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Show SA SA to. Sartx; Jatifolia, folia {plendente, Raii Syz. Broad fhining-leav’d Saliow. 11. Savix ; orientatis, flagellis deorfum, pulchré pendentibus.T. Cor. The Weeping Willow. There are a greater Number of Species to be found in England thanare here mentioned, elpecially of the Sai/ows, as 1 have been inform’d by a very judicious Basket-maker : Saline or Salt; which feline Princ iple is to be underftood as a gener al’ 'Term. The vegetabie Salts {cem to be four, viz. the Acid, the Alkaline, and the Mari Nitroizs the ne, A _ The nitrous Salts feem by Natureto be at fign’d chiefly to the Growth of Plants; andthe other three Sa/ts are exhib ited by the feveral Ways ofrefolving the Principles ofa Plant, There are at leaft thirty Sorts, which they diSalt is accounted good for cold Lands, be. {tinguith by Name, commonly in ufé in their caufe the Nature of it is fuch, that the Gnas Trade; and befides thefe, there are a great and hotte rit is kept, the more it keeps its Number of Mountain Wi/ows which grow upon Body own , and does not turn to Water ; and dry Grounds; but as thefe are feldom culti- it ftand s in a cold, moift Place, then, when vated, fo it would be to little Purpote to enu- little in a time, it diffolves to Water 3 and when it merate themin this Place, is turn’d to Water, thenit is ft for the NouAll the Sorts of Willows maybe eafily pro- rifh pagated by planting Cuttings or Sets in the nualsment and Feeding of Seeds, efpecially An- Spring, which do readily take Root, and are of quick Growth. 'Thofe Sorts which growto be large Trees, and are cultivated for their Timber, are generally planted from Sets, which are about feven Feet long: Thete are fharpen’d at their larger End, and thruft into the Ground bythe Sides of Ditches and Banks where the Groundis moift ; , The Reafon why Sait, viz. Saf water, is accounted a Feeder of Seed s or Plants is, that it has been often obfe rv’d, that Sait falling on a Board, &§c. will be long a drying; and if it has been dry’d by Heat, Dewsof Rain, will make it moift again, and thenit fteams forth, and that is i which nourihhes in which Places all Plants: But if ir be upon a hot and dry they make a confiderable Pro is, and are Ground, late in the Spring, and great Improvement to fuch E ates, becaufea dry Weather comes, then it does Not, nor cannot, yield its their Tops will be fit to lop everythird or Steam or Fume. fourth Year. The larger W ood, if found, is : Pigeons Dung is by manyefte commonly fold for making Wooden em’d good for Heels, or cold Lands, becaufeit is hotter and falter than Soles for Shoes, as alfo to the Turners for any other Dung, it being natural to Pigeons many Kinds oflight Ware. to eat Sait; for they fly to the Sea-fide early The Sallows are commonly planted in Cuton Morn ings to pick up that Sait which tings, made from ftrong Shoots of the the former Heat of the Sun make Year, andare about three Feet s by d long: Thefe are water, and leaves upon the Sand. commonly thruft down two Feet deep into the ‘The Reverend Mr. Hales, in his excel Ground, and are one Foot above it. The lent Soil Treat ife of Vegetation, obferves, ‘That Plants hould always be dug or plough’d before they of a lefs durable Text are planted, and the Cuttings plac’d ure, as theyabound with about Feet Row from Row, and eighteen three a greater Proportion of Sz/t and Water, which Inches is not fo ftrongly attra afunderin the Rows, obfery cting as Sulphur and ing always the Rows the floping Wayofthe to place ir, fo they are the lef§ able Ground, Cold: And as Plant Cefpecially if the Tides overflow s are oh{ the Place) greater Proporti on of $j becaufe if the Rows are plac’d the contrary in the Spri ng than in 4% Ways, all the Weeds and Filth will be by the Plants, which will choak ’em detain’d more eafily injur'd by Cold up. The in a more advanc’d beft Seafon for planting thefe Cuttings is in tity of Oil is increas’d, Fe ‘y, for if theyare planted { oner, they turity, ‘pt to peel, if it proves greatly injuresthem, hard Froft, which Thefe Plants are always cut every Year, and if the Soil be will produce a great Crop ; fo that sood they the yearly Produce of one Acre has been often fold for fifteen Pounds, but ten Pounds is : a cOmmon Price, which is much better than Corn Land: fo that it is great Pity thefe Plants are not more cultivated efpecially upon moift boggy Soils, upon which few other Thin gs will thrive. SALT