SANTALUM. 



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sa'racha. 



sand which is of a rusty brown, and 

 consequently strongly impregnated 

 •with iron, and sea sand which is ne- 

 cessarily impregnated with salt. By 

 mixing irony sand with quicklime in 

 a state of powder, the iron may be 

 neutralized ; but this operation re- 

 quires a year or two to effect it, 

 besides the expense of the lime, and 

 the necessity of separating it after- 

 wards by sifting. Saline sand may 

 be rendered fit for use by repeated 

 washings with fresh water; but this 

 expense can only be advisable, when 

 no other sand can be procured. In 

 various parts of the country there is a 

 lead coloured soft sandstone, which 

 when broken, and reduced to a state 

 of powder, forms an excellent sand, 

 both for mixing with soil, and strik- 

 ing cuttings. 



Sandal-wood. — See Santalum. 



Sangdina v ria. — Papuveracece 



Puccoon, or Canadian Bloodwort. 

 A very pretty little plant with white 

 ranunculus-shaped flowers. It should 

 be grown in a light sandy soil, and 

 it has a very good effect as filling one 

 of the beds of a geometric flower- 

 garden. The plants are increased by 

 seed or division of the root. 



Sanguiso'rba. — Rosacea. — Great 

 Burnet. Some of the exotic kinds 

 are ornamental ; they are hardy herba- 

 ceous plants, and should be grown in 

 light rich soil. They are increased 

 by dividing the root. 



Santalum. — Santalaccce. — San- 

 dal-wood. Stove plants, natives of 

 the East Indies, and one species from 

 New Holland, The flowers of S. 

 album, the true Sandal-wood, are 

 small, and are produced in spikes or 

 racemes ; but the great value of the 

 plant consists in the fragrance of the 

 wood, which is so great that the wood 

 is burned for incense, &c. and is 

 said to be destructive to all noxious 

 insects. The plants should be grown 

 in light sandy loam, and kept rather 



dry ; but the wood has comparatively 

 very little fragrance in this country. 



Saxtolina. — CompositcB. — Laven- 

 der cotton. Evergreen dwarf shrubs, 

 which will grow in any common gar- 

 den soil, and which are propagated by 



I cuttings. 



Sanvita'lia. — Composita. — A 



' beautiful little Mexican annual, well 

 adapted from its dwarf stature and 

 compact habit of growth for covering 

 a bed in a geometric flower garden. 

 The flowers are large in proportion to 



' the size of the plant, and they are of 

 a rich brown and yellow. It is quite 

 hardy, and only requires sowing in 

 March or April in the open border. 



Sapikdus. — Sapindacece. — The 

 Soap berry. Natives of the East and 



i West Indies, which require a stove in 



loam and peat, and they are propa- 

 gated by cuttings. 



Sapo v naria. — SUenaceee or Caryo- 

 phyllacea. — Soapwort. Very beauti- 

 ful little plants, annual and perennial, 

 greatly resembling some of the kinds 

 of Lychnis. All the kinds of Sa- 

 ponaria look very well on rockwork, 

 covering it with a profusion of beauti- 

 tiful little pink flowers. The hand- 

 somest kinds are S. ocymoides, and 

 S. caldbrica for the perennials; and 

 S. vaccaria, and S. perfoliata for 

 the annuals. They will all grow in any 

 common garden soil. 



Sa'racha. — Solanacece. — Annual 

 and perennial plants, natives of 

 Mexico and Peru. S. viscosa, 

 which is the handsomest species, has 

 rather large cream-coloured flowers 

 beautifully marked in the centre with 

 olive dots, and which are succeeded 

 by large red berries. It may be 

 treated as a half hardy annual ; or 

 the roots, which are tuberous, may be 

 taken up, and kept dry during winter 

 like those of the Marvel of Peru, 

 and other similar plants. "When 

 treated as an annual, the seeds should 



