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SAFFRON. Vide Crocus. 



SAGE. Vide Salvia. 



SALIC ARIA, Willow- wort, or 

 Spiked Loofe-ftrife. 



The Char after s are; 



'The Flowers conf;Ji of federal 

 Leaves, <vohicb are placed circularly, 

 and expand in form of a Rofe : theft 

 Leaves are produced from tbelncifures 

 of the Flower-cup : from the Centre 

 of the Flower-cup rifes the Point al, 

 which afterward becomes a Fruit, or 

 c-val Hujh, confining of two Cells, and 

 generally full of fmall Seeds, which 

 adhere to the Placenta, and are com- 

 monly wrapped up in the Flower-cup. 

 The Species are ; 



i.Salicaria vulgaris purpurea, 

 foliis cblongis. Toum. Purple fpiked 

 Willow-herb, or Loofe-ftrife, with 

 long Leaves. 



2. Salicaria purpurea, foliis/ub- 

 rotundis. Toum. Purple fpiked 

 Willow-herb, or Loofe-itrife, with 

 roundifti Leaves. 



3. Salicaria hyjfopi folio latiore. 

 Inf. R H. Broad hyflbp - leav'd 

 Willow-wort, or Hedge-hyflbp. 



4. Saliqaria hyffopi folio an^u- 

 Jiiore. In/I. R. H. Narrow hyflbp- 

 ieav'd Willow-wort, or Grafs poly. 



5. Salicaria Lufitanica, angu- 

 fliore folio. Inf. R. H. Portugal 

 Willow-wort, with a narrow Leaf. 



6. Salicaria Hi [panic a, hyjjbpi 

 folio, foribus oblongis, faturate cae- 

 ruleis. Ufi. R. H. Spanijh Wiilow- 

 wort, with an Hyfibp-leaf, and ob- 

 long deep blue Flowers. 



7. Salicaria minima LupAanica, 

 nummularis? folio. Inf. R. H. The 

 leal! Portugal Willow- wort, with a 

 Moneywort-leaf. 



8. Salicaria Orientals, falicis 

 folio acutijjimo rjf glabro. Tourn. Car. 

 Eaftern Willow-wort, with a fharp- 

 poimed imooth Willow- leaf. 



9. Salicaria Cnti-:a t funic* fa< 



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Ih. Toum. Cor. Candy Willow" 

 wort, with a Pomgranate-leaf. 



The two Sorts firlt-mention'd are 

 very common by the Sides of Ditches, 

 and other moid Places, in divers 

 Parts of England, and are rarely cul- 

 tivated in Gardens : yet, for the 

 Beauty cf their long Spikes of pur- 

 ple Flowers, they deferve a Place in 

 a good Garden, as a'.fo for their long 

 Continuance in Flower: however, 

 if there happens to be a moilt boggy- 

 Place in a Garden, where few other 

 Plants will thrive, thefe may be 

 placed there to Advantage, and will 

 afford a great deal of Pleafure. They 

 propagate themfelves very fait by 

 their creeping Roots ; and if they de- 

 light in the Soil, will in amort time 

 multiply exceedingly. Thefe pro- 

 duce their Flowers in June and^Vy, 

 and often continue till Augujl in 

 Beauty. 



The two next Sorts are found wild 

 in England, on moift Soils, where 

 the Water {lands in Winter ; but 

 they are pretty rare near London. 

 Thefe are feldom preferved in Gar- 

 dens, but are here mentioned to in- 

 troduce the next Sort, which is a 

 very beautiful Plant, and deferves a 

 Place in every curious Garden, for 

 its long Continuance in Flower . This 

 Sort is a Native of Portugal-, but is a 

 tolerable hardy Plant, and wiil en- 

 dure the Cold of our ordinary Win- 

 ters in the open Air ; but in very fe- 

 vere Frolt, is fometisnes uer\royed ; 

 fo that fome Plants of this Kind may ' 

 be planted in Po:<, which may be 

 fheher'd under a common Frame in 

 Winter, where they ihould have as 

 much free Air* as poilible in miid* 

 Weather; for they only require to 

 be protected from very hard Frofh. 

 In Summer they may be placed 

 abroad with other flowering Plants; 

 but in dry Weather- they mutt be duly 

 i- 1 1 watered. 



