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the plants will then cover the ground. Hardy annual j 



six inches high. 



Sanvitalia, Procumbens fl. pi ...lo 



SAPONARIA. 



It is impossible to speak too highly of these charming 

 little plants. They are the longest blooming of all dwarf 

 annuals, and carpet the ground with their pretty, little^ 

 star shaped, pink, rose and white blossoms during the 

 summer and autumn months. Unsurpassed for edgings 

 and ribboning, and produces a fine effect in beds, by their 

 combination of colors. Sow in spnng, in open ground™ 

 Hardy annual ; six inches high. 



Salvia, splendens compacta. 



SALPIGL03SIS. 



Very showy bedding or border plants, with richly col- 

 ored, erect, funnel shaped flowers. The colors are beau- 

 tifully marbled ar.d pencilled, purple, scarlet, crimson, 

 yellow, buff, blue, and almost black. They are biennial 

 in green-house but annual in open ground. Start seed 

 in hot -bed, and transplant one foot apart into a mixture 

 of loam and sand, with well rotted horse manure at the 

 bottom. Bloom from August to October. Tender an- 

 itoal ; one and a half to two feet high. 

 Salpiglossis, Nevi/ Black, a new variety^ recom- 

 mended for its distinct character as a bla<sk 



blossom 15 



'■ fine mixed, colors beautifully marbled ; purple, 

 scarlet, crimson, yellow and blue 10 



SALVIA. 



The Salvia, or Flowering Sage, is a very ornamental 

 plant, flowering in spikes of fiery red, crimson and blue, 

 and continues in blossom, in open ground, till frost, when 

 the plants can be removed to the green-house, and will 

 continue in bloom a long time. Start the plants in hot- 

 bed, and transplant into light, rich soil, about one foot 

 apart ; tender annual ; one to five feet high. 

 Salvia, splendens compacta, the finest saivia 

 grown, being literally covered with blossoms; 



grows well from cuttings. 15 



" Roemeriana, deep crimson; beautiful; one foot.io 

 " patens, one of the brightest and purest of all 

 blue flowered plants, and holds a pre-eminent 

 position 20 



SANVITALIA. 



Very pretty, dwarf, trailing plants, excellent for rock 

 work, bord'^rs or edgings of beds. It is so completely 

 covered with flowers as to nearly hide the foliage. The 

 flowers are double and of a brilliant golden yellow, resem- 

 bling a miniature double zinnia in form. Single varie- 

 ties are not worth cultivating. Sow where required, in 

 opeH ground in spring, and thin to six inches apart ; 



Saponaria. 



Saponaria, calabrica, deep pink % 



" " rosea, new 5 



*' " aloa, white ^ 



" mixed y 



SCABIOUS— (See Mourning Bride). 



SCABLET FLAX— (See Linum). 



SEDUIXC. 



A species of low, succulent plants, some of which are 

 remarkably pretty ; grow readily upon stones, rocks, 

 walls and roofs of houses ; are admirably adapted for 

 the center of hanging baskets. 



Sedum, caeruleum, the common blue sedum, fre- 

 quently known as Blue Stonecrop. Hardy 



annual ; sLx inches high 10 



'' Aizoon, bright yellow blossoms ; of trailing 

 habit, and thick, succulent, deep green leaves. 



Hardy perennial ; one foot high 1© 



'* fabarium. thick masses of pure white flowers. 



Hardy biennial; one foot high 25 



SENSITIVE PLANT-(Mimosa). 



An interesting and curious plant, with globular heads 

 of pink flowers, well' known for the extreme irritability 

 of its leaves and foot stalks, which close and droop at 

 the slightest touch, or in cloudy, damp weather, and 

 during the night. The plant is most irritable in the 

 greatest heat, and'if the upper branches be touched and 

 droop, touching the lower ones, the whole plant will ap- 

 pear as if wilted and dying. Start in hot-beds, in pots, 

 and transplant into a warm situation, six inches apart. 

 Tender annual ; two feet high. 

 Mimosa, pudica 5 



SMILAX. 



No climbing plantain cultivation surpasses this for 

 graceful beauty of its foliage. In cut flowers, and for 

 wreaths, &c.. it is indispensable to florists. Its hard 

 texture enables it to be kept several days after being 



