SEA 



[729] 



SED 



of the pots usually employed for blanch- 

 ing it; but see KHUBARB for a frame, 

 which also answers, when fermenting 

 materials are heaped over, to force it. 



The following is also a good mode of 

 forcing: On each side of a three-foot 

 bed dig a trench two feet deep, the side 

 of it next the bed being perpendicular, 

 but the outer side sloping, so as to make 

 it eighteen inches wide at the bottom, 

 but two and a half at the top. These 



trenches fill with fermenting dung, which' 

 of course, may be renewed if found neces- 

 sary, and frames put over the plants, the 

 light to be completely excluded by boards, 

 matting, &c. The accompanying sketch 

 represents a section of the construction. 



SEA LAVENDER. Sta'tice. 



SEA KAGWORT. Cinera'ria mari'tima. 



SEA-SIDE GRAPE. Cocco'loba. 



SEA-SIDE BALSAM. Cro'ton eleute'ria. 



SEA-SIDE LAUREL. Xylophy'lla latifo'lia* 



SEA-WEED. See GREEN MANURE. 



SEBJE'A. (Named after A. Seba, a 

 Dutch botanist. Nat. ord., Gentianworts 

 [Gentianacese]. Linn., k-Tetrandria 1- 

 Monogynia.} 



Greenhouse annuals, all but ova'ta from the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Seeds in a sweet hotbed 

 in March, pricked out or potted, and either 

 bloomed in the open garden, or in the greenhouse 

 after May. 

 S. a'lbens (whitish). $. White. Auirust. 1820. 



au'rea (golden). . Yellow. July. 1824. 



corda'ta (heart-teawerf). . Yellow. July. 1815. 



ova'ta (egg- leaved) . . Red. August. N. 



S. Wales. 1820. 



SECAMO'NE. (Altered from squamona, 

 the Arabic name. Nat. ord., Asclepiads 

 [Asclepiadacese]. Linn., 5-Pentandria 

 2-Digynia.) 



Stove, white-flowered, evergreen twiners. Cut- 

 tin g* ot firm side-shoots when about three inches 



in length ; fibry loam, two parts ; fibry peat and 

 very rotten dung, or leaf-mould, dried, one part; 

 silver sand and charcoal, to keep it open. Winter 

 temp., 50 to 60; summer, 60 to 85. 

 S. JEgypti'aca (Egyptian). 6. July. Egypt. 1752. 



elli'ptica (ovaA-leaved), 6. N. Holland. 1824. 



eme'tica (emetic). 6. India. 1816. 



SE'CHIUM. Choko. (From sekiso, to 

 fatten ; hogs are fed on the fruit in 

 Jamaica. Nat. ord., Cucurbits [Cucur- 

 bitacese]. Linn., 21-Moncedo, IQ-Mona- 

 delphia.) 



A cucumber-like, yellow-flowered annual ; seeds 

 in a hotbed, and either cultivated in houses or 

 pits ; or, after June, in the open air ; light, rich 

 soil. 

 S. edu'le (eatable). 6. June. W. Ind. 1816. 



palma 1 turn (hand-leaved). June. Mexico. 1827. 



SECURIDA'CA. (From securis, a hatchet ; 

 form of the wing-like process at the end 

 of the pod. Nat. ord., Milkworts [Poly- 

 galacese]. Linn., 17-Diadelphia 3-Oc- 

 tandria.) 



Stove evergreen twiners, from the West Indies. 

 Cuttings of half-ripened shoots in sand, under a 

 bell-glass, and in bottom-heat. Winter temp., 

 50 to 60 ; summer, 60 to 80. Sandy loam and 

 sandy, fibry peat. 

 5. ere' eta (upright). Purple. July. 1824. 



panicula'ta (panicled). Yellow. July. 1820. 



virga'ta (twiggy). 10. White. 1/39. 

 -^volu'bilis (twining). 10. White. 173p. 



SE'DUM. Stonecrop. (From sedere, 

 to sit; they grow as if sitting on stones, 

 rocks, walls, &c. Nat. ord., Houseleeks 

 [Crassulacess]. Linn., IQ-Decandria 4- 

 Pentagynia.) 



Annuals, by seeds, on raised dry places, such as 

 banks and rock-works ; perennials, by divisions 

 and cuttings, which root most readily, and all of 

 which preler dry, sandy, loamy soil; the more 

 tender of these may be grown in well-drained 

 pots, in sandy loam and brick-rubbish, and treated 

 as alpines. The greenhouse kinds require similar 

 treatment, only a higher temperature, and to be 

 kept even drier in winter. 



HARDY ANNUALS, &C. 



S. ^nde^awe'nse(Andegavenny). i. Yellow. July, 

 Andegavenny. 1835. 



Anderso'nii (Anderson's). $. White. June. 



Hungary. 1816. Biennial. 



atra'tum (dark-annua/). i. Purple. August. 



Italy. 1/95. 



Cepee 1 a (purslane-leaved). 1. White. July. 



France. 1640. 



caru'leum (pale-blue). ^. Pale blue. July. 



Africa. 1822. 



Cala'bricum (Calabrian). 1. Whitish. July. 



Calabria. 1835. 



deltoi'deum (triangular-teawed). Purple. June. 



Naples. 1826. 



faba'ria (fabarian). White. July. Europe. 



1836. Biennial. 



Magelle'nse (Magellan). Yellow. July. Ma- 



gellan. 1816. 



mi'serum (miserable). Green. July. Mexico 



1837. Greenhouse. 



pa'llens(va.le). $. White. July. South Europe. 



1816. Biennial. 



