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Nat. ord., Spiderworts [Commelynacese]. , AmaryUids (Amaryllidacetc]. Linn., 

 Linn., Q-Hexandr'm I-Monogynia. Al- (j-Hexandria I-Monouunla.} J 

 lied to Tradescantia.) 



Greenhouse herbaceous. Seeds, and division 

 of the roots ; sandy fibry peat and loam. Win- 

 ter temp., 45 to 55 ; summer, 60 to 80. 



This is the new name for the old Amaryllis 



5. fra'gra tis (fragrant) . 

 Mexico. 1839. 



White. May. 



SPLEEJTWORT. Aspic* nimn. 



HPO'NDIAS. Hog Plum. {The an- i 

 cient name of a wild plum ; resem- ! 

 blance of fruit. Nat. ord., Anacards j 

 [Anacardiaceffi]. Linn., 10-Decandria ' 

 i-Pentagynia.) 



Stove evergreen trees. Cuttings of half- j 

 ripened shoots, in sand, under a bell-glass, in j 

 heat, in May or June ; loam and peat. Winter 

 temp.. 50 to 55; summer, 60 to 80. 



S. acumina'ta (pointed-leaved). June. Ma- 

 labar. 1824. 



axilla'ris (axillary). May. Nepaul. 1824. 



lu'tea (yellow-fruited). 50. Yellow, green. 



W. Indies. 1739. 



purpu'rea (purple-fruited). 30. White, 



green. W. Indies. 1817. 



SPONGE TREE. Aca'dafarni^ia'im. 



SPORTING is the term, whereby gar- 

 deners describe any deviation from the 

 usual form or colours of a plant or 

 flower. 



SPOT, a disease occurring on the 

 leaves of the pelai-gonium, is a dry 

 gangrene, occasioned by an irregularity 

 in the supply of moisture and vicitsi- ' 

 tudes of temperature, but especially if j 

 one of the extremes is much below the i 

 degree of heat most favourable to the i 

 healthy growth of that plant. The i 

 reason of this is very obvious. If a 

 pelargonium, or any other plant, be ! 

 placed in a highly stimulating heat, 

 and is abundantly supplied with root 

 moisture, it immediately increases its ; 

 surface of leaf to elaborate and digest i 

 the large amount of sap forwarded i 

 from the roots. If this amount of sap : 

 is subsequently suddenly reduced, by 

 lowering the temperature and adding 

 water to the soil less freely, the in- 

 creased surface of leaf is no longer 

 required, and it is a law pervading all 

 the vegetable creation that the moment 

 any one of the parts of a plant are un- ! 

 necessary to it, immediately that part j b u ' 

 begins to decay. 



SPRKKE'LIA. (Named after Dr. 

 a German botanist. Nat. ord., 



bert, but by Heister, a German botanist ; and 

 Dr. H. had some doubts latterly of its correct- 

 ness. Stove bulbs, for culture see Hippetis- 

 trum. 



S. bre'vis (short-flowered;. 1. Green, red. 

 June. Bolivia. 1839- 



Cybi'ster (tumbler). Red. June. Bolivia. 



1839. 



formosi'ssima (handsomest). 3- Crimson. 

 June. Guatemala. Iti58. 



glau'ca (milky-green). 1. White. April. 



Bolivia. 1839. 



SPRENGE'LIA. (Named after C.Sprcn- 

 ycl, naturalist. Nat. ord., JEpacrids 

 [Epacridacete]. Linn., 5-Pentandria 

 1 - Mon ogynia. ) 



Greenhouse evergreen. Cuttings of short 

 young shoots, a little firm at the base, in sand, 

 under a bell-glass, in spring and early summer. 

 Winter temp., 35 to 45. 



S. incarna'ta (flesh-coloured). 2. Flesh. May. 

 New South Wales. 1793. 



SPRUE. A market name for the 

 ! smallest sprouts of asparagus. 



SPURGE LAUREL. Da'phne laure'ola. 



SPURLESS VIOLET. Erpe'tion. 



SPURRING is cutting the lateral, or 

 1 side-shoots, so as to leave only a few 

 buds in length of them projecting from 

 the main branches. 



SQUASH. Cucu'rbiUt melope'po. See 

 Cucurbita. 



SQUILL. Sci'lla. 



STA A 'VIA. (Named after M. Stac/f, a 

 correspondent of Linnseus. Nat. ord., 

 Bruniads [Bmniacese]. Linn., b-Pcn- 

 tandria l-Monogynia.) 



Greenhouse, white-flowered evergreens, from 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Cuttings of younsr 

 shoots, in sand, under a bell-glass ; sandy fibry 

 peat. Winter temp., 38 to 45. 

 S. cilia' ta(hsar-fringed-leaved). !. June. 1812. 



glutino'sa (clammy). 14. April. 1793. 



radia'ta (rayed). 1. May. 1787. 



STA'CHYS. Hedge Nettle. (From 

 stachys, a spike ; their manner of flower- 

 ing. Nat. ord., Lipworls [Lamiaceai]. 

 Linn., I-Didynamia \-Gymnospermia.) 



Herbaceous perennials, by seeds and divi- 

 sions; shrubs, by cuttings, under a hand- 

 light, in sandy soil, in summer. The tender 

 kinds require u cold pit or greenhouse in 

 winter. There are many annuals and biennials, 



HARDY EVERGREEN'S. 



y , fl . uticMl<l/sa (sma ii. s hrubby). 

 July. Caucasus, isis. 



Purple. 



