444 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



Santolina Chamae-Cyparissus, Linne. 



Countries on the Mediterranean Sea. A very aromatic and 

 handsome bush, of medicinal value. There are several allied 

 species. 



Saponaria officinalis, Linne. 



The Soap wort or Fuller's Herb. Europe, Northern and Western 

 Asia. Hardy in Norway to lat 63 26' [Schuebeler]. A perennial 

 herb of some technologic interest, as the root can be employed with 

 advantage in some final processes of washing silk and wool, to 

 which it imparts a peculiar gloss and dazzling whiteness, without 

 injuring in the least any subsequent application of the most 

 sensitive colors. The same purpose serves Saponaria Struthium 

 (Loeffling) of Spain. Both have also medicinal value. 



Sassafras officinale, Hayne. 



The deciduous Sassafras-tree, indigenous from Canada to Florida, 

 occurring in dry open woods. Height sometimes to 80 feet ; the 

 stem has been known to attain a girth of more than 19 feet at 3 

 feet from the ground. It furnishes the medicinal sassafras-bark 

 and wood, and from this ag'ain an essential oil is obtainable. The 

 deciduous and often jagged leaves are remarkable among those of 

 Lauracece ; they are used as a condiment in cookery. The root- 

 bark contains 58 per cent, tannin [Reinsch]. The wood ranks 

 also as a material for a lasting dye ; for turnery it is easily 

 w r orked, and proved of great resistance to the influence of water 

 [Dr. C. Mohr. | 



Satureja hortensis, 0. Bauhin. 



The Summer- Savory. Countries around the Mediterranean Sea. 

 An animal scent-herb, from which an essential aromatic oil can be 

 distilled ; it is used also as a condiment. The culture of this and 

 allied plants is easy in the extreme. This is one of about 100 

 kinds of plants, which Charles the Great already ordered to be 

 grown in his domains or gardens [E. Meyer J, The successful 

 cultivation extends in Norway to 70 22' [Schuebeler]. 



Satureja montana, Linne. 



The Winter- Savory. On arid hilly places at and near the Medi- 

 terranean Sea. A perennial somewhat shrubby herb, frequently 

 used as a culinary condiment along with or in place of the fore- 

 going species, although it is scarcely equal to it in fragrance. 



Satureja Thymbra, Linne. 



Countries on or near the Mediterranean Sea. A small evergreen 

 bush, with the flavor almost of thyme. The likewise odorous 

 S. Graeca and S. Juliana (Linne) have been transferred by Bentham 

 to the closely cognate genus Micromeria ; they have been in use 



