ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PLANTS 277 
SALVIA, “Sage.” (N.O. Labiate.) 
Plants of widely diverse form and habit and with over eighty 
varieties, many of them hardy, but all liking deep, rich, and well- 
drained soil and full sun. The colour is usually shown in the bracts 
the flowers being insignificant. 
S. argentea. Silvery-leaved plant of noble form, and with white 
woolly surface. Best grown for foliage only, and flower- 
stems pinched out. Likes well-drained, sandy soil, and is 
propagated by seed. 
S. azurea. Blue, 4 feet high. August and September. On 
slender stems clothed stiffly all the way with narrow, dark- 
green leaves. Its improved form, Pitcheri or grandiflora, 
flowers September and October, and is of a fine cobalt 
blue. Apt to be cut off by frosts before it has reached 
its best. Likes well-drained soil and sunny situation. 
S. glutinosa. Hardy yellow variety with viscous, greyish foliage, 
of poor form and colour. Any soil and aspect. 18 inches 
to 2 feet. 
S. Tenori . Handsome violet or dark blue, branching habit. 
18 inches to 2 feet. Crinkled, dark green leaves. June, 
July. Hardy. 
S. patens. Brilliant cobalt-blue, 2 feet. Most valuable plant 
for warm, well-drained soil in good climate — otherwise 
best kept in frames for winter. 
S. Sclarea. Mauve with large pinkish bracts and pale blue 
tubular flowers. 3 to 6 feet high, with crinkled greyish 
leaves. Large and handsome, with a pungent, aromatic 
scent. Valuable plant for large border, as it lasts a long 
time in good condition owing to the branching stems of 
highly coloured bracts which turn silvery white after four 
or five weeks. Propagated by seed, a little of which should 
be sown each year, or cuttings. Generally known by a 
poor form not worth growing. Any rich soil and aspect. 
S. virgata nemorosa. A handsome border plant recently much 
in favour. Fine branching heads of rich purple with 
reddish-brown stems and bracts, and very effective. 
2 feet high. June and July. Cuttings or seed. 
SANTOLINA, “French or Cotton Lavender.” 
(N.O. Composite.) 
Shrubby plants useful as border plants or for low-growing mass 
of grey as a break in colour. Should be kept clipped, the yellow 
flower being uninteresting. 
