LIST OF FLOWERS 



several beautiful varieties, such as papilionaceus (purple-spotted), 

 atropurpureus (deep purple), Pnesii (white), and Tom Thumb, of com- 

 pact habit. Of those suitable for greenhouse culture S. retusus, with 

 flowers of rose and orange colour, is excellent; while S. Wisetonensis, 

 of compact pyramidal form, with large flowers of white, pink and 

 yellow, maJses a fine greenhouse plant. Seed may be sown in heat 

 in the spring for summer flowering, or in August, the plants being 

 kept in a cool house during the winter, for planting out in the 

 following May. 



SCHIZOPETALON-WALKERI. A hardy annual growing 

 about 6 inches high, with slender stems and fringed white flowers 

 delicately scented. It needs a warm, rich soil and a sheltered situa- 

 tion, but given these advantages it may be sown in the open at the 

 beginning of May and will bloom in the following August. It will not 

 bear transplanting. 



SCILLA (Squill). For beautiful spring flowers none is more 

 valuable than the SciQa, and the bulbs demand only the simplest 

 culture. Planted in early autumn in any good garden sofl they wUl 

 bloom in spring — from February to May, according to kind — and 

 need no attention for years beyond a yearly top-dressing of manure. 

 S. bi folia is one of the earliest to bloom and forms handsome tufts 

 bearing masses of dark blue flowers, but it does not so well withstand 

 cold rain and storm as its more vigorous variety S. prcecox. S. 

 sibirica is a charming little flower of much value for the Rock Garden 

 and is distinctive by its peculiar tint of porcelain-blue. 5. hispanica, 

 the Spanish SciUa (sometimes called S. campanulata), is a late- 

 flowering kind and makes a beautiful display till nearly the end of 

 May. It bears large, short-stalked, bell-shaped flowers of clear-blue 

 colour. 5. nutans, the common Bluebell, need not be neglected, 

 and its varieties alba (white), rosea (rose-coloured) and ceerulea 

 (pale blue) are all very pretty and include some large-flowered strains 

 called major and grandiflora. 



SCYPHANTHUS. An elegant half-hardy annual, a climber 

 growing some 8 or lo feet high, with deeply-cut leaves and cup- 

 shaped flowers of bright yellow spotted inside with red. It blooms 

 freely from August to October in a rich, light soil. 



SEA HOLLY. See Eeyngium. 



SEA PINK (Thrifi). See Armeria. 



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