466 FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE 



the Clary, is recorded as in cultivation here so far back as 1562, and 

 S. officinalis, the Sage, at least as early as 1597 ; but most of the early 

 introductions that were cultivated as flowering plants have been sup- 

 planted by the finer importations of the nineteenth century. Most of 

 these are greenhouse plants, but even these are suitable for planting out 

 for summer-flowering. 



Principal Species. SALVIA ALBO-c^RULEA (white and blue). Stems sub- 

 shrubby, erect, 3 feet high. Leaves oblong-lance-shaped- 

 round-toothed, downy beneath. Flowers 1 inch long, white with deep 

 blue lower lip, in a long raceme; June to September. Greenhouse 

 perennial. Native of Mexico. 



S. ANGUSTiFOLiA (slender - leaved). Stem 2 feet high. Leaves 

 slender, faintly toothed, almost stalkless. Flowers blue, the lower lip 

 very broad; May. Greenhouse perennial. Introduced from Mexico 

 1806. 



S. AZUREA (azure). Stem erect, 6 feet high. Leaves lance-shaped 

 or oblong, upper ones naiTow ; toothed, with short stalks. Flowers blue 

 varying to white, in a spike-like raceme; August. Perennial. Intro- 

 duced from Carolina, 1806. The var. grandiftcy^^a (often known as S. 

 rttchen) has a larger, denser raceme, and the calyx is clothed with silky 

 hairs. '' 



S.BOLiviANA (Bolivian). Stem shrubby, 4 feet high. Leaves 

 heart-shaped, wrinkled, stalked. Flowers bright scarlet, with purplish 

 calyx ; m a branched panicle ; August to October. Greenhouse under- 

 shrub. Introduced from Bolivia, 1856. 



S. CACALi^FOLiA (Cacalia - leaved). Stem erect, downy, 3 feet 

 high. Leaves broad-spear-shaped, thick, stalked, downy above, covered 

 with soft red or white hairs beneath. Flowers deep blue, with broad 

 tube, in branched racemes; June. Greenhouse perennial. Introduced 

 from Mexico, 1858. 



S. coccmEA (scarlet). Stem erect, 2 feet high. Leaves stalked, 

 heart-shaped or oval, round-toothed, woolly beneath. Flowers deep 

 scarlet, nearly 1 inch long, racemed ; July. Greenhouse perennial, often 

 grown as half-hardy annual. Introduced from South America, 1774 

 ihe var. major is taller, with larger flowers 



S. CONFERTiFLORA (close-flowered). Stem sub-shrubby, branched, 

 d teet high Leaves oval-oblong, wrinkled and downy, round-toothed. 

 Flowers reddish, clothed with golden wool, in long dense spikes; 

 August. Greenhouse sub-shrub. Introduced from Rio Janeiro 1838 



b. FULGENS (glittering). Stem shrubby, much branched, 3 feet high, 

 leaves heart-shaped, stalked, downy above, woolly beneath. Flowers 



