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Salvia, splendens compacts 
SALPIGLOSSIS. 
Very showy bedding or border plants, with richly col¬ 
ored, erect, funnel shaped flowers. The colors are beau- j 
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¬ 
nual ; one and a half to two feet high. 
Salpiglossis, New Black, a new variety , recom¬ 
mended for its distinct character as a blaak 
blossom. *5 
“ 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 
44 Roemeriana, deep crimson; beautiful; one foot.10 
44 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, borders or edgings of beds. It is so completely 
covered with flowers as to nearly hide the foliage. The 
flowers arc 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 
open ground, in spring, and thin to six inches apart; 
the plants will then cover the ground. Hardy annual; 
six inches high. 
Sanvitalia, Procumbens fl. pi. 10 
SAPONARIA. 
It is impossible to speak too highly of these charming 
uttle 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 spring, in open ground. 
Hardy annual ; six inches high. 
Saponaria. 
Saponaria, calabrica, deep pink.... .5 
4 ‘ u rosea, new . 3 
44 44 hL<k, white. § 
44 mixed.. 
SCABIOUS —(See Mourning Bride). 
SCARLET FLAX— (See Linum). 
SEBUM. 
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; six inches high.10 
44 Aizoon, bright yellow blossoms; of trailing 
habit, and thick, succulent, deep green leaves. 
Hardy perennial ; one foot high..10 
44 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.3 
SMILAX. 
No climbing plant in cultivation surpasses this foe 
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 
