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Stove herbaceous. Seeds in a hotbed, in 

 spring ; and cuttings of the young shoots in 

 spring, in sandy light soil, and in a sweet 

 bottom-heat ; rich, light, fibry loam, and a 

 little peat. Winter temp., 53 to 60 ; summer, 

 60 to 85. 



S, ccEspito'sa (turfy). Yellow. May. East 

 Indies. 1827. 



SKIRRET. Si'um Sisa'rum. Sow at 

 the end of March, or early in April, in 

 drills a quarter-of-an-inch deep, and 

 twelve inches apart. Thin the plants 

 to twelve inches apart. In autumn, 

 they will be fit for use like parsnips. 

 By Offsets. Old roots throw off these 

 in the spring, when they may be slipped 

 off, and planted in rows a foot apart 

 each way. Soil. A light rich loam is 

 best, trenched, with a little manure dug 

 in with the bottom spit. 



To save Seed, let a few of the old 

 roots run up in spring ; they ripen their 

 seed in the autumn. 



SKULL-CAP. Scntella'ria. 



SLIPPER WORT. See Calceola'ria. 



SLIPS are young shoots torn off from 

 the parent plant, so that they have a 

 heel of older wood attached to them. 

 See Cult in ys for culture. Slips also is 

 the name applied to the side-beds of 

 the kitchen, not immediately in contact 

 with the walls or fences. 



SLOE TREE. Pru'nns spino'sa. 



SLUGS are of many species, and the 

 smaller are much more injurious to the 

 gardener than those of a larger size, 

 because they are much less discernible, 

 and their ravages being more gradual, 

 are not at once detected. They are 

 effectually destroyed by either salt or 

 lime ; and to secure the contact of these 

 with their bodies, it is best first to water 

 the soil where they harbour, Avith lime- 

 Avater in the evening, when they are 

 coming out to feed, sprinkling the sur- 

 face at the same time Avith dry lime; and 

 at the end of a week, applying a surface- 

 dressing of salt, at the rate of five 

 bushels per acre. If cabbage leaves are 

 spread upon the surface of land infested 

 by slugs, they Avill resort to their under 

 sides, and thus they may be trapped ; 

 but lime and salt are most efficacious. 

 Lime-water may be poured over wall- 

 trees infested with them, and they may 

 be syringed with it as well as with wa- 

 ter in which gas liquor has been mixed, 



about half-a-pint to a gallon. If lime 

 be sprinkled along the top, and at the 

 base of the wall, renewing it weekly, 

 the slugs cannot get to the trees. Fresh 

 brewers' grains, placed in small heaps, 

 are good traps for them ; and frequent 

 earth-stirring helps to banish them. 



SMEATHMA'NNIA. (Named after 

 Smeathmann, an African traveller. Nat. 

 ord., Passionworts [ Passinoracese ]. 

 Linn., 13-Polyandria 6-Polyyynia.} 



Stove, white-flowered evergreens, from Sierra 

 Leone. Cuttings of ripened shoots, or short 

 stubby side-shoots, in sand, under a bell-glass, 

 and in bottom-heat ; sandy fibry loam, and 

 lumpy peat. Winter temp., 55 to6o; sum- 

 mer, 60 to 85. 

 S. Ifeviga'ta (smooth-leaved). 6. February. 1823. 



pube'sccns (downy). 10. February. 



SMILACI'NA. (Diminutive of Smilax, 

 from smile, a scraper ; referring to the 

 rough stems. Nat. ord., Lilyworts 

 [Liliacese]. Linn., G-Hexandria \-Mo- 

 noyynia.} 



Hardy herbaceous, white-flowered, and from 

 North America, except where otherwise speci- 

 fied. Divisions, in spring ; common light soil. 

 S. bifo'lia (two-leaved). $. May. North Eu- 

 rope. 1596. 



borea'lis (northern). 1. Yellow. May. 1787. 



Canade'nsis (Canadian). . June. 18)2. 



cilia'ta (hair-fringed). . May. 1823. 



rucemo'sa (racemed). l. Pale yellow. May. 



1640. 



ramo'sa (branchy). 2. Pale yellow. May. 



Siberia. 1820. 



stella' ta (starred). . May. 1633. 



trifo'lia (three-leaved). . June. 1812. 



umbella'ta (uinbelled). f. May. 1778. 



SMI'LAX. (From smile, a scraper ; 

 rough prickly stems. Nat. ord., Sarsa- 

 parillas [Smilacese]. Linn., 22-Dicecia 

 6-Hexandria.) 



Sarsaparilla is the produce of many species 

 of Smilax. There are many species, but only 

 the following require our notice, which have 

 whitish-green flowers. Suckers from the roots ; 

 sandy rich loam, and a little peat. They are 

 evergreen climbers, seldom flowering. One of 

 the most beautiful is rubens, from the red 

 colour of its tendrils. The species from China 

 should have the protection of a cold pit or a 

 wall. 

 S. Chi'na (China). 6. China. 1759. 



ru'bens (red). 6. July. N.America. 1812. 



sagittcefo'lia (arrow-leaved). 14. Sep- 



tember. China. 1820. 



Sarsapari'lla (Sarsaparilla). 4. July. N. 



America. 1664. 



Walte'rii (Walter's). Virginia. 



Watso'ni (Watson's). 4. July. N. America. 



1811. 



SNAILS. See /Slugs. 



