SANGUISORBA CANADEN'SIS. 
CANADIAN GREAT BURNET. 
Class . Order. 
TETBANDIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
SANGUISORB EA2. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Cultivated 
Canada. 
5 feet. 
Aug. Sept. 
Perennial 
in 1633. 
No. 442. 
Sanguisorba is derived from the Latin sanguis, 
blood; and sorbeo, to absorb, from the astringent 
qualities of the Sanguisoba officinalis. Gerard 
says, “It stancheth bleeding, as well inwardly 
taken, as outwardly applied.” And Turner, an 
age earlier, reported that “ The herb, holden alone 
in the hand, is good for the same.” 
The Sanguisorba Canadensis cannot claim such 
virtues as the plant which first suggested for it a 
name; it is, however, a far more comely plant. Its 
fine long spikes of modest flowers may not rivet the 
admiration of the casual observer, but they will be 
seen by the experienced eye, to possess a delicacy, 
which, with their erect bearing, will obtain for them 
a place in the foreground of the home shrubbery. 
Here it will rise up, and form a fine contrast with 
the bright foliage of wide-spreading evergreens. 
Authors mention a red flowering variety of this 
plant, with thicker spikes than the pale one. Should 
this or the white Hedysarum obscurum, be pos- 
sessed by any of our friends, we hope they will 
communicate the fact, as we have never been able 
to meet with either. 
Hort. Kew. 2, v. 1, 258. 
