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hardy perennial plant of North America, about eight feet high, and 

 blows a yellow flower in August and September. Propagated 

 by seed sown in the open earth, or by separating the roots in the 

 autumn. 



569. SISYRINCHIUM.--Lat. S, iridoides. Blue flower 

 with light yellow heart, leaves resembling the iris. Rather tender 

 tuberous plant, blowing in the border from May to the end of July. 

 Pretty in green-house. Propagate by seeds easily, or by parting 

 bulbs in autumn. Same soil as for bulbs, and an eastern border. 



570. SNAP-DRAGON, common, — Lat. Antirrhinum majus. 

 A perennial plant, common in uncultivated places, and on walls, 

 in England. Blows in June, July, and August, its flowers are 



purple, red, or white. Snap-dragon, small. — Lat. A. oren- 



ticum. An annual plant, common in Europe, growing about a 

 foot and a half high, and blowing a reddish, or white, flower, with 

 spots of yellow, in July. Propagated by seed, sown in a border, 

 and the plants afterwards planted, where they are to remain. Both 

 of these are handsome border flowers, but the latter is rather too 

 small to make any show. The former, on the contrary, is very 

 showy, very hardy, and remains a long time in flower. Sowed on 

 the tops of old buildings, old walls, or heaps of dry rubbish, it 

 thrives almost as well, and blows quite as well, as in the best- 

 prepared borders. 



571. SNOW-DROP. — Lat. Galanthus nivalis, A native bul- 

 bous-rooted plant, which, in January and February, blows a white 

 flower, and is seven or eight inches high. There is, also, a double 



sort. Snow-drop, summer. — Lat. Leucojum cestivum. A 



native plant, which blows a white flower in the beginning of 

 summer. Bulbous, and propagated by oflsets. Likes a moist 

 soil. Snow-flake. — Lat. Leucojum vernum. Difl'ers essen- 

 tially from the Galanthus or Snow-drop, although they resemble 

 one another. The Snow-flake does not increase so fast as the 

 snow-drop, and is therefore scarcer. It does not flower so soon 

 by a month as the snow-drop ; but its blossoms are much larger 

 and more fragrant. Situation, a north-east border ; soil, mixture 

 of loam and bog-earth. Propagate by offsets. Height seven 

 inches. 



572. SOAPWORT, common. — Lat. Saponaria officinalis. A 

 hardy perennial plant, about two feet high, and very common in 

 England. Blows, in July, red or white flowers, and there are some 



