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spades have the plate wholly of iron, ter produced in the soil by mushrooms,
not above a quarter of an inch thick and by which they are propapated. It
upwards, growing gradually thinner ' is doubtful whether it arises from their
from the middle downward, the tree or seed, or whether it is a mass of under-
handle being generally of ash, about ground runners. See Mushroom.
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two feet and a half long and an inch
and a half thick, with a firm open handle
at top, formed out of the solid wood,
just big enough to admit of taking ready
hold, one hand at top and the other below,
and with an iron rivet through it
SPECKLINIA. Five species. Stove
epiphytes. Division. Wood, with a
little moss on the roots.
SPECULARIA. Six species, and a
few varieties. Hardy annuals. Seeds.
SPERMACOCE. Five species. Hardy
annuals and stove annuals and biennials.
Seeds. Light soil.
to prevent it splitting.
Semicircular or Scooped Spade, has
the plate made semicircular like a garden
trowel, and is very useful in taking
up plants with balls of earth to preserve
SPERMAXYRUM strictum. Green-
house evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Loam
them more firmly about the roots.
Abercrombie.
Foster of Stourbridge, and Lyddon
of Birmingham, make very improved
good edge i Green-house
spades, wearing with
throughout.
SPANISH BROOM. Sparcium junceum.
SPANISH CRESS. Lepidiinn cardamines.
SPANISH ELM. Cordia Geraschanthus.
SPANISH GARLIC. See Rocambole.
SPANISH NUT. Moraa Sisyrinchium.
SPANISH VIPER'S GRASS. Scorzonera.
SPARAXIS. Ten species and some
varieties. Green-house and half-hardy
bulbous perennials. Oflsets or seeds.
Sandy loam and peat.
SPARMANNIA africana. Greenhouse
evergreen tree. Cuttings. Loam
and peat.
SPARROW WORT. Erica passerina.
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and peat.
SPHACELE. Two species. Greenhouse
evergreen shrubs. Cuttings.
Light rich soil.
S P H .^ R A L C E A. Eight species,
evergreen shrubs and herbaceous
perennials; a few, hardy annuals
; the latter increase by seeds, the
others by cuttings. Rich soil.
SPH.1:R0L0BIUM. Two species.
Green-house evergreen shrubs. Young
cuttings. Loam and peat.
SPH/EROPHYSA caspica. Hardy
herbaceous perennial. Seeds, common
soil ; it should be watered sometimes
with salted water.
SVUJhlROTEMApropinquum. Stove
evergreen climber. Cuttings. Sandy
peat and loam.
SPH.EROSTIGMA. Three species.
Hardy annuals and biennials. Seeds.
Common soil.
SPHAGNUM is a white spongy moss,
found only in bogs, and used for growing
orchidaceous plants, or covering
the drainage in flower pots.
S P H E N O G Y N E. Ten species.
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Green-house evergreen shrubs, and
SPARTIUM. Broom. Two species, green-house and hardy annuals; the
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and two varieties. Hardy deciduous latter increase by seeds, the former by
shrub Seeds or cuttings. Common cuttings. Loam and peat
soil.
SPHINX. S. tipill ifor mis. Currant
SPATALANTHUS speciosus. Har- Sphinx is thus mentioned by Mr. Curdy
bulbous perennial. Otfsets.
loam and peat.
SPATALLA. Nine species.
Sandy
Green
tis
'< Towards the end of May, and in
June, we see the beautiful little curhouse
evergreen shrubs. Seeds, ripe rant sphinx sporting in the morning and
cuttings. Light sandy loam.
SPATHODEA. Eight species.
noonday sun, about the flowers of the
Persian' Lilac, the Common Syrmga,
Stove evergreen trees, shrubs, and and other plants; at this time the feclimbers.
Cuttings. Loam and peat. males also resort to the currant trees to
SPATHOGLOTTIS fortunatus. deposit their eggs in the crevices of the
Green-house tuber. Division. Sandy twigs, and as soon as the larva emerges
loam. from its tiny shell, it penetrates to the
SPAWN is the white filamentous mat- centre to feed upon the pith, proceed-