Salacia 



( 301 ) 



Salix 



SALACIA. 



Small stove or greenhouse trees and shrubs (ord. 



Celastrinea 1 ). They are of little garden value. 



Propagation, by cuttings. Soil, fibrous loam. 



Principal Species : 



macrophylla, 1'2' ', sum., Koxburghii, N', sum., gru. 



gru. scabru, ;>', sum., gm. 



SALADING. 



The production of good salad plants throughout 

 the whole of the year is one of the greatest taxes 

 on the gardener. In summer it is a comparatively 

 easy matter, as there are a great many things to 

 select from. In winter the choice of subjects is 

 limited, and great care has to be exercised that 

 tin 1 plants do not succumb to bad weather. The 

 most popular of all salad plants is the Lettuce, and 

 with a little care it may be had throughout the 

 whole of the year. In winter its close and hardier 

 ally, Endive, is very valuable. This, with Lettuces, 

 should be well blanched before being used. Where 

 a warm frame or house is at hand many things, 

 snob as Mustard and Cress, Kadishes, and Lettuces, 

 can lie obtained at almost any time during winter. 

 Boots of Chicory, Dandelion, and Sorrel, placed in 

 heat and kept in the dark, produce crisp young 

 leaves, which are very useful. The following are 

 some of the most noteworthy subjects, their culti- 

 vation being found under the respective headings : 



Beetroot, Celeriac, Celery, Chervil, Chicory, 

 Chives, Corn Salad, Cress (American), Cucumber, 

 Dandelion, Endive, Lettuce, Mustard and Cress, 

 '>Vat ei- Cress, Onion, Purslane, Radish, Kampion, 

 Rape, Sorrel, Tarragon, Tomato. 



SALICORNIA. (GLASSWOBT. MARSH 

 SAMPHIBB.) 



This genus of hardy or tender, annual or peren- 

 nial, sea coast herbs (ord. Chenopodiacea?) has 

 nothing to recommend it to the notice of the ! 

 decorative gardener. Economically the plants are < 

 of value, inasmuch as they contain a good deal of 

 soda, and the ashes were at one time much em- 

 ployed, under the name of Barilla, for making 

 glass and soap. Of late years the soda obtained 

 from common salt (sodium chloride) has to a 

 great degree superseded Barilla. Herbacea, the 

 Crab Grass, and radicans are British species. 



SALIX. (WILLOW.) 



Description. Hardy deciduous trees and shrubs 

 (ord. Salicineas), generally very quick growing, 

 and of great value for planting in damp situations. 

 In exposed positions where Bamboos will not 

 thrive, the Willow may be used as a good substi- 

 tute, submitting it to severe pruning every three or 

 four years, to maintain a dwarf character, and to 

 supply a quantity of graceful, long shoots. The 

 Salix is also of much value for planting by the 

 sides of streams, lakes, and ponds, as well as for 

 various positions in the garden generally. The 

 stems of old pollarded Willows furnish light wood 

 for several purposes, whilst " The Willow " is well 

 known to the cricketing world. (For the cultiva- 

 tion of Willows to supply wands for basket making, 



SIT OSIKIIS.) 



Propagation and Soil. By seeds, cuttings, 

 suckers, layers, budding, and grafting. Seed 



Xiila/1 /liinii-f (HIT 1'iifrriiiiii tianyuisorta). 

 i (.in' llfi'liix). 



(xic ti'iillff/o). 

 (of J.indley, SIT Kun:>'n). 

 (of Her/el, xtv Gloxinia). 



should be sown as soon as it is ripe, as it quickly 

 loses its vitality. Cuttings may be of any length 

 from 1' to 6', and of any size, and may be inserted 

 at any time in damp soil. The weeping forms 

 should be budded or grafted standard high 6' or 

 8' and the shoots thinned and trained in a sym- 

 metrical head. Any moist, loamy soil suits. The 



male plants should be selected in preference to- 

 the females, as the catkins are more showy. 



