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SALVIA , a large genus belonging to the natural See also:order See also:Labiatae (q.v.), containing about 500 See also:species in the temperate and warmer regions of both hemispheres. The name is derived from the See also:Lat. salvo, from the healing properties of See also:sage, S. officinalis (see figure under LABIATAE). S. verbenaea, Clary, is a native of See also:Britain found in dry pastures and See also:waste places. Sorne of the Salvias are among the most showy of the soft-wooded See also:winter-flowering See also:plants, the blossoms being of a See also:bright glowing See also:scarlet. The three most useful species are S. splendens, S. Heerii and S. gesneriflora, the first beginning to See also:flower See also:early in the autumn and lasting till See also:Christmas, while the others follow immediately in See also:succession, and continue in full beauty till See also:April. See also:Young plants should be propagated annually about See also:February, and after See also:nursing through the See also:spring should be grown outdoors in a fully exposed situation, where they can be plunged in some non-conducting material, such as See also:half-decomposed leaves. The young shoots should be stopped to secure bushy plants, but not later than the See also:middle of See also:August. The most suitable compost for them is a mixture t 2 From Strasburger's Lehrbuch der Botanik, by permission of Gustav See also:Fischer. See also:Pollination of Salvia Pralensis. i, Flower visited by a bumble- 4, The staminal apparatus at See also:bee, showing the See also:projection See also:rest, with connective en- of the curved connective closed within the upper See also:lip. from the See also:helmet-shaped 3, The same when disturbed by upper lip and the deposition the entrance of the See also:proboscis of the See also:pollen on the back of of the bee in the direction of the bumble-bee. the arrow.. 2, Older flower, with connective f, Filament. See also:drawn back, and elongated c, Connective. [anther. See also:style. s, The obstructing half of the of mellow fibry See also:loam enriched with a little mild thoroughly decomposed manure, made sufficiently porous by the addition of See also:sand or grit. In spring, and during the blooming See also:period, the temperature should be intermediate between that of a See also:stove and greenhouse. There are other very ornamental species of easy growth, increased by cuttings in spring, and succeeding well in See also:ordinary See also:rich loamy See also:soil. Of these S. angustifolia bears spikes of See also:fine bright-See also:blue See also:flowers in May or See also:June; S. chamaedryoides, a dwarfish subject, has deep-blue flowers in August; S. fulgens produces scarlet flowers in August; and S. involucrata produces fine red flowers during the autumn. S. patens is a lovely blue See also:free-blooming sort, flowering in August, the See also:colour being unique. Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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