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and white, and virgata, with leafy bracts as well as 
flowers of rich violet colour, are a few of the most 
desirable. 
There are also S. patens, the bluest of blue flowers, 
and fulgens or splendens of intensest scarlet, both 
of which are capital garden plants in Summer, but 
must be lifted and kept from frost in Winter. 
Salvia pratensis is a native plant, but no less desir- 
able on that account. Wherever it is found growing 
wild it may well be chosen as a fit subject for gardens 
in the neighbourhood, and there are many harsh 
and stony soils that may be successfully planted 
with S. pratensis, its purple flowers being produced 
in great profusion. 
Sanguinaria. — This is a little plant that should be 
far more generally planted than is the case. Its 
tuberous roots buried under turf in places where 
they will not be trodden upon will establish them- 
selves and throw up pure white widely-opening 
flowers like large Anemones, followed by daintily- 
cut glaucous leaves. 
S. canadensis major is the best variety. Its 
flowers begin to appear as early as March, and from 
then till May the plant will attract the attention and 
win the praise of every visitor to the garden. 
Saponaria. — The common Soapwort in its single 
and double forms, pale pink and fragrant flowers, is 
one of those very accommodating plants that may be 
established on dry banks or on the shady side of 
the garden where few things thrive. The plant 
