426 OLERACEOUS PLANTS. 



" At one period, the Dutch carried on a profitable trade 

 with the Chinese by procuring the leaves of this species 

 from the south of France, drying them in imitation of tea, 

 and shipping the article to China, where, for each pound of 

 sage, four pounds of tea were received in exchange." 

 Mclnt. 



Variegated- A sub-variety of the Green-leaved, with 

 Green Sage, variegated foliage.. It is not reproduced from 

 seeds, and must be propagated by slips or by dividing the 

 roots. 



Variegated- This is but an accidental variety of the 

 Sage. Common Red-leaved Sage, differing only in 



its variegated foliage. It can be propagated only by cut- 

 tings or by a division of the roots. 



SAVORY. 



Saturjea. 

 The cultivated species are as follow : 



Headed Sa- A perennial plant, with a rigid, angular, 

 SATURJEA CAPI- branching stem a foot and a half high. The 



TATA. 



leaves are firm, pointed, and, when bruised, 

 emit a strong, pleasant, mint-like odor ; the flowers are 

 white, and are produced in terminal, globular heads ; the 

 seeds are quite small, of a deep brownish color, and retain 

 their vitality three years. 



It may be propagated from seeds or by dividing the roots, 

 the latter method, however, being generally practised. The 

 young shoots are used in all the forms of Summer 

 Savory. 



