SAL'VIA RUGO'SA. 
WRINKLE-LEAVED SAGE. 
Class. 
DIANDIUA. 
Natural Order. 
LAMIACEjE. 
Order. 
monogynia. 
Native of j Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
C.G. Hope 2 feet. 
July, Aug. 
Perennial. 
in 1775. 
No. 1194. 
The ‘saving’ or ‘healing’ plants, as their name 
implies, contained in the genus Salvia, are, it may 
fairly be presumed, subjects of much less attention, 
in a medicinal sense, than when Sage, as Parkinson 
says, was “much vsed among other good herbes to 
bee tund vp with Ale, which thereupon is termed 
Sage Ale, whereof many barrels full are made, and 
drunke which, he says, took place in the month 
of May, to conduce to the health of man’s body. 
Salvia rugosa does not vie in brilliancy of tint 
with Salvia cardinalis, fulgens, or splendens ; but 
if far more modest in colouring, it is not the less 
pleasing in culture. It is of neat growth, and its 
flowers of shaded pink, varying in some plants to 
nearly white, are both abundant and lasting, not 
possessing the ephemeral character of some of our 
otherwise most desirable species. Although this 
plant will not tolerate complete neglect, still it de- 
mands but little care. Planted in a light soil, in a 
diy situation, it will flower abundantly, and bear the 
winter with more certainty if divided and removed 
into fresh earth in October, a practice which would 
save many of our delicate plants. 
