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LIST OF FLOWERS. 



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double. Propagated by the runners. Likes any soil or situation. 



• SoAPWORT, hasil. — Lat. Saponaria Ochymoides. Blows in 



May and June a profusion of small pink flowers. Hardy, thrives 

 on rock-work, on walls, or in borders ; grows two feet high ; is 

 propagated by slips or cuttings. 



573. SOLOMON'S-SEAL,«?z^?Jar.— Lat. Convallariapoly- 

 gonatum. A hardy perennial common in England and many parts 

 of Europe, which blows a whitish flower in May and June, and 

 rises to about eighteen inches high. Propagated by dividing the 

 roots in the fall. Not particular as to soil, but it likes a shady situ- 

 ation, and will even succeed under trees. Solomon^s-seal, oi- 



Lily of the Valley. — Lat. Convallaria majalis. Like the former, it 

 will succeed under the drip of trees. A native perennial plant, 

 wdth large oblong leaves rising from the root ; sending up a stalk 

 eight inches high, which bears from six to twelve white pendent 

 sweet smelling flowers in May and June. Propagated by dividing 

 the roots in the fall. It likes a moist situation ; and will grow 

 under the drip of high trees and underwood. 



574. SOLDANELLA, Alpine. — Lat. Soldanella. A peren- 

 nial plant from Switzerland, three or four inches high, and blows, 

 in March and April, a blue, reddish, or, sometimes, white little 

 bell-shaped flower. Propagated by separating the roots. Likes 

 good heath mould, with a fourth part of maiden earth. Should 

 be protected from hard frosts. 



575. SPIDER-WORT, Virginian. --l^dit. Tradescantia Vir- 

 giniana. A perennial plant, originally from Virginia. It is about 

 a foot high, and blows, from June till October, a bluish violet- 

 coloured flower. There are some, also, with white flowers. It 

 flourishes in any soil or situation. Propagated by separating the 

 roots in March and October. 



576. SQUILL, Italian.— ~Li2Lt. Scilla Italica. A hardy bul- 

 bous-rooted plant, common about the environs of Nice. It is 

 about eight or ten inches high, and blows a blue flower in March 

 and April. Propagated by its ofl*sets. Likes fresh sandy earth, 

 or a mixture of light soil and sea sand. 



577. STAR OF BETHLEHEM, yellow.—L2i\.. Ornitho- 

 galum luteum. A bulbous-rooted plant, common in England, and 

 blows a ye'low flower in March, and is three or four inches high. 

 Propagated by separating the oflsets in the autumn. Likes rather 

 moist earth and shaded situation. Star of Bethlehem, 



