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SALIX. 



Sa'bal. — Palmes. — The Palmetto, 

 or American Palm. These palm- 

 trees, which are natives of tropical 

 America, require a stove in England, 

 and they should be grown in light 

 loamy soil. They are increased by 

 suckers, which they send up freely. 

 They are all of dwarf stature, 

 and grow freely in a somewhat moist 

 heat. 



Sa'ccharum. — Graminece. — The 

 Sugar-cane grows freely in England, 

 if kept in a stove in a very rich 

 loamy soil. It may be increased by 

 suckers ; or if a part of the stem be 

 laid in a trench in the tan-pit, or in 

 rich loam, where it has bottom-heat, 

 it will form plants at every joint. 



Saccola brium. — Orchidacece. — 

 East Indian Orchideous Epiphytes, 

 which should be grown on wood, but 

 which are not very handsome, unless 

 very closely examined. For their 

 culture, see Orchideous Epiphytes. 



Sacred Bean of India. — See 

 Nelumbium. 



Saffron. — Crocus sativa. — See 

 Crocus. 



Sage. — See Salvia. 



Sagitta^ria. — Alismacece. — "Wa- 

 ter plants, some of which require a 

 stove, others a greenhouse, and others 

 are quite hardy. They should all be 

 grown in loamy soil, with their stems 

 in water ; and they are increased by 

 seeds or dividing the roots. 



Sago Palm. — See Sagus. 



Sagus. — Palmecs. — A kind of 

 palm, from the pith of the stem of 

 which Sago is made. The plants 

 should be grown in sandy loam, and 

 they should be exposed to a strong 

 moist heat. The seeds are produced 

 in a sort of cone, which is of a bril- 

 liant shining brown, and very hand- 

 some ; but the plant has never yet 

 produced seeds in this country. 



SArNT Agnes' s Flower. — The 

 Snow Flake. — See Leucojum. 



Saint Barnaby's Thistle. — Cen- 

 taurea solstitialis. 



Saintfoin. — See Onobry^chis. 

 , Saint John's Bread. — See Cera- 

 to'nia. 



Saint John's Wort. — See Hy- 

 pericum. 



Saint Martin's Flower. — Al- 

 slrcemeria Flos Martini. — See Al- 



STRGSMERIA. 



Saint Peter's Wort. — The Snow 

 Berry. — See Sympho'ria. 



Salica x ria. — See Ly'thrum. 



Salico'rnia. — Chenopodiacece. — 

 Glasswort. Succulent British plants, 

 which grow naturally by the sea-shore. 

 When cultivated, they should be 

 grown in silver-sand, and a little salt 

 laid occasionally on the surface of the 

 soil, so as to be washed in by watering 

 or rain. One of the kinds is some- 

 times eaten as a culinary vegetable, 

 under the name of Marsh Samphire. 



Salisbu'ria. — Amentacece, or 

 Taxacece. — This very remarkable 

 plant was originally called Ginkgo 

 biloba, Ginkgo being its name in 

 Japan. Its name has, however, now 

 been altered to the more euphonious 

 one of Salisburia adiantifblia, the 

 leaves resembling in form that of the 

 Maiden-hair Fern, the botanic name 

 of which is Adiantum. As the 

 Salisburia grows to a very large size, 

 and as there are specimens in the 

 neighbourhood of London above 

 sixty feet high, it would not have 

 been mentioned here, had it not been 

 very ornamental when young. The 

 tree has flowered at Kew and at other 

 places ; but it has never borne fruit 

 in England, though it has in France. 



SALix.—Amentaeece or Salicacece^ 

 • — The Willow. A very extensive 

 genus of ligneous plants, varying in 



