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into Teveral branches which grow erecl. The leaves 

 on the lower branches are winged, being compofed 

 of two or three pair of fmall lobes, terminated by one 



Thofc which grow on the flowering 



large one. 

 branches are 



trifoliate, the 



two inner lobes being 



fmall, and the outer one is large, ending in a point •, 

 they have the flavour of Wormwood, and their upper 

 furface is rough. The flowers grow in long fpikes at 

 the end of the branches -, the whorls are pretty clofe 

 to each other, and have no leaves between them ; the 

 flowers are large, and of a flefli colour. ^ This flowers 

 in July, but never produces good feeds in England. 

 The fixth fort grows naturally in Crete ; this hath a 

 ilirubby fl:a]k which rifes four or five feet high, di- 



mer, but the branches are flronger and 

 ereft : ' " 



^jow more 

 the leaves are longer and not fo broad ; their 





viding into 



feveral branches, which 



are garniftied 



^ ear-fliaped, oval, entire, woolly leaves, flightly 

 crenat*ed on their edges. The flowers grow in fpikes 

 at the end of the branches ; they are of a pale blue 

 colour, and have obtufe empalements. The branches 

 of this Sage have often punctures made in them by 

 infefts, at which places grow large protuberances as 

 big as Apples, in the fame manner as the galls upon 

 the Oak, and the rough balls on the Briar. 

 The feventh fort grov/s naturally in the Levant ; this 

 is an annual or biennial plant, with trailing ftalks. 

 The leaves on the lower part of the fl:alks are com- 

 pofed of two or three fmall pair of lobes, terminated 

 by one large one -, thofe farther up are trifoliate, the 

 outer lobe being four times the fize of the fide ones. 

 The flowers grow in whorls round the ftalks \ they 

 are large, and of a deep blue colour, as are alfo 

 their empalements. This flowers in July, and the 

 feeds ripen in autumn, foon after which the plants 

 generally decay. 



edges are not fawed ; the flowers grow in long loofc 

 fpikes at the end of the branches i they are larger, and 

 of a paler blue than the other, and their empalements 

 are broader, fpread wider, and are of a pale blue 

 colour, in which confifl;s their difference. 

 All the forts of Sage may be propagated by feeds if 

 they can be procured ; but as feme of them do not 

 perfect their feeds in England, and moft of the forts, 

 but efpecially the common kinds for ufe, are eafily 

 propagated by flips, it is not worth while to raife 

 them from feeds. The flips of the hardy forts fliould 

 be planted the beginning of April on afliady border, 

 where, if they are now and then refreflied with water, 

 if the feafon fliould prove dry, they will foon take 

 root. When the flips have made good roots, they 

 may be taken up v;ith balls of earth, and tranfplantej 

 where they are to remain, which fliould always be 

 upon a dry foil, and where they may have the bene- 

 fit of the fun : for if they are planted on a moift foil, 

 or in a fhady fituation, they are very fubjecl to be 

 defl:royed in v/inter ; nor will thefe plants endure the 

 cold fo well, when planted upon a rich foil, as thofe 

 which have a barren, dry, rocky foil, which is the cafe 

 of mofl: of the verticillate plants \ for thefe will often 

 grow upon walls, w^here, although they are more ex- 

 pofed to the cold than thofe plants in the ground, 

 they are always found to remain in fevere winters 

 when the others are deftroyed. The fide fl)Oots and 

 tops of thefe plants may be gathered in the fummcr, 

 and dried, if defigned for tea, otherwife they are 

 befl: taken green from the plants for mofl: other ufes. 

 The roots of the common forts of Sage will laft ie- 



The eighth fort grows naturally about Smyrna, where I veral years, if they are in a dry v/arm foil ; but where 

 the late Dr. Sherard gathered the feeds ; this is a per- J they are often cropped for ufe, thej)lants will become 

 ennial plant with trailing 

 feet 



two 



long, 



bottom 



■ leaves compofed of two pair of fmall loBes termi- 

 nated by a large one, but thofe tbwafd the top are 



■ - fingle and fliand oppofite. The flo^veI*s are produced 



in whorls roiina the ftalkS -, they are large, and of a 

 ■^' -fleflti 'colour, but ate hot fucceeded by feeds here. 

