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6. Salvia latifolia /errata, fol'iis 

 ex albo n/ariegatis. Broad - leav'd 

 Sage, with variegated Leaves. 



7. Salvia abjinthium redolens. J. 

 B. Wormwood Sage. 



8. Salvia minor aurita, & non 

 aurita. C. B. P. Sage of Virtue. 



9. Salvia minor, foliis n/ariega- 

 tis. H. R. Par. Sage of Virtue, 

 with ftriped Leaves. 



10. Salvia Orient alts lati folia 

 abjinthium redolent, fiore cameo ma- 

 gna. Boerh. Broad - leavM Eaftern 

 Sage, fmelling like Wormwood, 

 with a large flefh-colour'd Flower. 



ir. Salvia Orient alis lati folia 

 hirfutijjima <vifeofa pimiata, fore iff 

 ralyce purpureis, inodora. Boerh. Ind. 

 Eaftern Sage, with broad hairy 

 clammy wing'd Leaves, with a pur- 

 ple Flower and Flower-cup, without 

 Smel!. 



12. Salvia Africa na frutefcens, 

 folio feorodoni<e> fore nj'wlaceo. H. A. 

 Shrubby African Sage, with a Wood- 

 tage-leaf, anda violet colour'd Flow- 

 er. 



13. Salvia Africana frutefcens, 

 folio- fub rot undo glauco, fore aureo 

 magna. H. A. Shrubby African Sage, 

 with roundim fea-green Leaves, and 

 a large golden Flower. 



14. Salvia Orient alis abfinthium 

 reddens, foliis pinnatis, fiore carneo, 

 elatior. Sher. Eaftern upright Worm- 

 wood Sage, with wing'd Leaves, and 

 a flefh-colour'd Flower. 



15. Salvi a Hi f panic a, folio laven- 

 dultf. Tourn. Spanijh Sage, with a 

 Lavender-leaf. 



There are feveral other Species, 

 or at leaft Varieties, of this Plant, 

 which are prefer ved in fome curious 

 Botanic Gardens abroad ; but thofe 

 here mentioned are what I have 

 obferved.in the Englijh Gardens. 



The firfl Sort, tho' the moft com- 

 mon in many Parts of Europe, yet 

 is bat rarely to be feea in the Eng- 



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Ujh Gardens ; but the red Sort is molt 

 commonly cultivated in this Coun- 

 try, which many Perfons fuppofe to 

 be only a Variety of the common 

 Sort ; but it conftantly preferves its 

 Difference when raifed from Seeds, 

 as I have two or three times experi- 

 mented ; fo that I don't fcruple to 

 make it a diftincl Species, fince its 

 Difference from the common is 

 much greater than in fome of the 

 other Sorts of Sage, particularly the 

 Sage of Virtue, and the Lavender- 

 leav'd Sage; both which, when cul- 

 tivated in a good Soil, are fo nearly 

 alike, as not to be diftinguihYd by* 

 the beft Botanifts. This red Sage, the 

 Wormwood Sage, and Sage of Vir- 

 tue, are the principal Sorts cultivated 

 for Ufc in England tho' the Broad- 

 leav'd Sage is much preferable to 

 the Sage of Virtue for Tea, it giving 

 the Water a much more grateful Fla- 

 vour, and is efteemed to be of a lefs 

 drying Quality ; fo that moll Per- 

 fons, who are Lovers of Sage-tea 4 

 prefer this for that Purpofe. 



All the Sorts of Sage, except the 

 eleventh Sort, which is but annual, 

 may be propagated by planting Cut- 

 tings or Slips, during any ©f the 

 Summer-months, obferving to wa- 

 ter and (hade them until they have 

 taken Root ; after which they may 

 be taken up, and planted where they 

 aredefigned to remain, which mould 

 always be upon adry Soil, and where 

 they may have the Benefit of the Sun ; 

 for if they are planted on a moift Soil, 

 or in a ftiady Situation, they are very 

 fubjeft to be deftroyed in Winter ; 

 nor will thefe Plants endure the Cold 

 fo well, when planted upon a rich 

 Soil, as thofe which have a barren, 

 dry, rocky Soil, which is the Cafe 

 of moil of the verticillate Plants. 

 The Side fhoots and Tops of thefe 

 Plants may be gathered in the Sum - 

 mer, and dried, if deHgned for Tea ; 



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