FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
135 
ESTEEM. 
Garden Sage. —Salva officinalis. 
This plant was so highly esteemed by the 
school of Salernum, that they left this verse in 
allusion to its virtues. 
“ Cur moriatur homo cui salvia crescit in horto ?” 
Why should a man die while he has sage in 
his garden ? 
