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sou* in which they grow- 1 ; These pots should be 

 put into tubs or large pans which will hold wa- 

 ter, with which they must be constantly sup- 

 plied, and placed in a shady situation in sum- 

 mer; but in winter be covered with moss, or 

 sheltered under a frame, otherwise they will not 

 live in this climate ; having free air admitted in 

 mild open weather. 



SASSAFRAS. See Laorus. 



SATTIN, WHITE. See Lunaria. 



SATUREIA, a genus containing plants of 

 the low under-shrubby and herbaceous peren- 

 nial and annual kinds. 



It belongs to the class and order Didyriamia 

 Gymnospermia, and ranks in the natural order of 

 Verticillalce. 



The characters are : that the calyx is a ene- 

 leafed perianth, tubular, striated, erect, perma- 

 nent : mouth five-toothed, almost equal, erect : 

 the corolla one-petalled, ringent : lube cylindri- 

 cal, shorter than the calyx : throat simple : 

 upper lip erect, blunt, acutely emarginate, length 

 of the lower lip: lower lip three-parted, spread- 

 ing ; segments blunt, equal, the middle one a 

 little larger : the stamina have four filaments, 

 setaceous, distant, scarcely the length of the 

 upper lip; the two lower a little shorter: anthers 

 converging: the pistillum is a four-cleft germ : 

 style setaceous, length of the corolla: stigmas 

 two, setaceous : there is no peiicarpium : calyx 

 converimia:, containing the seeds in the bottom : 



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the seeds four, roundish. 



The species cultivated are: 1. S. montana, 

 Winter Savory; 2. S. Iwrlcnsis, Summer Sa- 

 vory ; 3. S. Juliana, Linear-leaved Savory ; 

 4. S. Thymhra, Whorled Savory; 5. S. capltata, 

 Ciliated Savory. 



The first is a perennial plant, with a shrubby 

 low branching stalk : the branches rise about a 

 foot high, are woody, and have two very narrow 

 stiff leaves, about an inch long, opposite at each 

 joint : from the base of these come out a few 

 small leaves in clusters : the flowers axillary 

 upon short footstalks, shaped like those of the 

 second sort, but larger and paler. They appear 

 in June, and the seeds ripen in autumn. It is a 

 native of the South of France and Italy. 



The second species is an annual plant, with 

 slender erect stalks about a foot high, sending 

 out branches at each joint by pairs : the leaves 

 opposite, about an inch long, and one eighth of 

 an inch broad in the middle, stiff, a little hairy, 

 and having an aromatic odour if rubbed : the 

 flowers towards the upper part of the branches 

 axillary ; each peduncle sustaining two flowers : 

 the corolla pale flesh-colour. It is a native of 

 the South of France and Italy, flowering from 

 June to August. 

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The third has very slender woody stalks, which 

 grow erect, about nine inches high, sending out 

 two or three slender side branches towards the 

 bottom : the leaves opposite, stiff: the flowers 

 in whorls for more than half the length of the 

 stalk, seeming as if they were bundled together: 

 the corolla small and white : the whole plant 

 has a pleasant aromatic smell. It is a native of 

 Italy, flowering from May to September. 



The fourth species rises about two feet high 

 with a woody stem, and divides into many 

 branches, so as to form a small bush : the leaves 

 somewhat like those of Common Savory, having 

 a strong aromatic scent when bruised. 



In this the whorls are four or five, whereas 

 in the preceding there are nineteen or twenty. 

 It is a native of the island of Candia. 



The fifth has a low shrubby stalk, which 

 sends branches on everv side, about six inches 

 lon<j, and hoary: the leaves stiff, narrow, acute- 

 pointed : the flowers in short roundish spikes 

 at the end of the branches, small and white: the 

 whole plant is hoary and very aromatic. It never 

 produces seeds in this climate. It is a native 

 of the Levant, flowering from June to October. 

 Culture. — The first sort may be raised from 

 seeds, or hv planting slips. 



The seeds should be sown in the early spring, 

 as the end of March or beginning of April, on a 

 bed of light rich earth, raking it in lightly; when 

 the plants appear they should be occasionally 

 watered, and kept properly thinned. 



Some of these plants, when a few inches 

 high, are often taken up, and planted out in 

 nursery rows six inches apart in moist weather, 

 to remain to the autumn or spring, and then 

 planted out with balls of earth about their roots, 

 in rows a foot asunder, to remain. 



But the better method is by planting slips or 

 cuttings at the above period, which readilv take 

 root, and form good plants, which in the au- 

 tumn may be planted out with balls to then- 

 roots, in beds or rows a foot apart, 



The second sort is raised from seeds, which 

 should be sown thinly in the beginning of April 

 upon a bed of light earth, where the plants are 

 to remain. 



Some, however, transplant them in the same 

 manner as the above. 



The plants should afterwards be kept clean 

 from weeds, and managed in the same manner 

 as has been directed for Marjoram. 



The other tender sorts may be increased by 

 slips or cuttings of the most strong side-shoots, 

 planting them out in pots, (or in a shady- 

 border protected by mats) the pots being plunged 

 in a moderate hot-bed: they soon begin to grow, 

 and should have free air and water: when well 



