Saxifraga Cymbalaria sows itself 
Salvia Sclarea {Clary ) ; 3 to 4 feet.— A 
medicinal herb of the old gardens, but is 
valuable in flower borders where good colour 
arrangements are desired in association with 
plants of grey foliage. The actual flower is 
bluish-lilac and white with an important mauve 
bract ; the whole effect of the large branching 
spike of mixed and broken colour being ex- 
tremely delightful to an eye trained to colour. 
S. splendens is a brilliant bedding plant of 
late summer, 18 inches high, with scarlet bloom. 
It is usually propagated by cuttings from potted- 
up plants in spring, but can be grown from seed 
in the same manner as S. patens. The variety 
Pride of Zurich is one of the finest. 
Sanvitalia procumbens ; h.a. ; 6 inches. — 
This bright little plant is like a tiny Sunflower, 
with its dark disc and yellow-ray florets. There 
is a double variety all yellow. 
Saponaria calabrica (. Soapwort ) ; h.a. ; 6 
inches ; pink. — This is much used as a spring 
bedding plant, sown in place in September, but 
it can be grown for summer by sowing in March 
or April. 
Saxifraga Cymbalaria ; hardy biennial ; 
3 inches. — A bright little spring flower with 
masses of yellow bloom and bright yellow-green 
leaves. It sows itself every year, and enjoys a 
cool bank or the joints of a wall with a northern 
exposure. 
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