54 SALVIA OPPOSITIFLORA. 
It is a hardy greenhouse plant, requiring to be potted in a rich light loam, or a 
mixture of loam and peat. It is readily increased by cuttings of the young wood 
taken off at a joint, and planted under a hand-glass in heat. 
Specimens flowered freely with Messrs. Veitch and Son, for several months 
during last summer in the open ground, and it will probably prove an excellent kind 
for bedding out in the flower garden. 
The generic name is derived from Salvo to save, on account of the supposed 
medicinal qualities of some of the species. 
