BNCYCLOPADIA OF GARDENING. 
border or under a hand-light, or in a cold frame, & kept moist until 
rooted. 
GREENHOUSE SPECIES: 8. azurea, blue, winter, 6 ft., N. America; coccinea, 
scarlet, autumn, 2 to 3 ft., N. America; fulgens, scarlet, summer, 2 to 3 ft., 
Mexico; Grahami, scarlet, Sept., 1 ft., Mexico; Heeri, scarlet, winter, 2 to 3 ft., 
Peru; involucrata Bethelli, crimson, autumn, 3 to 4 ft., Mexico; patens, blue, 
summer, 2 to 3 ft., Mexico; patens alba, white, splendens, scarlet, autumn, 2 to 
3 ft., Brazil; splendens Bruantii, rich scarlet; splendens grandiflora, salmon-red; 
rutilans, red, winter, 2 to 3 ft. 
HARDY SPECIES: S. argentea (Silver Clary), white, summer, 3 ft., foliage 
silvery, Mediterranean Region; azurea grandiflora, sky blue, summer, 3 ft., Mexico; 
hians (Cashmere Sage), blue, summer, 2 ft., Himalayas; officinalis (Sage), blue, 
summer, 3 ft., S. Kurope; pratensis (Meadow Sage) violet, May, 3 to 4 ft., 
Britain; sclarea (Clary), bluish white, summer, 2 ft., Mediterranean Region. 
ANNUAL SPECIES: 8, Horminum (Horminum Clary), purple, summer, 18 in., 
8. Europe; Horminum purpurea, rosy carmine bracts, very pretty. Hardy. 
Sambucus (Elder; Dane-wort).—Ord. Caprifoliacer. Hardy 
deciduous shrubs & herbaceous perennials. Berries, black or scarlet. 
Leaves, feather-shaped, green, golden or white. 
CULTURE OF HERBACEOUS SPECIES: Soil, ordinary. Position, 
dry banks or shrubberies in sun or shade. Plant, Oct. to Feb. Cut 
down stems in Noy. 
CULTURE OF SHRUBBY SPECIES: Soil, ordinary. Position, 
open shrubbery, hedgerows for common species; moist sunny borders 
for variegated kinds. Plant, Oct. to March. Prune into shape, Nov. 
to Jan. Nip off points of young shoots of golden & silver elders during 
summer; also cut shoots closely back in March to insure dwarf growth 
& rich colouring in foliage. Propagate herbaceous species by divi- 
sion, Oct. to March; shrubby species by cuttings of branches or shoots 
inserted in moist soil in any position outdoors, Oct. to March. 
HERBACEOUS SPECIES: S. Ebulus (Dane-wort), white and pink, summer, 3 ft., 
Europe (Britain). 
SHRUBBY SPECIES: 8S. nigra (Common Elder), white, June, 20 ft., Britain; 
nigra foliis-aureis, leaves golden (Golden Elder); nigra laciniata, leaves finely cut 
(Cut-leaved Elder); racemosa (Scarlet Berried Elder), white, June, 10 to 15 ft., 
Europe, berries scarlet. : : 
Samolus (Tasmanian Water Pimpernel). — Ord. Primulacee. 
Hardy herbaceous perennial. First introduced 1800. 
CULTURE: Soil, sandy peat. Position, moist bog or rockery. 
Plant, March or April. Water freely in dry weather in summer. Pro- 
pagate by division of the roots in spring. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: S. repens, white, August, 6 in., Australia. 
Samphire (Crithmum maritimum).—See Crithmum. 
Sanchezia.—Ord. Acanthacew. Stove perennial flowering & orn. 
foliaged plants. First introduced 1866. Leaves, large, oval, 
glaucous ’ reen, or striped with white or yellow. 
CULTURE: Compost, two parts peat & loam, one part decayed 
manure & sand. Position, light part of stove in winter; shady part 
in spring & summer. Pot, March. Syringe twice daily, April to 
Oct.; once daily afterwards. Water freely, March to Oct.; mode- 
rately other times. Apply weak stimulants occasionally during sum- 
mer. Temp., Sept. to March 55° to 65°, March to Sept. 75° to 85°. 
Propagate by cuttings of young shoots inserted under bell-glass in 
fine soil, March to July. 
moe CULTIVATED: 8S. nobilis, yellow and red, March to Oct., 1 to 2 ft., 
cuador. 
Sandersonia. — Ord. Liliacew. Stove tuberous-rooted herb. 
First introduced 1852. : 
CULTURE: Compost, equal parts loam, peat, leaf-mould, decayed 
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