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ounce in five gallons of water is said to destroy the aphis 

 and the caterpillar, if poured over the trees they infest. 



Gas Lime is a hydro-sulphuret of lime, with a little 

 ammonia. It is an excellent manure, especially to 

 cabbages, turnips, cauliflowers, and broccoli, dug in at 

 the time of planting or sowing. If sown over the surface 

 at the time of inserting the crop, at the rate of twenty 

 bushels per acre, it will effectually drive away the 

 turnip-fly, slug, &c. 



Gypsum, or Plaster of Paris, is sulphate of lime. It 

 has been found very useful as a top-dressing to lawns, 

 and dug in for turnips and potatoes. Three hundred- 

 weight per acre is abundance. 



Nitrates of Potash (Saltpetre), and of Soda (Cubic 

 Petre), have been found beneficial to carrots, cabbages, 

 and lawns. One pound to a square rod of ground is a 

 sufficient quantity. Both these nitrates have been found 

 beneficial to potatoes in Scotland. Mr. Murray says, 

 that from 1810 down to the present time he has been in 

 the habit of watering pinks and carnations with solutions 

 of these two nitrates, and the benefit has been uniform 

 and eminent in promoting their luxuriance. 



They have also been given in solution with great 

 benefit to chrysanthemums, lettuces, celery, fuchsias, 

 and dahlias : one pound to twelve gallons of water. 

 Nitrate of soda destroys slugs. 



Phosphate of Lime. See BONES. 



Superphosphate of Lime. Chrysanthemums were 

 much increased in vigour when watered with a solution 

 of this salt in the Chiswick Garden, at the end of July. 

 It is thought, if the application had been made earlier, 

 the benefit would have been still more marked. 



SALT-TREE. Halimode'ndron arge'nteum. 

 SALTWORT. Sa'lsola Ka'li. 

 SALTWORT, BLACK. Glau'x mari'tima. 



SALVADO'RA. (Commemorative of / Salvador, a 

 Spanish botanist. Nat. ord. Salvadoraceae.) 



Evergreen stove tree of small stature. Cuttings in 

 sand, in a close case, with bottom-heat. Fibrous loam, 

 a little peat, and sand. 

 S. i'ndica (Indian). See S. PERSICA. 

 pe'rsica (Persian). White. June. Orient; India; 



N. Africa. 1850. " Mustard Tree." 

 wightia'na (Wightian). See S. PERSICA. 



SA'LVIA. Sage. (From salvo, to save ; medicinal 

 qualities. Nat. ord. Lipworts [Labiata?]. Linn. z-Dian- 

 dria, i-Monogynia.) 



Annuals and biennials, seeds in the open border ; 

 herbaceous perennials, by division at the roots in spring ; 

 shrubs, by cuttings inserted firmly in the ground in 

 autumn or spring, like the common Sage ; greenhouse 

 and stove species, by cuttings of the young shoots at all 

 seasons except winter, only the stove kinds like a little 

 heat ; rich, light, good soil. See CLARY and SAGE. 



STOVE ANNUALS. 



S. lanceola' ta (spear-head-leaved), i. Blue. July. N.W. 



Amer. ; Mexico. 1813. 



,, micra'ntha (small-flowered). See S. TENELLA. 

 ,, rhombifo'lia (diamond- leaved) . Blue. Peru. 1827. 

 tene'lla. (slender). Blue. June. Trop. Amer. 1821. 



HARDY BIENNIALS AND ANNUALS. 

 S. jEfhio'pis (Ethiopian). 3. White. May. S. Europe. 



1570- 



byzanti'na (Turkey) . i. Blue. July. Turkey. 1825. 

 ceratophy'lla (buckhorn-leaved). 2. Yellow. July. 



Persia. 1699. 

 ceratophylloi'des (buckhorn-leaved-like). i. Yellow. 



July. Egypt. 1771. 

 umba'ricR (Columbaria-like). J-2. Bright blue 



July. N.W. Amer. 



ero'sa (bitten-leaved) . See S. VERBENACA. 

 faTtida (fetid). 3. White. July. Morocco. 1796. 

 folio'sa (leafy). See S. RHOMBIF'OLIA. 

 hirsu'ta (hairy), i. Blue. May. Mexico. 1801. 



Annual. 

 hispa'nica (Spanish), ij. Blue. July. Trop. Amer. 



1730. Annual. 

 Hormi'num (Horminum). i. Purple. June. S. 



Europe. 1596. Annual. " Horminum Clary." 



