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SAL 



S. sca'ndens (climbing). 6. 

 Vera Cruz. 1820. 



Yellow. June. 



SALPIA'NTHUS. (From safplnx, a tube 

 or trumpet, and anthos, a flower ; refer- 

 ring to the coloured calyx, which is 

 tubular in all the plants in this order. 

 Nat. ord., Nyctagos [Nyctagynaceae]. 

 Linn., u-Pentandria l-Monoyi/nia. Al- 

 lied to the Marvel of Peru.)* ' 



Cuttings, in sand, under a glass, in heat ; 

 peat and loam. Winter temp., 55 to 60; 

 summer, CO to 80. 



S.fra' grans (sweet-scented). 20. White, 

 orange. May. Chili. 1844. Green- 

 house evergreen. 



lanceolu'ta (spear-head-fearerf). 3. Purple. 



June. West Indies. 1824. Stove 

 evergreen. 



purpura'scens (purplish). Variegated. June. 



Cuba. 1830. Stove herbaceous. 



SALPICHIJE'NA. (From salpinx, a tube, 

 and chlaina, a cloak ; the covering of 

 the spore -cases. Nat. ord., Ferns 

 [Polypodiaceee], Linn., 2-i-Cryptogamia 

 1'Filices.) 



Stove Fern. See Ferns, 



S. volu'bilis (twining). Yellow, brown. July. 

 Brazil. 1842. 



SALPICHRO'A. (From salp'mx, a tube, 

 and chroa, colour ; coloured tube. Nat. 

 ord., Nightshades [Solanaceffl]. Linn., 

 5-Pentandria I-Monoyynia.) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrub. Cuttings of 

 half-ripened shoots, in sand, under a bell-glass ; 

 peat and loam. Winter temp., 45 to 50. 

 S. glandulo'sa (glandulous). Yellow. July. 

 Chili. 1844. 



SALPIGLO'SSIS. (From salpinx, a tube, 

 and glossa, a tongue ; refers to the 

 style "in the tube of the flower. Nat. 

 ord., Figivorts [Scrophulariacese], Linn., 

 14:-JDidynamia 2 -A ngiospermia . ) 



Annuals and biennials, from Chili; do best 

 when sown in autumn and spring, for early 

 spring and summer blooming ; stratninea 

 sown in spring, in a gentle hotbed, will bloom 

 freely in summer and autumn in the greenhouse ; 

 rich light soil. 

 S. sinna'ta (scolloped). 1. Purple. August. 



1824. Biennial. 

 pi' eta (painted). 5. Variegated. 



May. 1820. Annual. 

 strami'nea (straw - coloured). l. 



Red, white. July. Ifi24. Annual. 

 SALPIXA'NTHA. (From salpinx, a tube, 

 and anthos, a flower. Nat. ord., ACM- 

 thads [Acanthacece]. Linn., l<i-Di(iy- 

 namia Z-Angiospewiia. Allied to Ruel- 

 lia.) 

 Stove evergreen shrub, Cuttings of young 



shoots, in spring and summer, in sandy soil, in 

 a hotbed ; loam and peat, with a little old 

 dung, such as that from a spent mushroom- 

 bed. Winter temp., 48 to 55; summer, 60 

 to 85. 



S. cocci'nea (scarlet). 3. Scarlet, rose. Sep- 

 tember. Jamaica. 1814. 



SALSAVY. Tragopo'gon porrij'oTtus. 



Soil. Light and moderately fertile. 

 At the time of sowing trench it, turning 

 in a little manure with the bottom-spit 

 only. 



Sow in March and April, in an open 

 situation, in shallow drills, nine inches 

 asunder, scatter the seeds thinly, and 

 cover them half-an-inch deep. When 

 the plants are two or three inches high, 

 thin to ten inches asunder ; during 

 very dry weather water occasionally 

 very plentifully, and if half-an-ounce of 

 guano is added to each gallon of water 

 it will be very beneficial. They will 

 have large roots by September or 

 October ; when you begin taking them 

 up for use; and in November, when 

 the leaves begin to decay, a quantity 

 may be preserved in sand for use in 

 time of severe frost ; but those left in 

 the ground will not be injured. In 

 spring, when those remaining in the 

 ground begin to vegetate, the shoots, 

 when a few inches high, may be cut for 

 use as asparagus, being excellent when 

 quite young and tender. Suffer a few 

 plants to rim up to stalk every spring 

 to produce seed. The best mode of 

 cooking the roots is to boil and mash 

 them, form them into cakes, and fry 

 them in butter. The flavour is that of 

 oyster patties. 



SALTS. Saline manures are generally 

 beneficial, and often essential. They 

 ought to be put on in very small quan- 

 tities and frequently, during the time 

 of the plant's growth. 



Common Salt. Chloride of sodium, 

 applied in the spring at the rate of 

 twenty bushels per acre, has been 

 found very beneficial to asparagus, 

 broad beans, lettuces, onions, carrots, 

 parsnips, potatoes, and beets. Indeed 

 its properties are so generally useful, 

 not only as promoting fertility, but as 

 destroying slugs, <fco., that it is a good 

 plan to sow the whole garden every 

 March with this manure, at the nib- 

 above specified. The flower garden is 



