SAL' VI A TENO'R II. 
tenore’s sai.via. 
Class. Order. 
DIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
LAMINACE&. 
Native of [ 
Height. 
I Flowers in j 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Italy. 
2 feet. 
May & June 
Perennial. 
in 1821. 
No. 848. 
Salvia, from the Latin salvere, to heal, is a name 
which has originated with the ancient botanists, 
founded on the salutary properties of the plant to 
which it was given. The common Sage, Salvia 
officinalis, is mentioned as possessing properties 
somewhat remarkable for resisting the putrifaction 
of animal substances ; and the Chinese use it in 
the form of tea, and esteem it a useful tonic, 
beneficial in nervous affections. 
Our present species is a showy hardy herbaceous 
plant, requiring but little attention. Mr. Bentham 
thinks it is identical with Salvia pratensis; but, 
although their botanical characters are so closely 
allied, their general appearance is distinct. If its 
flowering stems be cut down when its beauty has 
declined, but before the plant has been exhausted 
to the last degree, it will flower a second time 
in the same season. To this practice we have 
more than once alluded, on account of its being 
applicable to many herbaceous plants, and well 
worth attention. 
Its management is simple ; and abundance of 
increase may be obtained from seeds. 
Sweet’s FI. Gar. 26. 
