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dressing, and cultivate cleanly. Use the roots in the fall as wanted, 

 leave them in the ground over winter, or take them up and store 

 them in damp sand in a cool cellar. 



Salvia : This has a few varieties, some of them blue, but is best 

 grown in its variety Splendens, or Scarlet Sage, which is usually 

 treated as a half-hardy annual. It is one of the most brilliant 

 flowers that we have, and is effective anywhere, but especially 

 against a dark background. Get good seed of an early-blooming 

 variety, and start it under glass if possible, or outdoors about 

 May 15 in a sheltered position. Set in the garden, eighteen inches 

 apart, in June. Soil should be light, and rich in humus, but not 

 full of nitrogen, else the plants will bloom late, and this should not 

 happen with sage. If well managed, the plants will send up their 

 tall spikes in late July, and will continue blooming till frost. 



Satin Flower, see Godetia. 



Scabiosa, or Mourning Bride : This flower, which used to be 

 offered only in dark colors, is now to be had in white and even in 

 yellow. Its various kinds are usually treated as half-hardy annuals, 

 sown under glass in April, outdoors after the middle of May. The 

 soil should be light and rich, the position sunny. The plants grow 

 from one to three feet tall, and should be spaced a foot or more 

 apart, according to variety. The blossoms, borne on long stems, 

 and attractive in masses in the border, or lasting well in the house, 

 begin to bloom in July, and continue until frost. Scabiosa is a 

 favorite in old-fashioned gardens, and is well liked to-day. 



Sea-kale : A vegetable little known in America, but an English 

 favorite which should be grown here by any who have room for a 

 perennial vegetable, and who appreciate early spring vegetables. 

 The plant has a taste of cabbage, hence its name. It lives for 

 some years, and once the plants are well established, they can easily 

 be multiplied by root-cuttings. Soak the seed before sowing it; 

 sow in the cold-frame, or outdoors when frosts are past. It sprouts 

 very slowly. Set out the young plants about two feet apart, and 

 allow them to grow through the second year before cutting. Feed 

 them well with manure and top-dressing. 



