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soTl in which thev grow. These pots shoiilJ be 

 put into tubs or larp;e p.ins which will hold wa- 

 ter, with which they must be constant! v sup- 

 plied, and placed in a shady situation in suni- 

 nier ; 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 Ladrus. 



SATTIN, WHITE. See Lunaria. 



SATUREIA, a gcnns containing plants of 

 the low under-shrubby and herbaceous peren- 

 nial and annual kinds. 



It belongs to the class and order Didyvamia 

 Gymnospermia, and ranks in the natural order of 

 Verlidllatce. 



The characters are : that the calyx is a one- 

 leafed perianth, tubular, striated, erect, perma- 

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

 the corolla one-petallcd, ringent : tube cvlindri- 

 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 

 npper lip; the two lower a little shorter: anthers 

 converging: the pistillum is afcjur-cleft germ : 

 style setaceous, length of the co'-olla : stigmas 

 two, setaceous : there is no pericarpium : calyx 

 converging, containing the seeds in the bottom : 

 the seeds four, roundish. 



The species cultivated are: 1. 5. montana. 

 Winter Savory; ?. S. horlcnsis. Summer Sa- 

 vory ; 3. .S'. jvl'iana, Linear-leaved Savon,' ; 

 4. S. Thymlra, Whorled Savory; 5. S. capitata, 

 Ciliated Savory. 



The first is a perennial plant, with a shrubliy 

 )ow 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 

 Stnall leaves in clusters : the flowers axillary 

 upon short footstalks, shaped like those of the 

 second sort, but larger and paler. They ai)pcar 

 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 jilant, 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 brt)a<l in the middle, stiff, a little hairy, 

 and having an aromatic cdour 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, ilowering 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 Connnon Savory, having 

 a strong aromatic scent when bruised. 



In this tlic 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 every side, about six inches 

 long, and hoary: the leaves stiff, narrow, acute- 

 pointed : the flowers in short roundish spikes 

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

 whole plant is hoary and very aromatic. It never 

 produces seeds in this climate. It is a native 

 of the Levant, flowering from June tt) October. 



Culture. — The first sort may be raised from 

 seeds, or by planting slips. 



The seeds should be sown in the early sprin<r, 

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

 bed of light rich earth, rakmg it in lio'htly; when 

 the plants appear they shoidd 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 autunni 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 readily take 

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

 tumn may be planted out with balls to their 

 roots, in beds or rows a foot apart. 



The second sort is raised from seeds, which 

 should be sown thinly in the beginning of Ap\'\[ 

 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 

 fiom weeds, and managed in the same manner 

 as h:'5 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 niat>) the pots being plunged 

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

 and should have free air and water: when well 



