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what rough or hairy, but very beautiful. Two or three 
feet high. 
S. coccinea,—This is a tender annual, with smaller 
scarlet flowers in spikes; one and one-half foot high; in 
flower most of the season; easily raised from seeds. 
§. patens.—A green-house plant, which flowers rather 
sparingly in the border. The flowers are large, of the 
most exquisite blue, but very fragile. 
8. angustifélia.—This beautiful species is a native of 
dry mountainous situations in the cooler districts of Mex- 
ico; it requires a light soil and protection during the win- 
ter; although called only an annual, its existence, like 
many others, may be perpetuated by raising plants from 
cuttings, which strike readily. The whole flower is a 
beautiful deep azure-blue, the spikes tolerably dense, the 
lower lip broad and spreading; a plant of elegant growth. 
There are a number of other fine species and varieties of 
Salvia, which do not succeed very well in the garden, 
but are fine for the green-house. 
SANGUINARIA.—BvLoop-Root. 
(From sanguis, blood, as all the parts of the plant, on being wounded, dis- 
charge a blood-colored fluid.] 
Sanguinaria Canadénsis.—This is a singular and very 
delicate-looking indigenous perennial plant, producing 
shining white flowers in April. It has a tuberous fleshy 
root, and is easily transferred to the garden, where it 
shows off to advantage with the Crocus and other vernal 
flowers. 
“Though the Sanguinaria cannot be considered as a 
showy plant,” says Mr. Martyn, “ yet it has few equals in 
point of delicacy and singularity; there is something in 
it to admire, from the time the leaves emerge from the 