 -' The ninth fort grows naturally at St. Domingo ; this 

 ' is an annual plant, which rifes 'with an ered, four- 



ftalks, which grow near] ragged, fo there ftiould be a fucceflion of young ones 



raifed every other year* ,,./ 



The fifth, fixth, and eighth forts are fomewhat ten- 

 der, fo will not live through the winter in the open 



En^and 



filled with 



ft 



or four feet high. 



garniflied with large heart-fliaped leaves of a bright 

 green colour, which are obtufely crenated on their 

 edges, having feveral veins on their lower fide, which 



b to the fides. Their foot-fl:alks 

 i the flowers are produced in 

 clofe fpTkes at the end of the branches ; they are of a 

 fine blue colour, and their tubes are narrower than 



divcr^ 



are long and flender 



ter they muft: be removed under a hot-bed frame, 

 that they may Ik 

 Ae feafon is 



(he empalement. 



July: 



a great fliare of frefli air whenever 

 mild ; for if they are too much drawn, 

 Aey feldom flower well, and make but an indifferent 

 appearance. In fummer they mufl: be expofed a- 

 mongfl: other exotic plants in fome well-flieitered fitu- 

 ation, for they are pretty hardy, and only require to 

 be flickered from the frofl;. Thefe plants muft be 

 often refreflied with water in warm weather, other- 

 wife they will flirivel and decay ; and they fliould be 

 new-potted at leafl: twice every fummer, becaufe their 

 roots will greatly increafe, which, if confined in the 

 pots too long, will turn mouldy and decay. 



The tenth fort grows naturally at the Cape of Good j The feventh and ninth forts are annual plants, fo are 



bafe 



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Hope 



feet high, covered with a light-coloured bark, fend- 



' ing out branches the whole length, which grow al- 



moft horizontally % they are garniflied with roundifti 



gray leaves which are entire^^and fccm torn at their 



where they are alfo indented. The flowers are 

 produced in thick fiiort ipikes at the end of the 

 branches ; they are very large, and of a dark gold 

 colour ', they appear in May and June^ but are not 

 fucceeded by feeds in England. 

 The eleventh fort grows naturally at the Cape of 

 Good Hope ; this rifes with a ftirubby ftalk four or 

 Bve feet high, dividing into branches, which aregar- 

 nilhedwith oval fawed leaves of a gray colour, and 

 have one or two indentures at their bafe that feem 

 torn. The flowers come out in whorls toward the 

 «nd of the branches -, they are of a fine blue colour, 

 and larger than thofe of the common Sage ; thefe ap- 

 i?ear iii fucceflion moft of the fummer months, and 

 thofe which come early, are often fucceeded by feeds 

 which ripen m autumn. 



The twelfth fort lias been lately raifed in the Dutch 

 gardens, from feeds which were brought from the Cape 



©f Good Hope, It has great refemblance to the for- 





only propagated by feeds ; thefe may be fown upon ^ 

 bed of light earth in the places where they are to re- 

 main. The feeds of the feventh fort fhould be fown 

 in autumn, and then the plants will come up the 

 following fpring ; but, if they are kept out of the 

 ground till fpring, the plants will not come up till 

 the next year. Thofe of the nintli fort may be fown 

 the beginning of April upon a warm border, where 

 the plants will appear in May, and require no other 

 care but to thin them where they grow too clofe, and 

 keep them clean from weeds ; and if they fliould 

 grow tall, they muft be fupporced, otherwife the 



them down ; but the feventh 



ftrong winds will brc 



^ak 



fort fpreads its branches upon the ground, fo will re- 

 quire no fupport, therefore this only requires to have 



room. 



The tenth, eleventh, and twelfth forts ar natives or 

 a warmer country, fo thefe require protcftion in win- 

 ter; they are eafily propagated by cuttings in the 

 fpring and fummer monthl. If thefe are planted 

 eariy in the fpring, it will be the better way to punt 

 them in pots, which fliould be plunged into a very 

 moderate hot-bed •, and, if they are fliaded from the 

 fun in the heat of the day, and gently refreflied with 



water 





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