SOR 



sow 



cete]. Linn., ^.-Tetnmdria \-Mono- 



Greenhouse, purple-flowered evergreens, from 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Cuttings of ripened 

 young shoots, in sand, under a hand - light, 

 either in spring or autumn ; may be hastened, 

 after the base has swelled, with a little bottom- 

 heat ; sandy fibry loam, and a little peat and 

 broken free-stone, carefully drained. Winter ; 

 temp., 38 to 45. 

 S. diversifo'lia (various-leaved). 4. June. 1803. } 



imbe'rbiti (beardless). 3. July. 1806. 



imbrica'tu (imbricated). 3. June. 1794. 



lana'ta (woolly). 2. August. 1/90. 



scta'cea (bristly). 2. July. 1823. 



upatalloi'des (Spatalla-like). 3. July. 1803. ! 



tenuifo'lia (slender-leaved). 3. July. 1802. j 

 SOTIRELS. These are, O'xalis accto- j 



se'lla, Wood Sorrel ; Ru'mex aceto'sa, I 

 Oarden Sorrel; R. scuta' tits, French or 

 'Roman Sorrel. They thrive best in any 

 light, rich, garden soil. 



The Bumexes are propagated by seed, 

 and all of them by parting the roots, 

 both which modes may be practised 

 from the middle of February until the 

 same period in May, and by parting 

 the roots in September and October. 

 Sow in drills, six or eight inches apart, : 

 and a quarter-inch in depth. When i 

 two or three inches high, the seedlings 

 should be thinned to three or four inches 

 apart. In September or October, or 

 in the March and April of the succeed- 

 ing year, they may be removed into I 

 their final stations, in rows twelve | 

 inches apart each way, or, if the French, i 

 eighteen inches. 



When divisions of the root are em- j 

 ployed, they must be set at once where ! 

 they are to remain, at the final dis- j 

 tances above-mentioned. In summer, | 

 the stalks must be cut down, to en- 

 courage the production of leaves. In ! 

 autumn and spring the surface of the ; 

 ground should be gently stirred, and a ! 

 little manure tunied in. 



To obtain Seed. Some plants must ; 

 not be gathered from, but be allowed to ; 

 run up unchecked. They flower in the 

 course of June, July, and August, per- 

 fecting their seed in autumn. Wood- 

 sorrel does not produce seed. 



SORREL TREE. Andro'mcda arbo'rea. \ 



SOUTA'NUIA. (Named after Boulange 

 Bodin, a French nurseryman. Nat. i 

 ord., Rhamnads [Rhamnacese]. Linn., j 

 b-Pentandria 1-Monogynla, Allied to I 

 Phylica.) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrubs, from the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Cuttings of the points of shoots, 

 in sand, under a bell-glass, in April or May ; 

 sandy nbry peat, and a few bits of charcoal to 

 keep it open. Winter temp., 38 to 45. Should 

 be tried against a wall, as in the open air, in 

 dry places, and mild situations, Phylica eri- 

 coides stands the winter uninjured. The Sou- 

 langias were once united with the Phyllcas. 

 S.corda'ta (heart - leaved). Purple, yellow. 

 May. 1/89. 



dioi'ca (dioecious). 3. July. 1817- 



myrtifo'lia (Myrtle-leaved). 3. Dark yellow. 



1816. 



ru'bra (red). 3. Red. December. 1827. 



thymifo'lia (Thyme - leaved). 3. White. 



June. 1824. 



SOWERBJE'A. (Named after Mr. 

 Sowerby, an eminent botanical artist. 

 Nat. ord., Lily worts [Liliaceoo]. Linn., 

 6-Hexandria \-Monogynia. Allied to 

 Anthericum.) 



Half-hardy, pink-flowered, herbaceous pe- 

 rennials from New South Wales. Divisions of 

 the plant, in spring ; loam and sandy peat, or 

 old leaf-mould. Require the protection of a cold 

 pit in winter, and to be kept dryish. 

 S.ju'ncea (Rush-leaved). 1. May. 1792. 

 laxiflo'ra (loose-flowered) . 1. June. 1839. 



SOUK is a term applied to wet 

 lands producing acid weeds, such as 

 Sorrel, but it is also appropriate because 

 such lands contain Gallic and other 

 acid compounds, unfriendly to culti- 

 vated plants. 



SOUR-SOP. Ano'na murica'ta. 



SOUTHERNWOOD. Artemi'sia abro'ta- 

 num. 



SOUTH- SEA-TEA. I' lex vomito'ria. 



SOWING. See Germination. In ad- 

 dition a few practical directions may 

 be given. Let all sowing be done in 

 drills. For small seeds, such as lettuce, 

 cabbage, &c., the drills may be sunk 

 by pressing the handle of the hoe into 

 freshly dug soil ; but for larger seeds, 

 as parsnips, beet, and onions, the drills 

 must be struck with the hoe. Almost 

 all sowing should be performed in dry 

 weather, more particularly all early 

 sowing in winter and spring ; but in 

 hot weather, in summer and autumn, 

 it may often be eligible to take ad- 

 vantage of sowing immediately after a 

 shower or moderate rain. 



The drills being at some distance 

 from one another, not only admit the 

 sun, air, and rain more effectually to 

 the plants, and give them a greater 

 scope than such as are sown broadcast, 



