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Stove evergreen tree. Cuttings of ripe shoots, 

 in sand, under a bell-glass, and in a moist heat ; 

 sandy, fibry loam, fibry peat, and leaf-mould. 

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

 S. triflo'rum (three-flowered). 20. Pink. West 

 Indies. 1793. 



SIEGESBE'CKIA. (Named after J. G. 

 Siegesbeck, a German botanist. Nat. 

 ord., Composites [Asteracete]. Linn., 

 l\)-Syngenesia 2-Superflua. Alliance 

 near Eclipta.) 



Hardy, yellow-flowered annuals. Seeds, in a 

 hotbed, in April ; seedlings pricked off, and 

 finally turned out into the flower-garden in the 

 beginning of June ; rich, light, sandy soil. 

 S. cordifo'lia (heart - leaved). 20. August. 

 Mexico. 1826. 



Ibe'rica. (Iberian). 1. White. August. 



Iberia. 1818. 



orienta'lis (eastern). 2. September. India. 



1780. 



triangula'ris (triangular). 2. August. 



Mexico. 1825. 



SIEVE 'RSIA. (Named after M. S Levers, 

 a Russian botanist. Nat. ord., Rose- 

 worts [Rosacese]. Linn., 1%-Icosandria 

 3-Polygynia. Allied to Geum.) 



Hardy, yellow-flowered, herbaceous peren- 

 nials. Seeds, and division of the plant, in 

 spring ; light sandy soil. 



S. anemonoi'des (Anemone - like). . July. 

 Kamtschatka. 1820. 



Atla'ntica (Atlantic). May. S.Europe. 1810. 



glacia'lis (icy). . July. Siberia. 1819. 



monta'na (mountain). . July. Austria. 1597. 



Pe'ckii (Peck's). . July. N.America. 1826. 



re'ptans (creeping). . July. Switzerland. 



1597- 



ro'sea (rosy). . May. Rocky Mountains. 



1827. 



triflo'ra (three-flowered). J. July. Louisiana. 



1826. 



SILE'NE. Catchfly. (From sialon, 

 saliva; from the gummy secretion on 

 the leaves of some, which entrap small 

 flies. Nat. ord., Cloveworts [Caryo- 

 phyllacese]. Linn., W-Decandria 3- 

 Triyynia.) 



All freely by seeds, Annuals, in the open 

 garden, in April, and many, if sown in Septem- 

 ber, will bloom very early ; the low-growing 

 ones are very suitable for knolls and rockworks. 

 Herbaceous ones also by division, and by cut- 

 tings of the young shoots, in sand, under a 

 hand-light, in summer ; shrubby ones by similar 

 means ; rich sandy loam. 



GREENHOUSE BIENNIALS. 

 S. crassifo'lia (thick-leaved). 1. Brown. July. 

 Cape of Good Hope. 1774. 



giga'ntic (gigantic). 3. White. June. 



Africa. 1738. 



orna'ta (ornamental). 2. Purple. July. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1776. 



undula'ta (wavy). l. Red. August, Cape 



of Good Hope. 1/75. 



HALF-HARDY HERBACEOUS. 

 S. acau'lis (stemless). . Rose. July. Britain. 

 a'lba (white). . White. July. 



Britain. 

 fce'mina (female). Red. July. Scot- 



laud. 

 exsca'pa (scapeless). |. Red. July. 



Switzerland. 1819- 



ma's (male). Rose. July. Scotland. 



faba'ria (Faba-leaved). g. White. July. 



Sicily. 1731. 

 frutico'sa (shrubby). l. Pink. June. 



Sicily. 1629. Evergreen. 



Mocinia'na (Mocha's). 1. Purple. June. 



Mexico. 1827. 



specio'sa (showy). 1. Scarlet. June. 1843. 



HARDY ANNUALS, &C. 



S. Mgypti'aca (Egyptian). 1. Pink. July. 

 Egypt. 1800. 



Arme'ria (Sweetwiltiam] . l. Pink. August. 



England. 

 a'lba (white). White. 



asce'ndens (ascending). J. Red. June, 



Spain. 1822. 



Ato'cion (Atocion). $ Pink. June. Le- 



vant. 1781. 



bi'color (two-coloured). 1. Striped. June. 



France. 1820. 



Canarie'nsis (Canary). . Red. June. 



Madeira. 1822. 



Cerastoi'des (Cerastium-like). f. White. 



July. South Europe. 1732. 



cheiranthifo'lia (Wallflower-leaved). 1. Red. 



July. Swan River. 1821. 



color a' ta (coloured). 1. Purple. June. 



Morocco. 1819. 



compa'cta (compact). l. Pink. August. 



Caucasus. 1823. Biennial. 



conge'sta (crowded). 1. Pink. June. 



Greece. 1818. 



Cre'tica (Cretan). . Green, white. July. 



Crete. 1732. Biennial. 



Csere'ii (Cserei's). 3. White. June. 1834. 



cylindriflo'ra (cylindrical-flowered). 1. Red. 



June. Levant. 1824. Biennial. 



di'scolor (various-coloured). . Red. April. 



Greece. 1817. 



diversifo 1 lia (various-leaved). 1. Purple. 



June. 1820. 



e'legans (elegant). l. White. June. Portu- 



gal. 1819. 



geminiflo'ra (twin-flowered). 1. Purple. 



June. 1816. 



gra'cilis (slender). 1. White. July. 1823. 



hi'spida (bristly). 1. Cream. June. Bar- 



bary. 1817. 



Ibe'rica (Iberian), l. White. June. Iberia. 



1823. 



imbrica'ttt (imbricated). l. White. June. 



North Africa. 1818. 



Ita'lica (Italian). 14. White. May. Italy. 



1759. Biennial. 

 juvena'lis (youthful). 2. White. June. 1835, 



la'cera (torn). l. White. July. Caucasus. 



1818. Biennial. 



la^ifio'ra (loose-flowered). 1. White. June. 



Spain. 1820. 



linifo'lia (Flsux-leaved). 1. Green, yellow. 



Julv. Portugal. 1817. 



longicau'lis (long-stemmed), 1, Red. June. 



Spain. 1818. 



