Sabbatia

Five species. Hardy biennials, except S. paniculata, an herbaceous perennial. Seeds. Common soil.

Saccolabium

Ten species. Stove orchids. Peat, potsherds, and wood.

Sacred Bean

Nelumbium.

Saffron

Crocus saticus.

Sagittaria

Fifteen species. Hardy, half-hardy, stove and greenhouse aquatic perennials. Division. Loamy soil.

Sagus

Four species. Stove palms. Sandy loam and a strong moist heat.

St. Andrew's Cross

Ascyrum Crux Andreas..

St. Barnaby's Thistle

Cen-taurea solstitialis.

Saintfoin

Onobrychis.

St. John's Wort

Hypericum.

St. Martin's Flower

Als-troemeria Flos-Martini.

St. Peter's Wort

Hypericum Ascyron.

Salading

See the following:

American Cress.

Beet Root.

Borage.

Burnet.

Celeriac.

Celery.

Chervil.

Corn Salad.

Cress.

Dandelion.

Endive.

Finochio.

Garden Rocket.

Horse Radish.

Lettuce.

Mint.

Mustard.

Onions.

Purslane.

Radishes.

Rape.

Scurvy Grass.

Succory.

Water Cress.

Wood Sorrel.

Salicornia

Six species. Hardy and green-house evergreen shrubs and creepers. Hardy annuals and half-hardy perennials. Seeds or division. Common soil.

Salix

The Willow. One hundred and eighty-five species. Hardy deciduous shrubs and trees. Cuttings. Swampy soil.

Salmea

Two species. Stove evergreen twiners. Young cuttings. Light rich soil.

Salpiglossis

Salpiglossis sinuata, and its varieties. Hardy and green-house annuals and biennials. Seeds. Peat and loam.

Saltpetre

See Salts, - Nitrate of Potash.

Salt Tree

Halimodendron.

Salvia

See Clary and Sage. One hundred and five species. The shrubby, stove, and green-house kinds, increase by cuttings; the herbaceous, by division; the annuals and biennials, seeds. Common soil suits them all. S. patens makes a splendid bed. The tlower-spikes should be cut off* for a time, and the young shoots regularly pegged down till they nearly cover the bed, when the flowers will be produced so numerously as to form one mass of intense blue. - Gard. Chron.

Mr. Vaux, of Ryde, in the Ise of Wight, says, that there "it ripens seeds perfectly in the open air. Sow it in pots in autumn ; put the pots in a cool frame protected from frost, where they may remain during the winter. In the spring] place in the green-house when the seedlings come up ; and in the early part of May, bed them out; they bloom beautifully during the summer and autumn. For beds they are superior to cuttings, as they grow dwarf and more bushy."-Gard. Chron.

Sambucus

Elder. Seven species and many varieties. All hardy. The deciduous shrubby kinds are increased by cuttings; the herbaceous perennials, by division. They will grow in any soil. See Elder.

Samolus

Three species. Greenhouse or hardy herbaceous perennials. Division. Common soil, and a rather moist situation.

Samphire

Crithmum maritimum, though a native of the sea-shore, may be cultivated successfully in the garden.

Soil

It requires a sandy or gravelly soil, and the north side of a wall.

Propagation

The roots may be planted, or the seed sown, in April; the only cultivation required being to keep the plants free from weeds, and to water it about twice a week with water containing half an ounce of guano and one ounce of salt per gallon.