Leguminous Plants [Fabacese]. Linn., 10- 

 Decandria \.-Monogynia. Allied to Pul- 

 tenaea.) 



Greenhouse evergreen. Cuttings of stiff side- 

 shoots in April or May, in sand, under a bell- 

 glass; two parts peat, and one of sandy, fibry 

 loam, and one of equal parts broken bats, char- 

 coal, and silver sand. Winter temp., 40 to 48. 

 8. microphy'llus (small-leaved). 2. Yellow. May. 

 N. Holland. 1803. 



ScoLOPE'NDRiuM.Haft's Tongue. (From 

 scolopendra, a centipede ; the appearance 

 of the seed, or spore-cases. Nat. ord., 

 Ferns [Polypodiacese]. Linn., 24,-Crypto- 

 gamia l-Filices.) 



Hardy, brown-spored Perns. See FERXS. 

 S, hemioni'tis (hemionitis). I.August. Spain. 1779. 



Kre'bsii (Krebs). Natal. 1854. 



officina'rum (shop). l. July. Britain. 

 angustifo'lium (narrow-leaved). . July. 



Britain. 

 cri'spum (curled-team?). l. July. Britain. 



multi'fidum (many-cleft). l^.July. Britain. 

 ramo'sum (branchy). !. July. Britain. 



undula'tum (wave-teawed). 1^. July. Bri- 



tain. 



pinna'tum (leafleted). I.May. India. Green- 

 house. 



SCQ'LYMUS, Golden Thistle. (From 

 slolos, a thorn ; plants spiny. Nat. ord., 

 Composites [Asteracese]. Linn., 19~Syn- 

 genesia 1-JE quails. Allied to Chicory.) 



Hardy, yellow-flowered plants. Seeds and di- 

 visions in spring ; common garden-soil. 

 S. grandiflofrus (large-flowered). 3. May. Bar- 

 bary. 1820. Herbaceous. 



Hispa'nicus (Spanish). 3. August. South Eu- 



rope. 1658. Herbaceous. 



macula'tus (spotted;. 3. July. South Europe. 



1633. Annual. 



SCOLYTUB. A genus of small beetles. 



very nearly allied to Bostrichus. 8. de- 

 structor attacks the Elm ; S. ligniperda 

 the bark of some of the Conifers; and 

 S. crenatus perforates, in a similar man- 

 ner, the wood of the Plum. They do not, 

 however, confine their ravages to the 

 trees we have named. They are not more 

 than an eighth of an inch long, black, 

 with chestnut-coloured legs, and sprinkled 

 over with bristles. 



SCOPO'LIA. (Named after G. A. Scopoli y 

 a foreign botanist. Nat. ord., Nightshades 

 [Solanaceoe]. IAnn.,^-Pentandria I-Mo- 

 noijynia. Allied to Physalis.) 



Hardy herbaceous. Division of the roots in 

 spring, or sowing the seeds in a slight hotbed; 

 sandy loam, and a dry situation. 

 S. Carnio'lica (Carniolian). 1. Dark purple. April. 

 Carniola. 1780. 



SCORCHING, or BURNING, describes the 

 drying up of the roots or of the leaves 

 from exposure to too much heat. The 

 preventive, in the first case, is reducing 

 the temperature of the hotbed, or lifting 

 the pots if the plants are so grown; in. 

 the second case, as it always arises from 

 the sun's rays in the confined air of a 

 house, Hartley's rough glass, and early 

 ventilating, are the preventives. 



SCORPION. Geni'sta sco'rpius. 



SCORPION GRASS. Myoso'tis. 



SCORPION SENNA. Coronl'lla e'merus. 



SCORZONE'RA. Viper's Grass. (From 

 scurson, a viper; supposed remedy for 

 the bite of a viper. Nat. ord., Composites 

 .[Asteracese], Linn., 19 Syugenesia 1- 

 ^Equalis.) 



Hardy herbaceous; yellow -flowered, except 

 where otherwise stated. Seeds in April or May; 

 common garden-soil. 



S. augustifo'lia (narrow-leaved). J. July. South 

 Europe. 1759. 



caricifo'lia (carex-leaved). l. July. Siberia. 



1805. 



ensifo'lia(s word-leaved). ^.May.Caucasus.1825. 



glastifo'lia (woad-leaved). 2. July. Germany. 



1816. 



graminifo'lia (grass-leaved). 2. July. Portugal, 



1759. 



Hiswt'nica (Spanish). 3. July. Spain. 1576. 



hu'milis (lowly). 1. August. Europe. 1597. 



lana'ta (woolly). 1. July. Iberia. 1824. 



latifo'lia (broad-leaved). June. Persia. 1836. 



/mr7>M're(purple).2. Purple. May. Austria. 1759. 



ro'sea (rosy). 1 4. Pink. July. Hungary, 1807- 



tubero'sa (tuberous). 4. June. Volga. 1825. 



SCORZONE'RA in the kitchen-garden is 

 the S. Hispa'nica, grown for its parsnip- 

 like roots. Sow annually, in any open 

 light spot of ground, the latter end of 

 March or beginning of April. Trench 

 the ground, and with the bottom spit 

 turn in iitttle dung ; sow in half-inch 



