. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . Spain. -^y^ ]y[_ SCOTANTHTTS. See Gymnopetalum. SCOTCH BROOM. Cytisus seoparins. SCOTCH PINE. Pinus sylvestris. SCOURING-RUSH. Equisetum. SCREW BEAN. Prosopis pubescens. SCREW PINE. Pandanus. SCROPHULARIA (a reputed remedy for scrofula).Scrophulariilce<e. Figwort. A genus of abo
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . Spain. -^y^ ]y[_ SCOTANTHTTS. See Gymnopetalum. SCOTCH BROOM. Cytisus seoparins. SCOTCH PINE. Pinus sylvestris. SCOURING-RUSH. Equisetum. SCREW BEAN. Prosopis pubescens. SCREW PINE. Pandanus. SCROPHULARIA (a reputed remedy for scrofula).Scrophulariilce<e. Figwort. A genus of about 100 spe-cies, mostly native of Europe, and of very little horti-cultural value. They are mostly perennial, tall-growingherbs, with usually large opposite leaves and small,often dull-colored flowers in a terminal thyrse in mid-or late summer. Corolla short; the tube globular oroblong, ventricose; lobes 5, unequal, 1 reflexed orspreading, the others erect; stamens 4, the sterile sta-men represented by a scale on the throat of the corolla:seeds numerous. noddsa, Linn., var. Marilindica, Gray. A tall-grow-ing, hardy perennial herb, usually 5 ft. high, often more,with large, dark green, ovate acuminate Ivs. and small,dull purplish or greenish fls. in a nearly naked, open,thyrse. Throughout the United 2279. Spanish Salsify, or GoldenThistle—Scolymus Hispanicus. 1634 SCROPHULARIA SEA BEAN The plant is sometimes used as a foliage backgroundfor the herbaceous border. It is too inconspicuous inflower and too weedy in habit for general use. The typi-cal form is native to Europe and Asia. F. W. See Scallion. SCUPPERNONG. A variety of grape grown in theSouth. See Vitis rotundifolia and Grape. SCURFY PEA. PsoraUa. SCURVY-GRASS (Coclilearia officinalis, Linn.), acommon European perennial, is so called from its anti-scorbutic qualities, which have long been , diuretic, stomachic and laxative propertieshave been ascribed to it. In general appe
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