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SALVIA BICOLOR, 
the top to the bottom. It has a very vigorous and noble aspect, and when in 
bloom greatly resembles the much admired Lupinus polyphyllus^ if viewed from a 
distance. It continues blooming through the greater part of the summer. 
Being herbaceous and hardy, with very 
ample foliage, and such extremely attractive 
flowers, as well as so abundant and so durable 
a display of them, it will be valuable for 
planting in shrubbery or other borders, or 
for occupying the centre of large compart- 
ments in extensive flower-gardens, or for 
single specimens on small lawns, or for 
growing in pots to aid in furnishing the 
niches around a Grecian or other mansion 
during summer. It will thrive in any loamy 
soil, and requires no sort of attention beyond 
occasional division, and shifting every year 
or two into fresh soil. 
In propagating it, either cuttings may 
be taken off in spring, and struck in a little 
bottom-heat ; or seeds, which it seems to 
ripen, may be sown, likewise in a trifling 
heat, at the same period. The young seed- 
lings can be gradually hardened, and planted 
out in May or June. 
The wood-cut below will supply what 
is wanting, on account of insufficient space, 
the coloured plate. 
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