468 FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE 



inches long ; calyx coloured as well as corolla ; in spike-like racemes ; 

 December. Greenhouse shrub. Introduced from Brazil, 1822. Plate 223. 

 The garden yhy. Bruantii (1881) is dwar£er,with flowers of brighter 

 scarlet. 



Salvias are propagated by means of seeds and cuttings. 



Cultivation. ^^^^^ should be sown thinly on pans of sandy soil about 



April, and placed in gentle heat. Cuttings may be taken at the same 



time or a little later, and should be made from growing shoots and struck 



in heat. They are strong feeders and must have a rich soil, especially 



for potting. This should be a compost of equal portions of good loam 



and cow-manure. If grown in beds in the open air the soil should be 



light and not rich. Plants intended to flower in the conservatory in 



winter are grown in pots along with Chrysanthemums, and kept bushy 



by frequent pinching. 



DeBcription of Salvia spUndens, one-half the natural size. Fig. 1 is a 



Plate 223. detached flower ; 2, a section of the same. 



SPOTTED DEAD NETTLE 



Natural Order Labiate. Genus Lamiwm 



Laiiium (Greek, laimos, throat, from the form of the corolla). A genus 

 of about fort}^ annual and perennial herbs, with square, hairy stems, de- 

 cumbent at the base, then becoming erect. Leaves oval or roundish, 

 toothed and stalked. Upper lip of corolla long and vaulted, lower lip 

 with large centre lobe and very slender side lobes. Stamens four, nutlets 

 three-sided. Natives of Temperate Europe, Asia, and North Africa ; five 

 species British. 



Though we have several undoubted natives among the 



species of La'mium, when they are by chance seen in our 

 gardens it is not by the introduction of the gardener. L. maculatum 

 is about the only species that is actually planted, and that more on 

 account of its pretty foliage than its flowers, which are too much like 

 those of the exceedingly common weed L. jmrpitreuTn. L. maculatum 

 is said to have been introduced from Italy about the year 1683. 

 It may occasionally be found growing, apparently wild, in waste 

 places. 

 Princi ais 'ea Lamium MACULATUM (spotted). Stems about a foot 



high. Leaves somewhat heart-shaped, coarsely toothed, 

 wrinkled, with a broad, white, central band. Flowers large, pale purple ; 



