SALPIGLOSSIS, SALVIA 



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Fig. 264.-^ALViA SPLENDENS. This, the Scarlet Sage, is the thing to plant when 

 you want a mass of vivid scarlet in the late Fall 



SALPIGLOSSIS (PAINTED TONGUE) 



Salpiglossis and Gypsophila elegans (annual Baby's Breath) 

 make as beautiful a combination for the center of a (lining table as 

 any one could wish for during the Summer months. It is no wonder 

 that Salpiglossis has become so popular during the past few 

 years. While it is easily grown from seed sown outdoors, in Spring, 

 there are plenty of your customers who are willing to pay a fair 

 price if you have well established plants in 2^8 to offer in May. 



. Anyone who sells cut flowers has good use for Salpiglossis 

 and you should manage to have a good supply of plants to cut from 

 all Summer long. 



SALVIA (SAGE) , . 



Salvia argentea (Silver-leaved Sage) 

 As the name indicates, we plant this Salvia, not for ils flowers 

 but for the silvery-gray foliage. There are times when in a planting 



