Sweet Pea 



( 375 ) 



Symphoricarpus 



admitting abundance of air, and as soon as germin- 

 ation has taken place raise the plants so that 

 they are close to the glass, or they become drawn 

 and weakly. The plants should have twigs placed 

 to them when they have attained a height of (>". 

 From seeds sown in February plants in fine condi- 

 tion for planting when the soil and climate are 

 favourable in April will be raised. 



Soil. The best soil is a deeply worked, friable, 

 retentive loam, but excellent results may be ensured 

 on any soil where care in preparation is exercised. 

 The "round should be trenched or bastard trenched 

 according to the nature of the subsoil, and with 

 the second spit should be incorporated some good 

 farmyard manure. Short, decomposed manure may 

 be mixed with the upper soil as this is worked 

 back. 



Planting. If several rows are to be planted they 

 should be 5' to (>' asunder, but if the plants are in 

 clumps let these be 4' apart all ways. The plants 

 should be carefully turned out of the pots or boxes, 

 the roots being disentangled, retaining as much 

 soil about them as possible, and planted from 

 4" to 6" apart, staking immediately planting is 

 complete. The surface soil should be lightly 

 dressed with soot or lime, either of which will act 

 as a deterrent of slugs. Where the plants are grown 

 wholly out ot doors they must be protected from 

 birds as well as slugs. 



Feeding. Where a good quantity of farmyard 

 manure is not available, more feeding of the plants 

 is a necessity. Science says that Leguminous 

 plants do not require the artificial application of 

 nitrogen, but practice proves that the results are 

 improved by its use, especially in spring and in 

 the early stages of growth. Nitrate of soda at the 

 rate of A oz to 1 gallon of water is valuable, and 

 the same may be said of soot water used at the 

 colour of weak tea , as a change from these, liquid 

 manure made from natural manures of any kind 

 can be employed. If specially fine blooms for 

 exhibition are required, the number on a plant 

 should be restricted. The closer the gathering of 

 the flowers, the longer will the plants continue to 

 bloom. 



Selection of Thirty-six 



America, blood redstripeil. 

 Black Knight, maroon. 

 Blanche Burpee, wh., 



large. 



Captain of the Blues, bl. 

 Captivation, magenta. 

 Coccinea, red. 

 Countess of Povvis, or. 

 Dorothy Tcnuiuit, inauve. 

 Duchess of Sutherland, 



Ijlush pk. 

 Duchess of York, wh., 



striped pinkish pur. 

 Duke of Clarence, claret. 

 Firefly, crim. 

 Gaiety, wh., rosy HI., 



striped. 



Golden Gate, lavender plf . 

 Gorgeous, or. salmon. 

 Grey Friar, pur., wh. 



ground. 



HIT Majesty, rosy pk. 

 Katherine Tracy, pk. 

 Lady Grisel Hamilton, 



lavender. 



Varieties : 



Lady Mary Currie, or. 



Lady Nina Balfour, lav- 

 ender. 



Lord Kenyon, rosy ma- 

 genta. 



Lottie Hatching, creamy 

 pk. 



Mars, crim. 



Miss Willmott, or. pk. (nee 

 p. 373). 



Mrs. Eckford, yel. 



Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain, 

 wh., striped ro. 



Navy Blue, dark bl. 



Prima Donna, pk. 



Prince Edward of York, 

 rosy pk. 



.Princess of Wales, wh., 

 striped pur. 



Royal Robe, pk. 



Sadie Burpee, wh. 



Salopian, crim. 



Senator, chocolate, cream. 



Triumph, or. 



or be raised in pots and planted in a border. The 

 treatment is identical with that for Sweet Peas, 

 save that no staking is requisite. 



SWEET SULTAN (we CEN- 

 TAUREA). 



SWEET WILLIAM (sec DIAN- 

 THUS). 



SWERTIA. (FEIAVORT.) 



Hardy or half-hardy annual or perennial plants 

 (ord. Gentianea?). Propagation, by seeds sown 

 over gentle heat in early spring ; by division of 

 the perennials in spring. Soil, sandy loam. 



Principal Species : 

 alata, H', sum., hlf-hdy. 



aim. , yellowish grn. , 



pur. (fyn. Ophelia 



alata). 

 corymbosa, 1', sum. , pale 



bl. or wh. and bl. (syn. 



Ophelia corymbosa). 



Other Species : 

 angustifolia, 2', sum., 



Cupid Sweet Peas. These dwarf-growing plants 

 (see p. 374) may be grown and flowered in pots, 



perenuis, 9", Jy., hdy. 

 per., bl. 



trichotoma, lj', sum., 

 hlt-hdy. ami. ('/" 

 Ophelia umbellata). 



wh., bL (KIJII. Ophelia 

 angustif olia) . 

 michauxiana, 6", sum., 

 bieu. , greenish yel. (cor- 



rectly Halenia schiede- 



ana). 

 paniculata, 1', sum., wh. , 



pur. ("i/ii. Ophelia 



paniculata) . 

 purpurascens, 2', Je. , 



pur. 



SWIETENIA. 



A genus (ord. Meliacete) of little horticultural 

 but of great economic value. The only species of 

 note is Mahagoni, 10' to 70', May, red, yellow, 

 the Tropical American tree that gives the beautiful 

 timber Mahogany. Under cultivation in this 

 country it needs stove treatment. Propagation, by 

 cuttings of ripened growth, in sandy soil in heat. 

 Soil, fibrous loam and sand. 



(tee ACER PSETJDO-PLAT- 



SYCAMORE 



ANUS). 



SYMPHORICARPUS. (SNOWBEBRT 



TREE, ST. PETER'S WORT.) 



A genus of ornamental, hardy shrubs (ord. Capri- 

 foliacere) valued in the shrubbery. Racemosus is 

 of service on account of its fruits being useful as a 

 food for game, and its flowers being frequented by 

 bees. Propagation, by suckers, or by seeds sown 

 when ripe, or in spring. Any good garden soil. 



Principal Species : 

 occidentalis, 6', Jy., pk., 



fruits wh. (*//. Sym- 



phoria occidentalis). 



Wolf Berry. 



lacemosus, 6', Jy., ro., 

 fruits wh. (yn. Sym- 

 phoriaracemosa). Com- 

 mon Snowberry. 



Hrveet Pishamin (see Carpodinus). 

 Sicect Potato (Jiatatas ediilis and Tpomtea Bata- 

 tas) 



n-ett fruitions (iff frabiosa atnynirpiirea). 

 Sirect-sefnted Crab (Pyrus cnronaria). 

 Sn-eet-xctmted Verbena (see 

 Sweet Sop (Anona sgnamosa). 

 Smietenia (see Chloroxylori). 

 Sword Fern (see Polypodium). 



f" ayrus (see Attalea and Cocas), 

 anui (see Piipalia). 

 camine Tree (see Alorns). 

 tiiicanutre Fiy Tree (t'icus Sycaitwruc). 

 Ki/mmnruf (see Finis). 

 Hyniplttutia (T Moronobea). 



