FLORAL EMBLEMS. 135 



ESTEEM. 



GARDEN SAGE. Salva officinalis. 



This plant was so highly esteemed by the 

 school of Salernum, that they left this verse in 

 allusion to its virtues. 



" Cur moriatur homo cui salvia crescit in horto ?" 



Why should a man die while he has sage in 

 his garden ? 