S. Hormi'num rn'bra (red-topped). i. Red. July. S. 



Europe. 1596. 

 viola'cea. (violet-topped). ij. Purple. June. 



S. Europe. 1596. 



ntpetifo'lia (cat-mint-leaved). See S. HIRSUTA. 

 nilo'tica, (Nile), i. Blue. July. Egypt. 1780. 

 phlomoi'des (Phlomis-like). 2. Blue. May. Spain. 



1805. 

 pinna ta (leafleted). i. Purple. July. Levant. 



ifo'lia (diamond-leaved). i. Blue. All 



seasons. Peru. Greenhouse biennial. 

 Scla'rea (clary). 4. White.purple. August. S.Europe. 



1562. 



,, simsia'na (Simsian). See S. SCLAREA. 

 spino'sa (thomy-calyxed) . i. White. June. Arabia, 



&c. 1789. 



tingita'na (Tangier). See S. FCETIDA. 

 vi'ridis (green-topped), ij. Blue. July. Italy. 1759. 



Annual. 



GREENHOUSE AND STOVE EVERGREENS. 



S. adglu'tinans (clammy). Scarlet. June. Mexico. 



1827. 

 africa'na (African). 2. Violet. May. S. Africa. 



a'lbo-c&ru'lea (blue- white). White, blue. Mexico. 



1857- 

 amethysti'na (amethyst-coloured). 2. Blue. August. 



Colombia. 1817. Stove. 



au'rea (golden). 3. Blue. July. S. Africa. 1731. 

 auri'ta (eared-leaved). 2. Lilac, yellow. May. S. 



Africa. 1795. 



Bethe'lii (Bethel's). See S. INVOLUCRATA BETHELII. 

 bolivia'na (Bolivian). Scarlet. Bolivia. 1856. 

 brasilie'nis (Brazilian). See S. SPLENDENS. 

 ,, camphora'ta (camphor-smelling). Rose. S. Amer. 



1872. 

 ,, canarie'nsis (Canary). 4. Purple. July. Canaries. 



1697. 

 chatnadryoi'des (germander-like), ij. Blue. July. 



Mexico. 1795. 

 confertiflo'ra (crowded-flowered). 3. Red. August. 



Rio Janeiro. 1838. Stove. 



cre'tica (Cretan). . Violet. June. Crete. 1760. 

 cya'nea (blue). 2-3. Small sky-blue. Winter. 



Central Amer. 1907. 

 dasya'ntha (thick-flowered). Scarlet. Colombia. 



1859. 

 denta'ta. (tooth-leaved). J. White. December. S. 



Africa. 1774. 

 di'scolor (two-coloured). 2-3. Deep violet. Peru. 



1883. 

 dolichosta'chya (long-spiked). 6. Scarlet. August. 



Mexico. 1820. 



e'legans (elegant). 4. Cream. July. Mexico. 1820. 

 fiocculo'saverticilla'tapaufifto'ra (few-flowered). Rich 



red, white. Andes of Quito. 1890. 

 formo'sa (beautiful). See S. LEONUROIDES. 

 ,, fu'lgens (brilliant). 5. Scarlet. July. Mexico. 1829. 

 gesneraflo'ra (Gesnera-flowered) . 3. Scarlet. March. 



Colombia. 1846. Stove. 

 Gre'ggii (Gregg's). 2-3. Light carmine ; lip darker. 



September. New Mexico. 1885. 

 Hee'rii (Beer's), if-2. Scarlet. Peru. 1855. 

 incarna'ta (flesh-coloured). See S. ELEGAKS. 

 involucra'ta (involucred). 2. Red. August. Mexico. 



1824. Stove. 

 Bethe'llii (Bethell's). Bright crimson. 1881. 



Seedling. 

 deschampsia'na (Deschampsian). 2-3. Rose. 



1869. 

 lamiifo'lia (Lamium-leaved). 2. Blue. July. W. Ind. 



l82T. 



leonuroi'des (Leonurus-like). 4. Scarlet. June. 



Peru. 1783. 

 macrosta'chya (large-spiked). 6. Blue. Ecuador. 



1894. 

 me'ntiens (deceiving). Pale rose; calyx and bracts 



crimson. Brazil. 1870. 



mexica'na mi'nor (smaller-Mexican). See S. DISCOLOR. 

 occidenta'lis (western), ij. White. July. Jamaica. 



1824. Stove. 

 odora'ta (sweet-scented). See S. CANDIDISSIMA. 



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