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without moving his feet, and with arm 

 at full stretch above his head, to chalk 

 a line to the left, from the perpendi- 

 cular line, as far as he can reach. The 

 line he thus chalks, should correspond 

 with the angle of the scythe's hlade, 

 supposing the perpendicular line to re- 

 present the handle. 



SEA-BUCKTHORN. Hippo'phac. 



SEAFO'RTHIA. (Named after Lord 

 Seti forth, a botanical patron. Nat. ord., 

 Palms [Palmacese]. Linn., %'\-Poly- 

 yamia l-J/cwdJCta.) 



Stove Palm. Seeds; rich sandy loam. Winter 

 temp., 45 to 50 ; summer, 60 to 75. 

 S. e'legans (elegant). New Holland. 1822. 



SEA-HEATH. Franke'nia. 



SEA-HOLLY. Ery'nyium. 



SEA-KALE. Cra'mbe Mari'tima. See 



In addition to what is there stated 

 of its culture, we have only to give 

 drawings of the pots usually employed 

 for blanching it ; but see Rhubarb for a 

 frame, which also answers, when fer- 

 menting materials are heaped over, to 

 force it. 



The following is also a good mode of 

 forcing : On each side of a three-foot 

 bed dig a trench two feet deep, the 

 side of it next the bed being perpendi- 

 cular, but the outer side sloping, so as 

 to make it eighteen inches wide at the 

 bottom, but two-and-a-half at the top. 



These trenches fill with fermenting 

 dung, which, of course, may be renewed 

 if found necessary, and frames put over 

 the plants, the light to be completely 

 excluded by boards, mattinsr, <fec. The 

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accompanying sketch represents a sec- 

 tion of the construction. 



SEA LAVENDER. Sta'tice. 



SEA KAGWORT. Cinera'ria mari'tima. 



SEA-SIDE GRAPE. Cocco'loba. 



SEA-SIDE BALSAM. Cro'ton elente'ria. 



SEA-SIDE LAUREL. Xylophy'lla lati- 

 fo'lia. 



SEA WEED. See Green Manure. 



SEB^E'A. (Named after A. Scba, a 

 Dutch botanist. Nat. ord., Gcntianworts 

 [Gentianacese]. Linn., -Tctrandria 

 \-Mono(jynia.} 



Greenhouse annuals, all but ovata, from the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Seeds, in a sweet hotbed, 

 in March, pricked out, or potted, and either 

 bloomed in the open garden, or in the green- 

 house after May. 

 S. a'lbeus (whitish). . White. August. 1820. 



au'rea (golden). J. Yellow. July. 1824. 



corda'ta (heart-leaved). $. Yellow. July. 



1815. 



ova' ta (egg-leaved). J. Red. August. N. 



S. Wales. 1820. 



SECAMO'NE. (Altered from squamona, 

 the Arabic name. Nat. ord., Asckpiads 

 [Asclepiadaceee]. Linn., 6-Pentandria 

 2-Digynia.) 



Stove, white - flowered, evergreen twiners . 

 Cuttings of firm side-shoots, when about three 

 inches in length ; fibry loam, two parts ; fibry 

 peat and very rotten dung, or leaf-mould, dried, 

 one part ; silver sand and charcoal to keep it 

 open. Winter temp., 50 to 60 ; summer, 60 

 to 85. 



S. JEgypti'aca (Egyptian). G. July. Egypt. 

 1752. 



elK'ptica (oval-leaved). 6. N. Holland. 1824. 



eme'tica (emetic). 6. India. 1816. 



SE'CHIUM. Choko. (From scfeiso, to 

 fatten; hogs are fed on the fruit in 

 Jamaica. Nat. ord., Cucurbits [Cucur- 

 bitacese]. Linn., 21-Monocda IQ-Monn- 



A cucumber -like, yellow - flowered, annual; 

 seeds in a hotbed, and either cultivated in 

 houses or pits ; or, after June, in the open air ; 

 light rich soil. 



S. e'dule (eatable). 6. June. W. Indies. 1816. 

 palma'tum (hand-/eowed). June. Mexico. 

 1827. 



SECURIDA'CA. (From securis, a 

 hatchet ; form of the wing-like process 

 at the end of the pod. Nat. ord., Milk- 

 worts [Polygalacere]. Linn., Yi-Diadel- 

 phia '3-Octandria.} 



Stove evergreen twiners, from the West In- 

 dies. Cuttings of half-ripened shoots, in sand, 

 under a bell-glass, and in bottom heat. Winter 

 temp., 50 to 60 ; summer, 60 to 80. Sandy 

 loam and sandy fibry peat. 



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