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edging, and the verge of grass plots. 

 Turf Shears are set also at an angle, 

 but in a different direction for cutting 

 the tops of edgings, and grass growing 

 in corners unapproachable by the scythe. 



SCLE'BOON. (From sckros, hafd, and 

 oon, an egg ; hard seeds. Nat. ord., 

 J r erbenes [VerbenacefB]. Linn., 14- 

 Didynamla 2-Angiospermia. Allied to 

 Cornutia.) 



Greenhouse evergreen. Cuttings of young 

 shoots, in sand, under a bell-glass, in spring ; 

 peat, loam, and leaf-mould, and half-a-part of 

 silver sand. Winter temp., 38 to 48; sum- 

 mer, 60 to 75. 



S. ole'inum (Olive-like). 2. Green, white. 

 May. Mexico. 1840. 



SCLEROTHA'MNUS. (From scares, hard, 

 or rigid, and thammts, a shrub. Nat. 

 ord., Leguminous Plants [Fabacea^]. 

 Linn., 10-Decandria l-Monogynia. Al- 

 lied to Pultsenea.) 



Greenhouse evergreen. Cuttings of stiff side- 

 shoots, in April or May, in sand, under a bell- 

 glass ; two parts peat, and one of sandy fibry 

 loam, and one of equal parts broken bats, 

 charcoal, and silver sand. Wii 



48. 



Winter temp., 40 to 



S. mici'ophy'llus (small-leaved). 2. Yellow. 

 May. New Holland. 1803. 



SCOLOPE'NDRIUM. Hart's Tongue. 

 (From scolopendra, a centipede ; the 

 appearance of the seed or spore-cases. 

 Nat. ord., Ferns [Polypodiacetv]. Linn., 

 %- Cry ptoy amia 1-Filices.) 



Hardy brown .spored Ferns. See Ferns. 

 S. Hemioni'tis (Hemionitis). 1. August. Spain. 

 1779. 



officina'rum (shop). l. July. Britain. 

 ' angustifo'lium (narrow - leaved). 



. July. Britain. 

 cri 1 spurn (curled leaved). 1$. 



July. Britain. 

 multi'fidum (many - cleft). 1J. 



July. Britain. 



ramo'sum (branchy). l. July. 



Britain. 



. undula'tum (wave - leaved), l. 



July. Biitain. 



pinna'tum (leafleted). 1. May. India. 



Greenhouse. 



SCO'LYMUS. Golden Thistle. (From 

 skolos, a thorn; plants spiny. Nat. 

 ord., Composites [Asteracero] . Linn., 

 IQ-Synyenesia l-^Equalis. Allied to 

 Chichory.) 



Hardy yellow-flowered plants. Seeds and 

 divisions in spring ; common garden soil. 



5. grandiflo'rus (large-flowered). 3. May, Bar- 

 bary, 1820. Herbaceous. 



S. Ilispa'nifiis (Spanish). 3. August. South 

 P'urope. 1658. Herbaceous. 



macula 1 to. (spotted). 3. July. South Europe. 



1633. Annual. 



SCOPO'LIA. (Named after G. A. Sco- 

 poli, a foreign .botanist. Nat. ord., 

 Nightshades [Solanacere]. Linn., ,V 

 Pentandria I-Monogynia. Allied to 

 Physalis.) 



Hardy herbaceous. Division of the roots, in 

 spring, or sowing the seeds in a slight hotbed ; 

 sandy loam, and a dry situation. 

 S. Carnio'lica (Carniplian). 1. Dark purple. 

 April. Carniola. 1780. 



SCORCHING, or Burning, describes the 

 drying up of the roots or of the leaves 

 from exposure to too much heat. The 

 preventive in the first case is reducing 

 the temperature of the hotbed, or lifting 

 the pots if the plants are so grown ; in 

 the second case, as it always arises 

 from the sun's rays in the confined air 

 of a house, Hartley's rough glass, and 

 early ventilating, are the preventives. 



SCOEPION. Geni'sta sco'rpius. 



SCORPION GRASS. Myoso'tis. 



SCORPION SENNA. Coroni'lla e'menis. 



SCOEZONE'EA. Yiper's Grass. (From 

 scurson, a viper ; supposed remedy for 

 the bite of a viper. Nat. ord., Compo- 

 sites [Asteracea?]. Linn., IQ-Synyencsia 

 l-j&qualis.) 



Hardy herbaceous; yellow-flowered, except 

 | where otherwise stated, Seeds in April or May ; 

 common garden soil. 



5. angustifo'lia (narrow-leaved). . July. S. 

 Europe. 1739. 



caridfo'lia (Carex-leaved). l. July. Si- 



beria. 1805. 



ensifo'lia (sword-leaved). . May. Caucasus. 



1825. 



glastifo'lia (Woad-leaved). 2. July. Ger- 



many. 1816. 



graminifo'lia (Grass-leaved). 2. July. Por- 



tugal. l/5p. 



Hispa'nica (Spanish) . 3. July. Spain. 15/6. 



hu'milis (lowly). 1. August, Europe. 1S97. 



lana'ta (woolly). 1. July. Iberia. 1824. 



latifo'lia (broad-leaved). June. Persia. 1836. 



purpu'rea (purple). 2. Purple. May. 



Austria. 1759- 



ro'sca (rosy). 1^. Pink. July, Hungary. 



1807. 



tubero'sa (tuberous). 4. June. Volga. 1825. 



SCOBZONEEA in the kitchen-garden is 

 the S. hispanica, grown for its parsnip- 

 like roots. Sow annually, in any open 

 light spot of ground, the latter end of 

 March or beginning of April. Trench 

 the ground, and with the bottom spit 

 turn in a little dung j sow in half-incli 



