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BEE OPHREYS. 
This plant is singularly beautiful in its 
appearance, and its flowers so much resemble 
the bee, that it is frequently mistaken for one 
resting on the plant. It commonly grows 
near woods, and in the open meadows. The 
most successful method of cultivation is by 
choosing a soil and situation as natural to 
them as possible, and by suffering the grass 
to grow around them. 
ESTEEM. 
SAGE. 
This plant derives its scientific name from 
salvere, to save, from its supposed powers of 
healing. The genus, which is very large, 
consists of herbs whose leaves are generally 
of a rugose appearance, and of a very aroma¬ 
tic smell. In debility of the stomach it; is 
used as a tonic by the Chinese, who consider 
that it has the effect of strengthening the 
nervous system ; and it is said for these pur¬ 
poses they prefer it to their own tea. 
