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THE LADIES’ FLOWER-GARDEN 
G.— SALVIA AUSTRIACA, Jacq. THE AUSTRIAN SAGE. 
Synonymes. — S. sclarea, Crantz. ; S. distans, Pohl. ; Sclarea 
distans, Mcench. 
Enguaving. — Bot. Reg., t. 1019. 
Specific Character. — Stem erect, nearly naked, pubescent ; radi- 
cal leaves petiolate, broad-ovate, erosely toothed, cordate, rounded or 
euneated at the base, wrinkled, glabrous above and pubescent beneath; 
cauline leaves few ; floral leaves ovate, acuminated, ciliated, about 
eiiual in length to the calyxes ; racemes a little branched ; whorls 
about six-flowered ; lower ones distant ; upper ones approximate ; 
calyxes nearly sessile, campanulate, very pilose ; corolla three times 
as long as the calyx ; the tube a little exserted. (G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — This is a very coarse-growing plant, with a strong, disagreeable smell ; and, conse- 
quently, it is scarcely worth growing, except for the singularity of its flowers, which are of a pale yellow, 
covered with dark purple hairs. It is a native of Austria, whence it was introduced in 1776 but it is very 
seldom seen in British gardens. It is useful, however, in all situations where a rapid-growing plant, with large 
leaves, is wanted to fill up a space. 
7.— SALVIA TENORII, Spreng. PROFESSOR TENORE’S SAGE. 
Synonymes. — S. Barrolieri, Ten. ; S. dumetorium, Fisch. I crenated, rough, reticulately veined ; upper ones stem -clasping. 
Engraving. — Sweet’s Brit. Flow. Gard., t. 26. acute ; lower ones petiolate ; flowers verticillate, nearly naked ; 
Specific Character. — Leaves oblong, sub-sinuated, unequally I helmet of the corolla hairy, falcate ; calyx furrowed. 
Description, &c. — The flowers are large, and of a dark blue, tinged with purple. They grow in whorls of 
about six each, without any leaves on the flower-stems, and with scarcely any bracts. The species is a native of 
Europe, and it was introduced in 1820, when it was raised from seeds received from Italy. A few years 
afterwards the same species was raised from seeds received from Russia. It is quite hardy in British gardens, 
and the seeds ripen freely. 
8.— SALVIA NUTANS, Lin. 
Synonymes. — S. acutifolia, Lam. ; S. pendula, Besser. ; S. 
hastata, Ettling ; S. betonicaifolia, Bieb. 
Engraving. — Bot. Mag., t. 2436. 
Specific Character. — Stem pubescent, nearly naked; leaves all 
radical, or nearly so, on long petioles, ovate-oblong, doubly crenated. 
THE NODDING SAGE. 
sub-cordate at the base, wrinkled ; floral leaves orbicular; racemes 
short, on long peduncles, panicled, drooping at the time of flowering; 
whorls about six-flowered, approximate; calyxes reflexed, pubescent ; 
corolla twice as long as the calyx, the tube equalling the calyx. (G. 
Don.) 
Description, &c. — This is a very singular plant ; the flowers, which are of a very dark purple, are small. 
and so unlike those of any other kind of Sage, as to give no idea of the plant belonging to the genus. The 
leaves are cordate, undulated, and bordered with a pinkish membrane at the margin. The veins are also pink. 
The species is a native of Russia, and various parts of the Continent, and it w'as introduced in 1780. It is 
quite hardy, and may be propagated either by seeds or by dividing its roots. 
9.— SALVIA ANGUSTIFOLIA, Cav. 
Synonymes. — S. replans, Jacq. ; S. virgata, Ort. 
Engravings.— B ot. Reg., t. 1S54 ; and our fig. 4, in PI. 89. 
Specific Character. — Stems herbaceous, erect, glabrous, or beset 
with spreading hairs ; leaves nearly sessile, oblong-linear, narrowed at 
both ends, quite entire, or serrated, glabrous ; floral leaves bractea- 
formed, linear-lanceolate, dcciduons ; racemes elongated, simple ; 
THE NARROW-LEAVED SAGE. 
whorls all distant, two-six-flowered ; c.alyx tubular, striated, hispid, 
with the upper lip entire, and the teeth of the lower lip ovate, acute ; 
corolla twice as long as the calyx ; tube equalling the calyx ; middle 
lobe of lower lip emarginately bifid ; style bifariously bearded. (G. 
Don.) 
Description, &c. — This is a very pretty species, which continues flowering all the summer ; but it requires 
to be protected from frost during winter. As it strikes easily from cuttings, the best way of treating it is to 
plant it out in the open border in May, and then to make cuttings of it in the autumn, which may be preserved 
