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SALVIA. 



A temperature of 45 by night and 6o° by day 

 suits it best, though it does well in living rooms. 



Most varieties are raised from seed which may 

 be sown in the house in March and planted out in 

 May, or grown for the window at any season. 5. 

 Patens seeds very sparingly and is generally in- 

 creased by cuttings, a method by which any of the 

 Salvias may be propagated. Remove most of foliage 

 from the slips and start them in damp sand. 



Those wanted for the house can be potted, 

 plunged in the earth and the buds pinched back 

 that the plant may store up strength for winter. 

 Before frost bring them in and give them liquid 

 fertilizer weekly till they bloom. In May cut them 

 back for the out door garden. The size of old 

 plants unfit them for the window and new ones 

 should be started as required. 



VARIETIES. 



Salvia fulgens variegata, a winter blooming variety, flowers bright 

 scarlet, foliage variegated with white. 



S. Heeri, winter flowering, blooms well in a cooi atmosphere ; 

 flowers in long terminal spikes, glossy scarlet with a carmine tint, 

 one and one-half to two inches in length. 



S. Officinalis Var., a beautiful tri-colored variety of the common 

 Sage ; leaves white, green, and pink blotched. 



S. Patens^ flowers a rich shade of blue ; its fleshy roots may be 

 preserved like a Dahlia through the winter. 



S. Rosea, a distinct winter-flowering variety with rich rose-colored 

 flowers, borne in spikes six inches in length. 



S. Splendens, Scarlet Sage, flowers brilliant scarlet, attains a 

 height and breadth of six feet. 



.9. Splendens Alba, pure white, rather dwarfer than the scarlet. 



.V. Splendens Gordonu, dwarf variety of S. Splendens. 



