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S. sqvufro'sa (spreading). 3. September. | 



stri'cta (upright). 3. September. 1758. 



temdfo'lia (fine-leaved). 2. October. 1/58. i 



villo'sa (shaggy). 3. August. 1732. 



vimi'nea (twiggy). 3. September. 1/59. 



virga 1 1 a (rod-like). 2. September. 1800. 

 SO'LLYA. (Named after R. II. Solly, 



a naturalist. Nat. orcl., Pittospomds 

 [Pittospbracerc]. Linn., 5-PdtitaMdria 

 '\-Monogynia.~) 



Greenhouse, blue-flowered,'evergreen climbers, 

 from Australia. Seeds, in a slight hotbed, in 

 April ; cuttings, then, of young shoots a little i 

 firm at the base ; in sand, under a bell-glass, \ 

 and placed in a cold pit, when the night tem- 

 perature does not exceed from 45 to 50 

 loam and peat. Winter temp., 40 to 45 

 Most of them would succeed against a con 

 servative wall. 

 S. anzustifo'lia (narrow-leaved). 8. July. 1823 



heterophy'lla (various-leaved). 6. July. 1830 



linea'ris (narrow -leaved), 5. 



salicifo'lia (Willow-leaved). 

 SOLOMON'S-SEAL. Polygo'natum. 

 SONEEI'LA. (From Soneri-ila; the 



Javanese name. Nat. ord., Melastomads 

 [Melastomaceee].' Linn., $-Octandria 

 l-Monoyynia. Alliance near Bertolo- 

 nia.) 



Stove annual. Seed in a gentle hotbed, in 

 March, potted off and bloomed in greenhouse 

 or stove : sandy peat. 



S. stri'cta (upright). S- Rose. May. Java. 

 1848. 



SONNERA'TIA. (Named after M. 

 Sonncrat, a botanical traveller. Nat. 

 ord., MyrtleWooms [Myrtacese]. Linn., 

 12-Icosandria \-Monoyynia. Allied to 

 the Pomegranate.) 



Stove evergreen shrubs, from the East Indies. 

 Cuttings of half-ripened shoots, taken off with 

 a heel, in sand, under a bell-glass, and placed 

 in a mild hotbed, in May ; fibry loam, turfy 

 peat, a little sand, and dried old cow-dung. 

 Winter temp., 45 to 55 5 summer, 60 to 85. 

 S. a'cida (sour). Bed. June. 1822. 



a'lba (white). White. May. 1824. 



ape'tala (petal-less). White. June. 1826. 

 SOOT is the volatilized unconsumed 



portion of common coal. It is thus 

 constituted: Charcoal, 371; salts of 

 ammonia, 426; salts of potash and soda, 

 24 ; oxide of iron, 50 ; silica, 65 ; alu- 

 mina, 31 ; sulphate of lime, 31 ; carbo- 

 nate of magnesia, 2. It is an excellent 

 manure for peas, onions, carrots, and 

 probably all garden crops. An excellent 

 liquid manure is soot mixed with rain- 

 water, in the proportion of one table- 

 spoonful of soot to a quart of water, for 

 plants in pots ; but for asparagus, peas, 



&c., six quarts of soot to a hogshead of 

 water. It must never be applied to 

 plants in a state of rest. It succeeds 

 admirably with bulbs. See Liquid 

 Manures. 



SOPHO'EA. (From the Arabic name, 

 Sopliera, of a leguminous tree. Nat. 

 ord., Leguminous Plants [Fabacew.] 

 Linn., IQ-Decandria l-Monogynia.} 



Hardy herbaceous kinds by divisions, in 

 spring; stove and greenhouse species by cut- 

 tings of half-ripened shoots, under a bell-glass, 

 in sand, and grown in peat and loam. The 

 hardy kinds, such as Japonica, and its varieties, 

 are very ornamental trees on a lawn, but should 

 be grown in poor soil north of London, that 

 the annual growth may be well ripened; pro- 

 pagated by imported seeds, by cuttings of the 

 roots, and layers ; its varieties by grafting ; 

 pendula is extremely graceful, and fast growing. 

 HARDY HERBACEOUS. 



S. alopecuroi'des (Fox-tail- grass-Hke). 4. Yel- 

 low. July. Levant. 



flave'scens (yellowish). 2. Yellow. June. 



Siberia. 1785. 



galegoi'des (Galega-like). 2. Yellow. June. 



Siberia. 1817. 



HARDY DECIDUOUS TREES. 



S. Chine'nsis (Chinese). 30. White. August. 

 China. 1763. 



Japo'nica (Japanese). 40. White. August. 



Japan. 1763. 

 fo'liis-vuriega'tis (variegated-leaved). 



14. White. August. Japan. 

 pe'ndula (drooping). 12. White. 



August. Japan. 

 GREENHOUSE EVERGREENS. 



S. rrwcrocar'pa (large -fruitfed). 6. Yellow. 

 April. Chili. 1822. 



vehiti'na (velvety). 6. Pink. June. Nepaul. 



STOVE EVEBGBEENS. 



S. glau'ca (milky-green). 7' Purple. East 

 Indies. 1818. 



tomento'sa (downy). 5. Yellow. Brazil. 



SOPHRONI'TIS. (From gophrona, mo- 

 dest ; referring to the pretty little flow- 

 ers. Nat. ord., Orchids [Orehidacese]. 

 Linn., %Q-Gynandria 1-Monandria, Al- 

 lied to Dinema.) 



Stove orchids, grown on blocks. See Orchid*. 



S. ce'rnua (drooping). 4- Red. June. Bio 



Janeiro. 1827- 



grandiflo'ra (large - flowered). 



Organ Mountains. 1837. 



pteroca'rpa (wing-fruited). Bed. 



mala. 1842. 



viola'cea (violet-coloured). Violet. February. 



Mexico. 1833. 



SOROCE'PHALUS. ( From soros, a heap, 

 and kephak, a head; clustered head of 

 flowers. Nat. ord., Protcads [Protea- 



Bed. 

 Guate- 



