SAL'VIA CONFU'SA. 
CONFUSED SAGE. 
Class. Order. 
DIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
CABIATA. 
Native of 
Height 
Flowers in 
Habit 
Introduced 
S. Europe. 
2 feet. 
June, July. 
Shrub. 
in 1810? 
No. 978 
The liatin salvere, to heal, has given us Salvia; 
and it is more than jirobable that we owe our com- 
mon name of this plant to the Fi'ench word, sage. 
It has been supjiosed that it strengthens the mem- 
ory, and brain generally, hence it makes persons 
who use it wise or sage. 
Sahda confusa very much resembles the common 
sage, but its flowers, which are freely produced, are 
white, and larger than those of Sahda officinalis ; 
indeed they are ornamental, and as the plant is 
quite as useful for culinary pui'poses as its near 
ally, we recommend the cultivation of it both with 
flowering shrubs, and along with the common spe- 
cies. It may be readily identified by some of its 
leaves being interruptedly pinnate. 
Old authors are profuse in their praise of Sage, 
and it is said the Chinese esteem it as superior to 
the best of their own tea. Phillips states that the 
Dutch send out dried Sage leaves to China, for 
which they receive four times their weight of tea. 
This plant is readily propagated from slips, ta- 
ken off before Midsummer, It should have a dry 
situation. 
