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Sedum, Siebo'dii. 
walls and roofs of houses ; are admirably adapted toe 
the center of hanging baskets. 
Sedum, caeruleum, the common blue sedum, fre¬ 
quently known as Blue Stonecrop. Hardy 
annual; six inches high. to 
Aizoon, bright yellow blossoms; of trailing 
habit, and thick, succulent, deep grden leaves. 
Hardy perennial; one foot high.. .13 
u fabarium. thick masses of pure white flowers. 
Hardy biennial ; one foot high. 25 
44 Sietcldii, hardy, evergit.cn creeper, with blue 
flowers: fine for baskets; one-half foot high. .25 
Saponaria. 
Sedum, fabarium. 
Sedum, . eum. 
Salvia, splendens compacta. 
SAPONARIA. 
It is impossible to speak too highly of these charming 
1 tt c plants. They are the longest blooming of all dwarf 
annuals, and carpet ihe ground with their pretty, little, 
st »r-shapcd, pink, rose and white blossoms during the 
summer and autumn months. Unsurpassed for edgi- gs 
and ribboning, and produce a fine effect in beds, by their 
combination of colors. Sow in spring, in open ground. 
H irdy annual ; six inches high. 
Saponaria, calaLrica, deep pink. 5 
“ 4% rosea, new. 5 
4 ' 44 alba, white. 5 
44 mixed . 5 
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, 
SENSITIVE PLANT—(Mimosa). 
An interesting and curiom plant, ith globular h.'ads 
of pink flowers, well know n for the extreme ii rilability 
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-bed, in pots, 
and transplant into a warm situation, six inches apart. 
Tender annual ; two feet high. 
Mimosa, pudica. 5 
SMILAX. 
No climbing plant in 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 ket t several days after being 
cut, without wilting. Nothing is finer for clothing stat¬ 
uettes, vases. &c Soak the seed in warm water twelve 
hours, and plant in pots, in hot-bed or green-house, in 
February, and keep in warm, moist place. One plant 
in a two-inch pot is enough. After they have completed 
their growth and the foliage begins to 
turn yellow, turn the pots on their 
sides and withold water till August, 
