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SPA 



of taking ready hold, one hand at top 

 and the other below, and with an iron 

 rivet through it to prevent it splitting. 

 Semicircular or Scooped Spade has the 

 plate made semicircular, like a garden 

 trowel, and is very useful in taking up 

 plants with halls of earth, to preserve 

 them more firmly ahout the roots. Foster, 

 of Stourbridge, and Lyddon, of Birming- 

 ham, make very improved spades, wear- 

 ing with a good edge throughout. 



SPADO'STYLES. (Derivation not ex- 

 plained. Nat. ord., Leguminous Plants 

 [Fabaceae]. Linn., IQ-Deeandria l-Mo- 

 noyynia. Allied to Pultensea.) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrub. 

 PDLTKNJE'A. 



For culture, see 



S. Sie'beri (Sieber's). 2. 

 Wales. 1824. 



Yellow. May. N. S. 



SPANISH BROOM. Spa'rtium ju'nceum. 



SPANISH GAELIC. See ROCAMBOLE. 



SPANISH NUT. Mores' a sisyri'nchium. 



SPANISH VIPEII'S GRASS. Scorzone'ra. 



SPARA'XIS. (From sparasso, to tear ; 

 lacerated spathes. Nat. ord., .Irids [Irid- 

 aceae]. Linn., 3-Triandria l-Monogynia. 

 Allied to Ixia.) 



Pretty little bulbs, from the Cape of Good Hope. 

 For culture, see I'XIA. 



S. anemoniflo'ra (anemone-flowered), f . White. 

 June. 1825. 



bi 'color (two-coloured). . Blue, yellow. March. 



1786. 



bla'nda (pleasing). Pink. May. 1811. 



AwM'/era (bulb-bearing). I- Violet. May. 1758. 

 Jra'grans (sweet-scented), f . Yellow. June. 



1825. 



grandiflo'ra (large-flowered). |. Purple. April. 



1758. 

 lilia' go (lily 'flowered}, f. White. April. 



1758. 

 sirid'ta (streaked), i. Variegated. April. 



1758. 



linea'ta (pink-lined), . White, pink. April. 



pe'ndula (drooping). 1. Dark pink. June. 1825. 



stellu'ris (starry -lowered). 1. Purple. June. 



1836. 



tri'color (three-coloured). 1. Orange. May. 



1789. 



ro'seo-a'lba (red and white). 1. Pink. 



April. 1811. 



sangui'neo-purpu'rea (bloody-purple). 1 . 



Red. April. 1811. 



viola' ceo-purpu'rea (violet-purple). Vio- 

 let, purple. April. 1811. 



~- versi'color (parti-coloured). $. Purple, yellow. 

 September. 1825. 



Wafttii (Watt's). Violet, lemon-streaked. 



August. 



SPARMA'NNIA. (Named after A. Spar- 

 maun, a Swedish botanist. Nat. ord., 

 Liiidenblooms [Tiliacesej. Linn., 13- 

 Polyandria I-Monogynia.) 



A fine old greenhouse evergreen shrub. Cut- 

 tings of young shoots in April ; loam and a little 

 peat. Winter temp. 38 to 48. 



S. Africa'na (African). 10. White. May. Cape of 



Good Hope. 1790. 



SPA'RTIUM. Spanish Broom. (From 

 sparton, cordage ; alluding to the flexible 

 shoots. Nat. ord., Leguminous Plants 

 [Fabacese]. Linn., Id-Monadelphia 6- 

 Decandria. Allied to Genista.) 



Hardy herbaceous, yellow flowered shrubs. 

 Generally by seeds, but cuttings will strike freely 

 in summer under a hand-light ; and this is the 

 best mode for securing a particular variety. They 

 should be planted out young, or be frequently 

 moved, as they make long, naked stems ; common, 

 light soil. 

 S. acutifo'lium (sharp-leaved). 6. August. Turkey. 



1836. 

 ju'nceum (rush-leaved). 6. August. South 



Europe. 1548. 

 -flo're-ple'no (double-flowered). 6. August. 



South Europe. 1548. 

 odorati'ssimum (sweetest-scented). 4. 



July. Persia. 1834. 



SPARTOTHA'MNUS. (From sparlon t cord- 

 age, and thamnos, a shrub; its flexible 

 sboots. Nat. ord., Myoporads [Myopora- 

 cese]. Linn., \k-Didynamia 2-Angio- 

 spermia.) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrub. Cuttings of young 

 shoots under a bell-glass, in sandy soil ; sandy, 

 fibry peat, and lumpy loam. Winter temp., 38 

 to 45. 



S.ju'nceus (rushy). 3. White. August. Aus- 

 tralia. 1819. 



SPATALA'NTHUS. (From spatalos, deli- 

 cate, and antlios, a flower. Nat. ord., 

 Irids [Iridacesej. ~Linn.,16-Monadelphia 

 1-Triandria. Allied to Trichonema.) 



A very rare and delicate Cape bulb, requiring 

 one-half sand and one-half good, turfy peat, in a 

 well-drained pot, after the manner of Ixias. 

 S.specio'sus (showy). . Cape of Good Hope. 1825. 



SPATA'LLA. (From spatall, wantonness ; 

 application not obvious. Nat. ord., Pro~ 

 leads [Proteacese]. Linn., 4^-Tetrandria 

 l-Monogynia.) 



Greenhouse, purple-flowered evergreens, from 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Cuttings of ripe young 

 shoots in sand, under a bell-glass, and kept cool ; 

 sandy, fibry loam, with pieces of charcoal and 

 freestone ; drainage and watering very particularly 

 attended to. Winter temp., 38 to 45. Pots 

 defended from sun in summer. 

 S. bractea'ta (bracted). 3. June. 1806. 



brevifo'lia (short-leaved). l. July. 1823. 



cauda'ta (tailed). 2. June, 1812. 



incu'rva (curled-in-/erti-erf). 2j. May. 1789. 



mo'ltis (soft). 2. June. 1826. 



ni'nea (white). 2. June. ISOb". 



peduncula'ta (long flower - stalked). April. 



1822. 



proli'fern (proliferous) . l. July. 1800. 



pyrninidalis (pyramidal). June. 1821. 



rumulo'sa (twiggy-branched). 3. August. 1787. 



TAMnAeVn(Thunberg's). 3. May. 1806. 



SPATHE'LIA. (From spathe, a sheath, 

 or spathe, as in the Palm-tree; resem- 



