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S. mi'nimtt a'lba (white-flowered). $. Bluish, 

 May. Switzerland. 



monta'na (mountain). . Bohemia. 1816. 



pusi'lla (weak). $. Blue. Switzerland. 1820. 



SOLDIER-WOOD. Tivja purpu'rca. 



SO'LEA. See VI'OLA. 



SOLENI'DIUM. (From solen, a tube. 

 Nat. ord., Orchids [Orchidacete]. Linn., 

 %Q-Gynandria I-Honandria. Allied to 

 Brassia.) 



Stove orchid, grown on a block. See ORCHIDS. 

 S. racemo'sttm (racemed). Yellow, red. No- 

 vember. Pamplona. 



SOLID A'GO. Golden Rod. (From soli- 

 dare, to unite ; supposed healing proper- 

 ties. Nat. ord., Composites [AsteraceseJ. 

 Linn., IQ-Syngenesia 2-SuperJlua.) 



Hardy herbaceous perennials, all yellow-flow- 

 ered, and all from North America, where not 

 otherwise noticed. Divisions of the plant in 

 spring; common soil. Showy at the back of 

 herbaceous borders, or the back rows of herba- 

 ceous plants in the front of shrubberies. 

 S. alpe'stris (rock). l. August. Hungary. 1816. 



ambi'gua (doubtful). 2. July. 1759. 



angustifo'lia (narrow-leaved). 3. September. 



anisa'ta (anise-scented). 3. September. 18)5. 



arena'ria (sand). l. July. South Europe. 1816. 



u'spera (rough- leaved), 3. September. 1732. 



cce'sia (grey). 2. September. 1732. 



Canade'nsis (Canadian). 3. August. 1643. 



cilia'ris (hair-fringed). 3. August. 1811. 



decu'rrens (dccurrent). 1. September. China. 



1823. 



ela'ta (tall. Hairy). 1. September. 1811. 



eUi'ptica(ov&\-leaved). 3. August. 1/5Q. 



ere'cta (upright). 3. September. 



fra'grans (fragrant). 3. August. 



gigante'a (gigantic). 6. August. 1/58. 



glomera'ta (crowded). 3. September. 1820. 



graminifo'lia (grass-leaved). 3. September. 1/58. 



hu'milis (humble). 1. July. 1811. 



lixviga'ta (smooth-leaved). 3. September. 1699. 



lateriflo'ra (lateral-flowered). 3. August. 1758. 



latifo'lin (broad-leaved). 1. September. 1725. 



macrophy'lla (large-leaved). 3. September. 



Mexica'na (Mexican). 3. September. 1683. 



minu'tn (minute). J. July. Pyrenees. 1772. 



multiradiu'ta (many -rayed). . July. La- 



brador. 1776. 



nemora'lis (grove). 1$. September. 1/69. 



Nepale'nsis (Nepaul). 1. July. Nepaul. 



Novehorace'nsis (New Fork). 3. September. 



nudiflo'ra (naked-flowered). 1. July. South 



Europe. 1820. 



odo'ra (sweet-smelling). 3. July. 1699. 



paftulu (spreading). 2. September. 1805. 



pauciflosculo'su (few-floreted). 2. September. 



1811. 



polifo'lia (polium-leaved). 3. September. 1826. 



pro'cera (tall). 6. September. 1758. 



pube'rula (slightly-downy). 2. September. 



pulverule'nta (powdered). 3. August. 



pyramida'ta (pyramidal). 2. September. 1/90. 



recurvu'ta (curled-back). 2. October. 



refle'xa (bent-back-/eaued). 3 August. 1/58. 



ri'gida (stiff-leaved). 3. September. 1710. 



scu'bra (scurfy . 3. August. 1811. 



semperi're.ns (evergreen). 5. September. 1699. 



sero'tina (\mtK-flowering). 4. July. 1758. 



si'mplex (s\mp\e-stemmsd). 1. 1826. 



specio'sa (showy). 4. October. 1817. 



S. squarro'sa (spreading). 3. September. 



stri'cta (upright). 3. September. 1758. 



tenuifo'lia (fine-leaved). 2. October. 1758. 



villo'sa (shaggy). 3. August. 1732. 



vimi'nea (twiggy). 3. September. 175Q. 



virga'ta (rod-like). 2. September. 1800. 



SO'LLYA. (Named after E. H, Solly, 

 a naturalist. Nat. ord., Pittosporads 

 [Pittosporaceae]. Linn., 5-Pentandria 1- 

 flfo nog y iiia.) 



Greenhouse, blue-flowered, erergreen climbers, 

 from Australia. Seeds in a slight hotbed, in 

 April ; cuttings then of young shoots a little 

 firm at the base, in sand, under a bell-glass, and 

 placed in a cold pit, when the night temperature 

 does not exceed from 45 to 50 ; loam and peat. 

 Winter temp., 40 to 45. Most of them would 

 succeed against a conservative wall. 

 S. nngustifo'lia (narrcw-leaved). 8. July. 1823. 



keterophy'lla (various-leaved). 6. July. 1830. 



linen'ris (narrow-leaved). 5. 



salicifu'lia (willow-leaved). 



SOLOMON'S SEAL. Poly (jona 1 turn. 



SONERI'LA. (From Soneri-ila, the 

 Javanese name. Nat. ord., Melastomads 

 [Melastornacese]. Linn., S-Octandria 1- 

 Monoyynia. Alliance near Bertolonia.) 



Stove annual. Seed in a gentle hotbed, in 

 March, potted off, and bloomed iu greenhouse or 

 stove ; andy peat. 

 S. stri'cta (upright). J. Rose. May. Java. 1848. 



SONNERA'TIA. (Named after M. Son- 

 nerat, a botanical traveller. Nat. ord., 

 MyrtlMooms [Myrtacese], Linn., 12- 

 Icosandria 1-Monogynia. Allied to the 

 Pomegranate.) 



Stove evergreen shrubs, from the East Indies. 

 Cuttings of half-ripened shoots, taken off with 

 a heel, in sand, under a bell-glass, and placed in 

 a mild hotbed in May ; fibry loam, turfy peat, a 

 little sand, and dried old cow-dung. Winter 

 temp., 45 to 55 ; summer, 60 to 85. 

 S. a'cida (sour). Red. June. 1822. 



a'lba (white). White. May. 1824. 



ape'tala (petal-less;. White. June. 1826. 



SOOT is the volatilized unconsumed 

 portion of common coal. It is thus con- 

 stituted : Charcoal, 371 ; salts of am- 

 monia, 426 ; salts of potash and soda, 

 24 ; oxide of iron, 50 ; silica, 65 ; alu- 

 mina, 31 ; sulphate of lime, 31; carbo- 

 nate of magnesia, 2. It is an excellent 

 manure for peas, onions, carrots, and 

 probably all garden crops. An excellent 

 liquid-manure is soot mixed with rain- 

 water, in the proportion of one table- 

 spoonful of soot to a quart of water, for 

 plants in pots ; but for asparagus, peas, 

 &c., six quarts of soot to a hogshead of 

 water. It must never he applied to 

 plants in a state of rest. It succeeds 

 admirably with bulbs. See LIQUID-MA- 

 NURES. 



