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SMI 



SKI'MMIA. (From Skimmi, the Japan- 

 ese name. Nat. ord., Citronworts [Au- 

 rantiaceae]. Linn., <i-Tetrandria \-Mono- 

 gynia.) 



Hardy evergreen shrub. Propagated from cut- 

 tings, and cultivated like the hardy evergreen 

 Daphnes. 



S. Japo'nica (Japanese). 3. White. April. Japan. 

 1853. 



SKINNE'RA. (Named after Captain 

 Skinner, a botanist. Nat. ord., Bindweeds 

 [Convolvulacese]. Linn., 5-Pentandria 

 1-Monogynia. Allied to Calystegia.) 



Stove herbaceous. Seeds in a hotbed, in spring ; 

 and cuttings of the young shoots in spring, in 

 sandy, light soil, and in a sweet bottom-heat ; rich, 

 light fibry loam, and a litr.le peat. Winter temp., 

 53 to 60 ; summer, 60 to 85. 

 S. ccBSpito'sa (turfy). Yellow. May. E.Ind. 1827- 

 SKIRRET. (Si 1 urn sisa'rum.) Sow at the 

 end of March, or enrly in April, in drills 

 a quarter of an inch deep, and twelve 

 inches apart. Thin the plants to twelve 

 inches apart. In autumn they will be 

 fit for use like parsnips. By Offsets. 

 Old roots throw off these in the spring, 

 when they may be slipped off, and 

 planted in rows a foot apart each way. 

 Soil. A light, rich loam is hest, 

 trenched, with a little manure dug in 

 with the bottom spit. To save Seed, let a 

 few of the old roots run up in spring ; 

 they ripen their seed in the autumn. 

 SKULL-CAP. Scutella'ria. 

 SLIMY GRUB. See SELANPRIA. 

 SLIPPERWORT. See CALCEOLA'RTA. 

 SLIPS are young shoots torn oif from 

 the parent plant, so that they have a 

 heel of older wood attached to them. 

 (See CUTTINGS for culture.) Slips, also, 

 is the name applied to the side beds of 

 the kitchen, not immediately in contact 

 with the walls or fences. 



SLOE-TREE. Pru'mts spino'sa. 

 SLUGS are of many species, and the 

 smaller are much more injurious to the 

 gardener than those of a larger size, 

 because they are much less discernible, 

 and, their ravages being more gradual, 

 are not at once detected. They are 

 effectually destroyed by either salt or lime ; 

 and to secure the contact of these with 

 their bodies, it is best first to water the 

 soil -where they harbour with lime-water 

 in the evening when they are coming out 

 to feed, sprinkling the surface at the 

 same time with dry lime, and at the end 

 of a week applying a surface - dressing 

 of salt, at the rate of five bushels per 

 acre. If cabbage-leaves are spread upon 



the surface of land infested by slugs, 

 they will resort to their under sides, and 

 thus they may be trapped ; but lime and 

 salt are most efficacious. Lime-water 

 may be poured over wall-trees infested 

 with them, and they may be syringed 

 with it as well as with water in which 

 gas liquor has been mixed, about half a 

 pint to a gallon. If lime be sprinkled 

 along the top and at the base of the. 

 wall, renewing it weekly, the slugs cannot 

 get to the trees. Fresh brewers' grains, 

 placed in small heaps, are good traps for 

 them ; and frequent earth- stirring helps. 

 to banish them. 



SMEATHMA'NKIA. (Named after Smeath- 

 mann, an African traveller. Nat. ord.,, 

 Passion worts [Passifloraceae]. Linn., 13- 

 Polyandria G-Polyqynia.') 



Stove, white-flowered evergreens, from Sierra 

 Leone. Cuttings of ripened shoots, or short, 

 stubby side-shoots, in sand, under a bell-glass, 

 and in bottom-heat ; sandy, fibry loam, and lumpy 

 peat. Winter temp., 55 to 60; summer, 6u 

 to 85. 

 S. IcEmga'ta (smooth-waited). 6. February. 1823, 



pube'scens (downy). 10. February. 



SMILACI'NA. (Diminutive of Smilax, 

 from smile, a scraper; referring to the 

 rough stems. Nat. ord., Lilyworts [Lili- 

 aceae]. Linn., 6-fIexandria 1-Monogynia.} 



Hardy herbaceous, white-flowered, and from. 

 North America, except where otherwise specified- 

 Divisions in spring ; common, light soil. 

 S. bifo'lia (two-leaved). . May. North Europe. 

 1596. 



borca'lis (northern), l. Yellow. May. 1/8;. 



Cttnade'nsis (Canadian). . June. 1812. 



cilia'ta (hair-fringed). . May. 1823. 



rucemo'sa (racemed). 1. Pale yellow, May- 



1640. 



ramo'sn (branchy). 2. Pale yellow. May. 



Siberia. 1820. 



stella' ta (starred). . May. 1633. 



trifu'Iiii (three-leaved), i. June. 1812. 



umbella'ta (umbtlled). |. May. 1778. 



SMI 'LAX. (From smile, a scraper; rough,, 

 prickly stems. Nat. ord., Sarsaparillas 

 [Smilaceas]. Linn., 22-Dicecia 6-Hex- 

 andria.) 



Saraaparilla is the produce of many species of 

 Smilax. There are many species, but only the 

 following require our notice, which have whitish- 

 green flowers. Suckers from the roots; sandy, 

 rich loam, and a little peat. They are evergreen 

 climbers, seldom flowering. One of the most 

 beautiful is ru'bens, from the red colour of its- 

 tendrils. The species from China should have 

 the protection of a cold pit or a wall. 

 S. Chi'nu (China). 6. China. 1759. 



ru'bens (red). 6. Ju'y. N. Amer. 1812. 



sagittaft/Ka (arrow-leaved), li. September. 



China. 1820. 



sarsupari'llu (sarsaparilla). 4. July. N, Amer. 



1684. 



Walte'rli (Walter's). Virginia. 



Watso'ni (Watson's). 4. July. N, AmCTi Mil*- 



