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SALVIA STRICTIFLORA. 
Being a plant of rapid growth, liable to extend its soft- wooded branches to a 
great length, and bearing its upright racemes of vermilion blossoms at their 
extremity, the propriety and utility of occasionally pinching off the ends of the 
growing shoots, to produce increased bushiness and quantity of bloom, is self- 
evident. And for the same reason it should never be planted in a gross strong 
earth of an adhesive or retentive nature, as this would augment the natural 
propensity to undue exuberance. Equal quantities of sandy loam and peat, 
with a loose stratum beneath to carry away superabundant moisture, will be most 
consonant with the habit of the species. 
It should be placed in an airy part of a greenhouse or frame to stand the 
winter. Propagation is easily managed by preparing cuttings of the young wood 
in the usual way, and placing them in a gentle bottom-heat. 
The accompanying coloured delineation was prepared from a drawing taken at 
the Nursery of Messrs. Lee of Hammersmith, last July. 
The upward direction of the tubular flowers has suggested the specific name. 
