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BEE OPHRYS, 
Tuis plant is singularly beautiful in its appear- 
ance, 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, 
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SAGE. 
Tuts plant derives its scientific name from 
salvere, to save, from its supposed powers of 
healing. The genus, which is very large, con- 
sists of herbs whose leaves are generally of a 
rugose appearance, and of a very aromatic 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 purposes they prefer it 
to their own tea. 


