March,'] gkei^-house— -repotting. 



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ScdUi'aSj three species of valuable plants ; S. dentdta, 

 with rosy leguminose blossoms ; leaves opposite^ ovate, acu- 

 minate, serrate ; S. angusti/olia has brown flowers; S. tra- 

 jDezifbrmuSy leaves ovate^ acute, serrulate. We do not know 

 the color of its flowers ; the pots must be well drained, and 

 the plants kept in the warmest part of the green-house^ and 

 near the light. (Soil No. 6.) 



Senecios. Some species of this genus are pestiferous weeds 

 all over the world. They are even found near the limits of 

 perpetual snow, where neither tree nor shrub is able to rear 

 its head, and yet there are a few species that are neat little 

 plants, and are worthy of a situation, namely, S. grandiflb- 

 Tu^j S. veniistus, and S. cinerdscens, with the double white, 

 purple, and red variety of S. 6Iegans. The last three varie- 

 ties aTe free flowering, but if allowed to grow several years, 

 they become unsightly. Being very easily propagated, a few 

 cuttings of them should be put in in September, and in two 

 weeks they will strike root, when they may be put in pots 

 to keep through the winter^ and then planted in the garden, 

 continuing to renew them. The other mentioned species 

 should be frequently done the same way. Do not keep them 

 damp during winter, or they will rot off. Give them an airy 

 exposure. (Soil No. 12.) 



Sdllija lieteroplii/Ila : a good climbing plant, with bright 

 blue clusters of drooping flowers; it is a native of New Hol- 

 land, and will prove a hardy plant south of latitude 36°. 

 (Soil No. 4.) 



Sparrmdnnias are strong-growing green-house shrubs. 

 S. Afncdna is a plant very common in our collections, with 

 large three-lobed cordate leaves, hairs on both sides ; flowers 

 from March to July. S. ritgdsa. The leaves are rugged ; 

 flowers of both are white, in a kind of corymb, supported 

 by a long footstalk ; buds drooping, flowers erect. There is 

 a plant known in our collections as the free flowering Sparr- 

 mdnnia (which is EntUia arhoriscens)^ and is easily dis- 

 tinguished from Sparrmdnnia by the leaves being cordate, 

 acuminate, and otherwise, by all its filaments being fertile, 

 and the fl'owers more branching, and blooming from Novem- 

 ber to June, profusely ; very easily cultivated, and desirable. 

 (Soil No. 12.) 



Splicer olbhiums J only two species of leafless plants, with 

 yellow and red leguminose flov/ers, which proceed from the 



