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TENDER SPECIES. 



S. cordifo'lia (heart-leaved), l. Scarlet, orange 

 September. Mexico. 1844. Stove ever- 

 green. 



hu'milis (dwarf). . Blue. June. N. S. 



Wales. 1823. Greenhouse. 



incarna'ta (flesh-coloured), l. Rose. Au- 



gust. Quito. 1844. Greenhouse evergreen 



Ventena'tii (Ventenat's). 2. Scarlet. Au 



gust. St. Martha. 1844. Greenhouse. 



villo'sa (shaggy). |. Scarlet. February 



Peru. 1842. 



HARDY HERBACEOUS. 

 S. alpi'na (alpine), f . Purple. August. Hungary. 



1752. 

 lu'tea (yellow). Yellow. August. Tartary. 



1739. 



sangui'nea (blood-red). . Red.July.1835. 



variega'ta (variegated-flowered). . Pale 



yellow. August. Switzerland. 



alti'ssimu (tallest). 1. Dark purple. July. 



Crimea. 1824. 



Colu'mnts (Columna's). 1$, Blue. July. 



South Europe. 1806. 



commuta'ta (changed). Purple. August. 



Hungary. 1683. 



galericttla'ta (small-capped). 1. Blue. July. 



Britain. 



grandiflo'ra (large-flowered). l. Red. July. 



Siberia. 1804. 



fiastiftt'lia (spear-leaved). . Purple. June. 



Germany. 1798. 



hi'rta (hairy). Dark purple. June. Candia.1835. 



integrifo'lia (entire-leaved). 1. Blue. July. 



N.Amer. 1731. 



Japo'nica (Japan). . Purple, white. August. 



Japan. 1838. 



lateriflo'ra (side-flowering), l. Blue. July. 



N.Amer. 1752. 



macra'ntha (large-flowered). J. Blue. Au- 



gust. Dahuria. 1827. 



mi'nor (less). . Pink. July. Britain. 



nerno'sa (large-nerved). 1. Blue. July. Vir- 



ginia. 1826. 



orienta'lis (eastern). 



Levant. 1729. 



pa'rvula (very-small). 



Amer. 1822. 



peregri'na (spreading). 

 Tauria. 1823. 



. Yellow. August. 

 $. Blue. July. N. 

 2. Violet. August. 



pilo'sa (shaggy). 1. Blue. July. N.Amer. 1825. 



purpura'scens (purplish). 2. Blue. June. 



W. Ind. 1820. 



serra'ta (stw-leaved). $. Blue. August. 



N.Amer. 1800. 



Tournefo'rti (Tournefort's). l. Purple. 



July. Persia. 1837. 



ve'rna (spring). . Blue. June. South 



Europe. 1821. 



SCUTICA'RIA. (From scutica, a whip; 

 leaves as round as a whipcord. Nat. 

 ord., Orchids [Orchidacese]. Linn., 20- 

 Gynandria l-Monandria. Once called a 

 Maxillaria.) 



Stove orchid, grown on blocks. 

 5. Stee'lii (Steel's). 



Guaiana. 1834. 



See ORCHIDS. 

 Yellow-spotted. July. 



SCYPHA'JJTHUS. (From scyphos, a cap, 

 and anthos, a flower. Nat. ord., Loasads 

 [Loasaceaj]. Linn., 18-Polyadelvhia 2- 

 Polyandria.) 



This name is so much in use that we retain it, 

 though a synonyme of Grammatacarpus. Hardy, 

 yellow-flowered, twining annuals, from Chili. 

 Seeds in the open air in May, or in a slight hot- 

 bed in March, to be afterwards transplanted. 

 S. e'legans (elegant). August. 1824. 

 grandiflo'rus (large-flowered). 2. August. 1824. 

 SCYTHE. This mowing implement 

 heing confined, in the garden, to cutting 

 the fine, short grass of lawns, requires to 

 be much sharper than that used in cut- 

 ting the coarser grasses, which stand up 

 more firmly to the scythe. It is also 

 necessary that the mowers should not 

 score the grass, that is, should not leave 

 the mark of each stroke of the scythe, 

 which has a very unsightly appearance ; 

 to prevent which, have the scythe laid 

 out rather wider, an inch or two beyond 

 heel and toe, especially for very short 

 grass; and in mowing keep the point 

 rather out, and do not draw that part too 

 fast toward, gathering the grass neatly 

 to the left in a range ; and having mowed 

 to the end of the swath, mow it lightly 

 back again, to trim off all scores and 

 other^ irregularities unavoidably left the 

 first time. A great inconvenience attend- 

 ng the old scythe is the difficulty of fas- 

 tening and adjusting the blade to the 

 handle. This is entirely obviated by 

 Boyd's Self-adjusting Scythe. It is always a 

 problem to determine the angle the blade 

 should make with the handle, as it varies 

 frith every mower. A good guide is for a 

 perpendicular line to be chalked against 

 a wall, and for the mower to stand close 

 and directly fronting to this line; then, 

 without moving his feet, and with arm at 

 "ull stretch above his head, to chalk a 

 ine to the left, from the perpendicular 

 ine, as far as he can reach. The line 

 ie thus chalks should correspond with 

 the angle of the scythe's blade, supposing 

 he perpendicular line to represent the 

 handle. 



SEA-BUCKTHORN. Hippo' phae. 



SEAFO'RTHIA. (Named after Lord Sea- 

 c orth, a botanical patron. Nat. ord.,Pafms 

 Talmaceae], Linn., 23-Polygamia 1- 

 Monoecia.) 



Stove Palm. Seeds ; rich, sandy loam. Winter 

 emp., 45 to 50; summer, 60 to 75. 

 S. e'legans (elegant). N. Holland. 1822. 



SEA-HEATH. Franke'nia. 



SEA-HOLLY. Ery'ngium. 



SEA-KALE. Cra'mbe mari'tima. 8f.e 



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