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SALVIA S APONAEIA. 



fs sufficiently attractive to deserve 

 being annually propagated from cut- 

 tings to ensure a good supply for 

 planting annually. Cuttings and 

 seed. 



Salvia pratensis, var. lupinoides 

 (Lupin Salvia). A handsome form of 

 a common British plant, 1 to 2 ft. 

 high. Floioers, in summer ; numerous, 

 handsome ; the upper lip, and the two 

 Lateral lobes of the lower one, light 

 Hue, while the large central lobe of 

 the lower lip is white. Leaves, oppo- 

 site, reticulated, wrinkled, those of 

 the root spreading, stalked, oval-lance- 

 shaped, with a heart-shaped base ; the 

 upper leaves sessile, clasping the stem ; 

 all irregularly and slightly toothed. 



France. Borders, in any soil ; also 



in a wild state in rough open places. 

 Division and seed. 



Sanguinaria canadensis (Bloodroot). 

 A singular and pretty plant, with 

 thick creeping rootstocks ; 3 to 6 in. 

 high. Flowers, in spring ; white, 1 on 

 each stem; petals 8 to 12, spoon- 

 shaped, inner ones narrower ; sepals 2, 

 ovate. Leaves, of root, kidney- shaped, 

 lobed like those of the Fig. North 



America. grand' 'flora is a variety 



with larger flowers ; planted here and 

 there under the branches of deciduous 

 trees on lawns, this will be found to 

 spread about, and without any atten- 

 tion become a charming naturalized 

 plant. It prefers rather moist soil. 

 The tubers of this plant purchased 

 from the seedsmen are often dead 

 before they are sold, as the plant does 

 not bear being taken up aud stored as 

 some bulbs do. Division. 



Santolina Chamsecyparissus (Laven- 

 der Cotton}. A grey shrubby plant, 

 2 to 24- ft. high. Flowers, in summer; 

 yellowish, in rounded heads. Leaves, 

 alternate, linear, arranged in 4 to 6 

 rows, almost overlapping each other, 

 somewhat fleshy, toothed; teeth 

 oboval. Central Europe, in dry and 



arid places. Among low shrubs, in 



borders, for forming low silvery 

 hedges, on rough rock- or root-work, 

 or naturalized on banks or rocky 

 places, in any kind of soil. Division 

 and cuttings. 



Santolina incana (Woolly Lavender 

 Cotton). Dwarfer, neater in habit, 

 and whiter than the common Laven- 

 der Cotton. Flowers, in summer; 

 rather small, pale greenish-yellow. 

 Leaves, linear, covered, as is the entire 

 plant, with dense white down. Native 

 of Central Europe. Edgings, bor- 

 ders, and the rougher parts of the 

 rock-garden, in ordinary soil. Divi- 

 sion and cuttings. 



Santolina viridis (Green Lavender 

 Cotton). With the habit of the com- 

 mon Lavender Cotton, but of a dark 

 green hue, 2 to 2 \ ft. high. Flowers, 

 in summer, white slightly tinged with 

 yellow, roundish, on long stalks. 

 Leaves, of a deep green, those on the 

 fertile branches distant from each 

 other ; those on the barren ones very 

 close together, serrated with sharp- 

 pointed teeth. South of France. 



Suited for the same positions, etc. , as 

 the Lavender Cotton, but is not so 

 distinct -looking, nor likely to be so 

 much employed. It would be interest- 

 ing on rocky or stony banks, among 

 the more easily grown rock shrubs, 

 and grows in any soil. 



Saponaria caespitosa (Tufted Soap- 

 wort], A neat alpine plant, with its 

 leaves in dense tufts ; 2 to 6 in. high. 

 Flowers, in June or July ; handsome, 

 bright rose, scentless, on very short 

 stalks, arranged on the top of the 

 stem in a close, few-flowered cluster ; 

 petals obovate, entire, with two awl- 

 shaped scales at the throat. Leaves, 

 rather thick, leathery, short, linear, 

 acute, sometimes bluntish, rough at 

 the edges, keeled on the back, dis- 

 posed in rosettes. Pyrenees and 

 South-west of France. The rock- 



