SAL'YIA GRAHAM'!. 
GR.'iHAM’s SAGE. 
Class. 
DIANDRIA. 
Order. 
MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
LABIATJE. 
Native of 
Height 
Flowers in 
Duration 
Introduced 
Mexico. 
3 feet. 
Aug. Sept. 
Perennial. 
in 1829. 
No. 973 
Sahia claims for its origin the significant word 
salvo, to save. The healing property of some of 
the species, is said to justify the appellation. The 
specific name, Grahami, was given to this plant 
in compliment to its discoverer, J. G. Graham, Esq. 
Tliis species is not so showy as either Salvia 
fulgens, or splendens, its flowers being smaller, 
and with us not so freely produced. Dr. Lindley, 
in the Botanical Register, has pointed out a pecu- 
liarity connected with the leaves of this plant. 
He says, “The upper and under surfaces of the 
leaf of this species abound with spherical particles 
of concrete oily matter, lying in depressions of the 
surface. We cannot, however, discover that they 
are secreted in sacs within the tissue of the leaf, 
or that there is any provision for their elaboration. 
The only remarkable circumstance we obseiwed 
connected with them is, that each sphenile, when 
placed in water and slightly bmised, discharges an 
inconceivable quantity of active molecules.” 
Salria Grahami may be turned into the borders 
to flower. Young plants should be stmck in sum- 
mer, and have protection dining winter. 
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