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rose and white flowers, which last for 
months, make it very desirable. The 
plants are frequently spoiled by too 
much nursing; to avoid this let the 
seeds be sown in March on a gentle 
heat, and when about an inch high pot 
them off separately in rich soil, and 
place them back into the heat for about 
a week, or until they are established, 
then remove them to a cold frame, 
giving all the air compatible with their 
state and that of the external atmo¬ 
sphere. 
RONHOLETIA (Blume.) Nat. Ord. 
Cinchonacece. Handsome stove plants, 
requiring peat and sand to grow in, 
with a brisk moist heat while growing. 
21. speciosa, scarlet; It. odorata, white; 
and 21 . tomentosa , white, are very beau¬ 
tiful. 
RHELLIA (Lixx.) Natural Order 
Acanthacees. "Very pretty plants with 
blue flowers, most of them are stove 
shrubs, and should have ordinary treat¬ 
ment ; the annual species, It. elegans, 
is well known and esteemed. 
RTJSSELIA (Jacquix.) Nat. Ord. 
ScropJwlariacece. All the species are 
handsome stove plants, with showy red 
flowers and a light flexuous habit; 
rather difficult to bloom well, which is 
encouraged, by imparting all the vigour 
possible in the new growths; they 
require to be closely pruned every year. 
SACCQLABITJM (Blume.) Natural 
Order Orchidacece . In this genus are 
some of the most beautiful of the 
family; they are natives of the East, 
and therefore require a high tempera¬ 
ture and abundance of moisture; they 
may be grown either on billets of wood, 
or in baskets filled with moss, rotten 
wood, and fibrous peat. S. presmorsum, 
S. guttaturu , and S. giganteum , are ex- 
tremelv beautiful. 
SALPIGLOSSIS (Ruiz and Pa vox.) 
Nat. Ord. Scrophulariacece. A ery pretty 
half-hardy annuals, with various colour¬ 
ed large and showy flowers; they are 
best raised in spring on a gentle hot¬ 
bed, and afterwards transplanted to the 
borders of the garden, placing them in 
good rich earth. 
SALYIA (Lixx.) Natural Order 
Labiates. This extensive genus is com¬ 
posed of handsome flowering plants, 
some of which are hardy and herbace¬ 
ous, while others are more tender, and 
assume an arborescent character; the 
first are easily grown in any rich soil, 
nor are the latter at all difficult; they 
grow freely in peat and loam, and are 
particularly useful for filling large beds 
in the flower garden through the sum¬ 
mer, where such kinds as patens , blue ; 
splendens, scarlet; and fulgens, red, are 
very showy. They only require protec¬ 
tion sufficient to keep them from frost. 
SAPONARIA (Lixx.) Nat. Order 
Silenaceee. One species, S. oegmoides, de¬ 
serves, for its neat habit, and the profu¬ 
sion with which it bears its pretty pink 
blossoms in summer, to be cultivated in 
every garden. It is a trailing plant, and 
therefore suitable for rockwork, the 
front of the borders, or for small beds; 
and being at the same time quite hardy, 
and not particular as to soil or situa¬ 
tion, it is well adapted for suburban gar¬ 
dens. The double variety of S. officinalis 
is also a showy plant, of the easiest ma¬ 
nagement, and continues to produce its 
numerous flesh-coloured flowers from 
June to November. 
SARRACENIA (Lixx.) Nat. Order 
Sarraceniacees. These curious and in¬ 
teresting plants have their leaves folded 
spirally, in the manner of the pitcher 
plant ( Nepenthes ) already mentioned; 
they are of various stature, some not 
exceeding one or two inches, while 
others attain as much as two or three 
feet; they have no proper stems, but 
the footstalk of the leaves is lengthened 
in some cases so as to serve the same 
end. They are natives of boggy places 
in various parts of the western world; 
the majority of them require a stove 
temperature, though a few of the smaller 
species may be grown in a frame. All 
of them insist on a close damp atmo¬ 
sphere, and to be potted in a mixture of 
rough peat and sphagnum, or water 
moss. Those which stand in a house 
of any description should be constantly 
covered with a bell-Hass. 
SAXEFRAGA (Lixx.) Nat. Order 
Saafragacees. An extensive genus of 
