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and yellow); azoides, yellow and red, summer, 3 to 6 in., Britain; crustata, 
white and purple, summer, 1 ft., Alps; Hostii, white and purple, May, 6 to 12 in., 
Europe; cxsia, white, June, 1 in., Alps; cotyledon, white, June, 1 to 2 ft., Europe, 
and its variety pyramidalis (white); lingulata superba, white and rose, June, 
18 in., S. Europe; longifolia, white, July, 12 to 18 in., Pyrenees; macnabiana, white 
and crimson, May and June, 4 in., hybrid; rocheliana, white, May, 3 in., Austria; 
valdensis, white, May, 3 in., 8. France. 
MOSSY SPECIES: S. cespitosa, white, summer, 3 in., Britain; hypnoides (Dove- 
dale Moss), white, summer, 3 in., Europe (Britain); muscoides, yellow or purple, 
May, 3 in., Europe, and its varieties atropurpurea (red), moschata (white) and 
Rhei superba (rose); tenella, white, summer, Algeria; trifurcata (Stag’s-horn Rock- 
foil), Syn. 8. ceratophylla, white, summer, 6 in., N. Spain; Wallacei (Syn. 8. 
Camposi), white, June, 4 to 6 in., garden origin. : 
MEGASEA SPECIES: 8. cordifolia (Syn. Megasca cordifolia), pink, spring, 
1 ft., Siberia, and its variety purpurea (crimson); crassifolia (Syn. Megasea 
crassifolia), red, spring, 1 ft., Siberia; and its varieties, gigantea (purple), Progress 
(rosy pink), and Milesii (white). a 
MISCELLANEOUS SPECIES: 8. ajugifolia, white, July, Pyrenees; Andrewsii, 
white and purple, summer, 6 in., hybrid; burseriana, white and yellow, spring, 
2 in., E. Europe; and its variety major (large-flowered); cuneifolia, white and 
yellow, May, 6 in., Europe; granulata fl. pl. (Double Meadow Saxifrage), white, 
double, May, 6 to 10 in., Europe (Britain); oppositifolia, purple, May, 3 in., 
Britain; and its varieties, alba (white) and splendens (rosy crimson); peltata 
(Umbrella Plant), white or pink, April, 2 to 3 ft., California; rotundifolia, whito 
and scarlet, spring, 1 ft., Austria; sancta, yellow, spring, 3 in., Greece; Sibthorpii 
(Syn. Cynbalaria), yellow, March to Aug., Caucasus, annual; sarmentosa (Mother 
of Thousands), yellow, white and scarlet, summer, Japan; umbrosa (London Pride), 
white, pink, and red, summer, W. Europe. 
TENDER SPECIES : Ss. sarmentosa tricolor, leaves creamy white and red. 
Scabiosa (Scabious; Pincushion Flower; Mournful Widow; 
Sweet ian areca Dipsacee. Hardy biennial & perennial herbs. 
Flowers, useful for cutting. 
CULTURE OF BIENNIAL SPECIES: Soil, good rich | ordinary. 
Position, sunny beds or borders. Sow seeds 1-16 in. deep in light sandy 
soil in temp. of 60° to 70° in Feb. or March, & plant out in May to 
insure plants flowering same year, or outdoors in June or July, trans- 
penne again following March to flowering position. In cold districts 
ift the seedlings in Aug., & place in small pots; winter in cold frame 
& plant out in April. . . 
CULTURE OF PERENNIAL SPECIES: Soil, ordinary deep rich. 
Position, sunny well-drained borders for 8. caucasica; sunny rockeries 
for S. graminifolia; ordinary borders for S. columbaria, etc. Plant, 
Oct., Nov., March or April. Top-dress annually in Feb. or March with 
decayed manure. Lift, divide, & replant every three or four years. 
Propagate by division of roots, Oct. or March. 
BIENNIAL SPECIES: S. atropurpureum (Sweet Scabious or Mournful Widow), 
various colours, single and double, July, 1 to 3 ft., 8. Europe. 
PERENNIAL SPECIES: S. caucasica (Caucasian Scabious), blue, June, 1 ft., 
Caucasus; caucasica alba, white; ochroleuca webbiana, yellow, July, 6 in., Europe; 
pterocephala, purple, July, 3 to 4 ft., Greece. . 
Scale Fern (Asplenium Ceterach).—See Asplenium. 
Scallion (Allium ascalonicum majus).—See Allium. 
Scarborough Lily (Vallota purpurea).—See Vallota. 
Scarlet Avens (Geum coccineum).—See Geum. 
Scarlet Bindweed (Ipomza coccinea).—See Ipomea. 
Scarlet Clematis (Clematis cardinalis)—See Clematis. 
Scarlet Fritillary (Ffritillaria recurva).—See Fritillaria. 
Scarlet-fruited Thorn (Crategus coccinea).—See Crategus. 
Scarlet Fuchsia (Fuchsia coccinea).—See Fuchsia. 
Scarlet Hawthorn (Crategus oxyacantha coccinea).—See 
Crataegus. 
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