[NOTE. The species cross so very readily that 

 much confusion of names exists.] 



Principal Species and Varieties :- 



alba. .~>0' to 60', My. conformis, maseula, 



White Willow. etc.). 



argentea. silvery (syns. - blasfordiana, bright 

 alba leucophylla of gar- or. red shoots (syns. 

 dens, argentea, leuco- basfordiana and sau- 

 phylla, etc.). guinea). 



brit/ensis, young shoots decipiens, shoots or. 

 pur. red (//. vitelliua red. 



britzensis). gracilistyla, Ivs. broad, 



cserulea, Ivs. glaucous prominent buds, hand- 

 beneath, shoots olive. some. 



vitelliua, shoots yellow- lanata, 10', sum., wh. , 

 ish red (xi/n. vitelliua). Ivs. silky, good for 



vitelliua peudula, weep- shrubbery (syns. chrys- 

 ing. antha and lauugiuosa). 



babylonica, 30', My. Sadleri (syn. Sadleri). 



(.S////V. peudula. japoni- phylicifolia, 8' to 10', 



ca, neapelftana, perpen- Apr., branches red, 



dens, riparia, etc.). shining; many vars. 



Babylonian or Weep- Tea-leaved Willow. 



ing Willow (see p. 300). purpurea, 10', Mch.,bark 



annularis, Ivs. twisted reddish pur. (sijns. car- 

 (syns. annularis and niolica, fissa, fuscata, 

 crispa). monarda, and rosmar- 



Caprea, 20', Mch., silvery, inifolia of gardens, not 



Common Sallow, Goat Liun.). Purple Osier. 



Willow. pendula, weeping : 



pendula, weeping ; one good for poor soil and 

 of the best. Kilmunmrk exposed places. 

 Willow. scharfenbergensis, su- 



elegantissima, branches perior to pendula. 



pendent, like babylonica rosmarinif olia of Linn. , 4' , 



(fi/n. americana pen- Apr., gracef ul shr. (*//. 



dula). augustifolia, Arbuscula, 



fragilis, 60' to 80', Apr. , csesia, canaliculata, in- 



shoots yellowish Dr., tegra, littoralis, etc.). 



shining (many i/n. : vitelliua (see alba var.). 



bigemmis, cerasifera, 



Other Species, Varieties, and Hybrids : 



acutifolia (fee daplmoides discolor, 4' to 10', young 



var.). Ivs. red. 

 ambigua, 1' to 4', spr., herbacea, 2", sum., trail- 

 procumbent, ing. 

 amygdalina (see triandra incana, 10', spr., Ivs. 



var.). woolly beneath, 



blanda, weeping; hybrid Nicholsoni purpurascens, 



(babylonica X fragilis). young Ivs. pur., prob- 



candida, 2' to 5', shoots ably a hybrid. 



red, Ivs. web-like, nigra, 10' to 30', sum., 



woolly hair. bark rough, bl. 



chlorophyllu, dwarf peutandra, 20' to 2o', 



spreading hush. sum. Bay-leaved Wil 



cinerea, near Caprea low. 



(MH. acumiiiata,Duine- petiolaris, 3', Ap. 



torum, oleifolia, poly- rubra, hybrid (purpurea 



morpha, andrutinervis). X viminalis). 



Also vars. aquatica, Helix. Rose Willow. 



Medemii, and tricolor. sanguinea (nee fragilis bas- 



daphnoides, 20', Ap., fordiana). 



twigs vio. (."j/w-v. Aglaia smithiaua, 6' to 20', spr., 



of gardens, higemmis of Ivs. grn., wh. beneath. 



Hoff., glauea, jaspidea, triandra, 20' to 30', sum. 



pra'cox, etc.). Violet French Willow. Amyg- 



Willow. daliua, Almond-leaved, 



acutifolia, Ivs. nar- and hoffmanuiana are 

 rower. vars. 



