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raised from seed sowed where it is to bloom, and does well in 

 good earth that is warm and light. 



557. ROSE CAMPION, smooth-leaved. — Lat. Agrostemma 

 ccelirosa. A hardy annual plant of the south of France, eight or 

 nine inches high, and blows a pink flower in July and August. 



558. RUDBECKIA, the purple. — Lat. R. purpurea. Outer- 

 most petals narrow, long, and pendulous, resembling narrow red 

 tape. Native of the warm climate of Virginia ; but will do in an 

 open border. It is well to shelter a plant or two in a hot-bed 

 frame during winter, lest those that are left out should be killed. 

 Flowers in July. Seeds do not ripen with us, so the only way to 

 propagate is by parting roots. Leaf long, sawed at edge. Peren- 

 nial, and grows three feet high. Rudbeckia, the hairy. — Lat- 



R. hirta. Large ridi single yellow flower. The plant grows two 

 feet high, flowers in July and August. Hardy perennial, propa- 

 gated by parting the roots in autumn. 



559. RUSH, the fioioering. — Lat. Butomus umhellatus. A 

 perennial, found in the borders of rivers and in the marshes in 

 England and other parts of Europe. Grows three feet high, blowing 

 in July a bunch of pretty large red flowers. It is a handsome 

 plant, and well suited to damp or swampy places, or to the sides 

 of ponds or rivers. Propagated by dividing the roots. 



560. SAGE, smooth-leaved. — Lat. Salvia splendens. A beau- 

 tiful pendulous scarlet flower, coming at the ends of the branches 

 of a plant that is tolerably elegant of itself, and which will grow to 

 the height of five or six feet. — S. cardinalis. A variety growing 

 and blowing very much like the former ; indeed, in which there is 

 no diflerence, excepting that the leaf of this one is thick and downy, 

 iike that of the common sage of the gardens, and that the other 

 has smooth dark-green shining leaves. Both are perennial, but 

 both require shelter in the winter. These plants are exceedingly 

 handsome, and ought to be had in every garden. Propagate hy 

 parting the roots in spring or autumn. 



561. SAFFRON.— See Colchicum. 



562. SALVIA.— See Sage. 



563. SAND- WORT, majorca. — Lat. Arenaria halearica. A 

 hardy perennial plant from Corsica, about two inches high and blows 

 a white flower in May and June. Propagated by seed, or separat- 

 ing the roots. Likes a sandy and warm soil^ and a southern aspect. 



