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be sown on a slight hotbed in Feb- 

 ruary, and the young plants removed 

 into the open border in May. 



Sarca'nthus. — Orchidacece. — 

 East Indian Epiphytes, nearly allied 

 to Vanda, which should be grown on 

 logs of wood. — See Orchideous Epi- 

 phytes. 



Sarracenia. — Sarraceneacece.. — i 

 The American Pitcher plant, or Side- 

 saddle flower. Bog plants with very 

 curious flowers, and pitcher-shaped 

 leaves. Though natives of Canada, 

 where they flower freely, and are pro- 

 duced in great abundance, they are 

 seldom flowered in England without 

 the aid of artificial heat. They are 

 grown in pots filled with peat and 

 moss, and placed in saucers of water, 

 or in the open air, on the banks of 

 ponds or rivers. When kept in a 

 room, or on a balcony, they should 

 be grown in double pots, the inter- 

 stice between the two being filled with 

 moss. 



Sarsapari'lla. — See Smxlex. 



Sasanqua. — A kind of Camellia, 

 the blossom of which strongly resem- 

 bles that of the tea-tree. 



Sassafras. — Lceurus Sassafras. 

 — A large tree, a native of North 

 America. 



Saty'rium. — Orchidacece. — Ter- 

 restrial orchidaceous plants from the 

 Cape of Good Hope. The leaves are 

 very curious from the flat manner in 

 which they spread themselves on the 

 surface of the pot ; and the flowers 

 which are generally yellow, are very 

 handsome. They should be grown in 

 very sandy loam or peat ; and they 

 are generally kept in a greenhouse. 

 They are very apt to damp off if over- 

 watered. 



Saw-fly. — Beautiful flies with 

 clear wings, which are furnished with 

 a curious instrument like a saw in the 

 lower part of the body, with which 

 they wound the bark to deposit their 

 eggs. These eggs, like those of some 



other insects, greatly increase in size 

 after they are laid. The grub or 

 maggot is short and thick, with a 

 black shining head, and when attacked 

 it can let itself down with a thread. 

 These insects are very destructive to 

 Rose trees, as they destroy the flower- 

 buds. 



Saxifra'ga. — Saxifrages. — "Well- 

 known herbaceous plants, many of 

 which are natives of Britain, with 

 white, yellow, or pink flowers. They 

 are all of the easiest culture, and will 

 grow in any light garden soil, though 

 they prefer a deep sand. S. um- 

 brosa is the London Pride, and S. 

 grarwlata, the common mountain 

 Saxifrage. All the kinds are hand- 

 some, and many of them are well 

 adapted for rock work. 



Saxifrage. — See Saxifraga. 



Scabio v sa. — DipsacecB. — The Sca- 

 bious. Ornamental perennial, and 

 annual plants, mostly natives of Eu- 

 rope and the East Indies, that will 

 grow freely in any common garden 

 soil, and may be increased by seeds. 



Scabious. — See Scabio x sa. 



Schi x nus.— A nacardiacece, or Te- 

 rebinthacece. — Deciduous shrubs or 

 low trees, natives of Brazil and Peru, 

 nearly allied to Duvaua. The flowers 

 of Schinus Mulli, the commonest 

 species, are small and of a yellowish 

 green ; but they are succeeded by 

 berries of a beautiful rose colour and 

 highly polished. The leaves are im- 

 pari-pinuate and very handsome, and 

 they have the same peculiarity as 

 those of the Duvaua. (See Duvaua) 

 S. Mulli was first considered a stove 

 plant ; it was afterwards transferred 

 to the greenhouse, and it is now found 

 to succeed in the open air. It was 

 introduced in 1597, but it was very 

 scarce till about 1830, when it was 

 first tried in the open ground. It will 

 grow in any common garden soil ; 

 and it only requires a slight protection 

 during hard frosts. 



