RUE: Elegant blue-green shrubs, attractive tan seedpods for dried . 
bouquets, chrome-yellow clusters, May-July. 
SAFFRON: Crocus sativus—6”. Summer dormant so plants supplied 
spring only; amethyst flower, orange stigmas, October. (2) 
SAGE, Clary: Broad grayish leaf, orchid flowers, scented, May. 
Garden: Gray pebbled leaf, gentian-blue flower, April. 
Garden Dwarf: S. lavandulaefolia—&”’. Daintier, denser, more re- 
fined foliage, same flavor and flower, May. 
Giant Blue: Intense sky-blue flower, May-August. (For 1955) 
Perennial Blue: Smooth gray leaf, blue-violet flower. 
SANTOLINA, Gray: Exquisite silvered leaf, beautiful evergreen 
shrub to shear for hedges or Knot Garden, pear scented. 
Green: Brilliant green shrubs, retaining year-round beauty, pleasing 
aroma, yellow flower, May. 
SAVORY, Winter: Almost evergreen, good flavor, lilac flower, July. 
Dwarf: More compact, lighter green leaf, white flower. 
SHALLOT, French: Mild delicious flavor, white flower, July. (2) 
Italian Dwarf: Needs rich moist soil, not hardy. 
SMALLAGE: This celery will grow in any soil. (2) 
SORREL: Edible leaf, henna plumes for dried botiquets, May. 
SOUTHERNWOOD, “Old Man”: Artemisia Abrotanum—3’. A spread- 
ing shrub which becomes knarled with age, grayish leat. 
“Old Lady”: A. borealis—3’. More finely-cut, greener and compact 
shrub, aromatic moth repellent. 
“Lady’s Maid”: Prostrate but large shrub of good form and sub- 
stance, camphor scented, yellow panicles, August. 
THYME: erect forms for general garden use: 
English: Broad, grayish leaf, lilac flower, May. (2) 
French: Narrow gray leaf, pale pink flower, May. 
Lemon: vulgaris citriodorus—l0’. Glossy green leaf. 
Italian: Gray, compact, shrubby, pink flower, April. 
Silver: T. argenteus—6”. Green margins on silvery leaf. 
Variegated: T. aureus—6”. Showy foliage, lilac flower, June. 
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