Sage was 
he ancients to sgeart the virtue of 
prolonging human life ; fo the following 
“ Cur moriatur homo, cui salvia crescit in horto ??? 
vt q .% 4, +h 
supposed b 
, Sa. lvia officinalis, 
known to the simple as the wise Its agreea eable somatic toned 
t part in in almost all culinary preparations : 
and for its medicinal virtues, it has been ever held in rene 
estee! m by all domestic practitioners, An infusion of the — 
in the pi of tea, is considered particularly serviceable t 
persons of cold phlegmatic habits, laboring under nervous 
and 
debility. And with the addition of a little oon juice a 
sugar, is a grateful drink in febrile disorders 
Marbled with t ini h h rd Gay. 
suarpiead s 
Locke tells us that “by the color, ee taste, and ~ 
we bave as Clear ideas of sage, and hemlock, as we have of 
* Fel 
ts flowers 
salge of one leaf, somewhat bell-shaped, two-lipped. 
ringent. 
are bluish, an inch long, with a brown viscid 
Corolla 
SCABIOUS. 
SCABIOSA. 
Class 4.-TETRANDRIA. 
Order:—mMONOGYN1A. 
eee sae Bee S. 
Nat. Or 
DIPSACEA, 
Scabiove, s derived from seaber, pent because of the rough- 
of their heads of flowers. 
rpurea, sweet, or musky, sca- 
Ty 
in the 
“The dark purple has teat og rae caned @ on ihe tuourning 
bride 
— in sad array, 
Scabious blooms 
A mourner in her spring.” 
SIBERIAN CRAB-TREE, 
PYRUS PRUNIFOLIA. 
Class 12.—1coSANDRIA, Order.—PENTAGYNIA. 
» Nat. Ord. Linn. Nat. Ord. Juss 
POMAC cE 
For its generic see note on “¢ Apple-tree.” 
e name Prunifolia, is from Prunum, a prune, plum, 
foliage g aresemblance to th The 
delicately « diminutive et is, in color and xeon matte vies 
confectionery, it is uch este 
In cep ommend of beau, the gone exce all of the 
species. varied ti rose and ane, abe a ae 
dark-green er, which rags simu Itaneously with the 
bor their flower before 
no doubt autnek from Pruna, Peco f denoting 
fruit. 
nthus, a from 
Pts alluding to its wullky © 
6 
The oppressed 
4 Pe ite ol 
the slow march of moral improvement. 
ta production of 
wh their destinies—present 
ject or reget deep interest. 
SNAP-DRAGON. 
ANTIRRHINUM. 
Class 14.—pIDYNAMIA, Order.— ANGIOSPERMIE. 
at, . Linn. N . Juss. 
PERSONAT 2, SCROPHULARIE. 
rege i tee from the Greek anTI, (L. #qualis,) equal 
. Nasus,) a nose. Equalis defined by Ainsworth, | 
me hee or stature, as another.” 
flower, it opens cant a gaping 
moving the pre the lips ve the corolla snap pa a 
ence its name me have traced a resemblance toa calf?s i 
snout in ed form of its seed rest or fruit. 
The m ep ayuinge corolla forms a mask, which resembles 
the face of an 
There are many Am can species, of various colors, The 
calyx is a five-leafed perianth, aapere Corolla nectarife- 
rous, ringent. Necta ‘ary at the base of the corolla, casa ed 
downwards, prominent. 
SNOW-BALL. 
RNUM. 
(See Laurustinus.) 
Class ee eee ér.—TRIGYNIA. 
Nat cree Nat. Ord. Juss 
go CAPRIFOLIA, 
a Dees common Guelder-rose, Wate oa or 
sie is a n European shrub, or small tree, s smooth i all 
its parts, 0; y dow ny. 
Their S are bret at toothed or serrated. Their 
foot-stalks bear towards the top, several cup-like glands, and 
towards the base, a pair or two of we ar dese es Cymes large, 
smooth, stalked, of numerous ers scarlet. 
A variety with globose cymes, c ompored radiant 
flowers, is commonly cultivated in gard 
Here the carey oe fling 
Silver treasures to the spring. L. E. L 
The snow-flower tall; 
And throwing up ‘aie he darkest gloom, 
neighboring cypress, sable ners 
Her silver globes, light f 
That the wind severs from the broken 1 wave, Cowper. 
ne Some that mere a drifted snow, 
guelder. Landon. 
NOW-DROP. 
GALANTHUS. 
Class 6.—HEXANDRIA. Order.—MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. 6a) 7 nn. Nat. Ord. Juss 
BE hse NARCISSI. 
sat sag Prepaid milk, and antTnos, 
ness. 