is a foffil Body, fufible by Fire, and congealable again, in the Cold, into brittle Glebes or Cryftals ; folub le withal in W ater, : as to difappear therein, never m alleable, and eee gets in it, whic h to the Organ of atte, attords a Serfation of Acrimony and Sharpnefs, r Cran ae OfGre at v fuppofes, : That the chief govern5 frinciple in a the Juices of Plants, is, thee Whence we find, that Natu re’ in bringing the Parts of a Vege ta ally its Fruic and Seed, to a Matut combine together, in a d more active and + and Ar that ch its moft refir E uttiture band Sait init. SALVIA; Oil, which in € is never found without fome D [fcall’d of , Vite, i.e. the He twas before the Flower-cup: Jo which may be vated for Ufe in England ; tho’ the broad®. the Os Hyoidis. The Species are ; Virtue for Tea, it giving the Water a much more grateful Flavour, and is efteem’d to be added, That the Stamina do fomewhat refemble leav'd Sage is much preferable to the Sage o' 1. Sarva 3 i, major, C. B, P. an Sphacelus Theo- The greater or common . Satrvia; wvigra. C.B.P. CommonRed in 5 Jout who are Lovers of Sage-Yea, doprefer this for that Purpofe. All the Sorts of Sage (except the eleventh Sort, which is but annual) may be propagated by planting Cuttings or Slips, during any of the Summer Months, obferving to water and fhade them until they have taken Root; after which they may be taken up, and planted where they are defign’d to remain, which fhould always be upon a drySoil, and where they mayhave the Benefit of the Sun; i theyare planted on a moift Soil, or i Situation, they are very fubjectt y . Satvra 3 major, foliis ex viridi €9 albo wariegatis. Boerb. Ind. The greater Sage, with Leaves variegated with White and Green. 4. Satvra ; foliis verficoloribus. C. B. P. arty-colour’d Sage. 5. SALVIA 5 latifolia, errata. CB. P. Broad-leav'd notch’d Sage. 6 Sarvra 3 Jatifolia, ferrata, foliis ex albo variegatis. Broad-leav'd Sage, with variegated Leaves. in Winter ; nor will thefe Plants endure the 7. Sarvia 3 abfintbium, redolens. F. B. Cold fo well when planted upona rich Soil, Wormwood Sage. as thofe which have a barren, dry, rocky 8. Sarvia 3; minor, aurita, €9 non aurita. Soil, which is the Cafe of moft of the V ertiC.B.P. Sage of Virtue. if 2d cillate Plants. The Side-fhoots and Tops of 9. Sarvia 3 minor, foliis variegatis. H.R. thefé Plants may be gather’d in the Su . Par. Sage of Virtue, with ftrip’d Leaves. and dry’d, if defign’d for Zea, otherwife they to, Sarvra ; Orientalis, latifolia, abfin- are beft taken green from the Plants for moft thium redolens, flore carueo maguo. Boerb. Ind. other Ufes. Broad-leav’d Eaftern Sage, {melling likeWormThe twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth wood, with a large Fleth-colour’d Flower. i Sorts are fomewhat tender, therefore thefe 11. Satvra; Orientalis latifolia, birfutif- muft be planted into Pots fill’d with freth, light, fina, viftofa, piunata, flore & calice purpureis, fandy Earth ; and in Winter muft be remov'd inodora. Boerb. Ind. tern Sage, with broad, into the Conferyatory, where they fhould be hairy, clammy-winged Leaves, with a purple plac’d as near the Windows as poffible, that Flower and Flower-cup, without Smell. they mayhave a great Share of frefh Air when12. Sarvia ; Africana, frutefcens, folio ever the Seafon is mild, for if they are too fcorodonia , flore violaceo. H. A. Shrubby much drawn, they feldom flower well, and African Sage, with a Wood Sage Leaf and a make but an indifferent Appearance: In SumViolet-colour’d Flower. mer they muft be expos’d amongft other Exojcana, frutefcens, folio tick Plants in fome well-fhelter’d Situation, for fubrotundo, glauco, flore aureo magno. H. A. they are pretty hardy, and do only require to Shrubby African Sage, with roundifh Sea- be fhelter’d from Froft and ftrong Winds. green Leaves, and a large Golden-Flower. Thefe Plants muft be often refrefh’d with Wa14. Sarva; Orientalis, abfinthium redolens, ter, (efpecially in warm Weather, otherwife ] atis, flore carueo elatior. Sher. Eaftern they will fhrivel and decay ; and they fhould Upright W ormwood-Sage, with winged Leaves be tranfplanted at leaft twice every Summer, and a Flefh colour’d Flower. becanfe their Roots do greatly increafe ; which 15. Sarvra ; Hifpanica, folio lavendula. if confin’d in the Pots too long, will turn Tourn. Spanith Sage, with a Lavender-leaf, mouldy, anddecay. The other Oriental Sorts There are feveral other Species of this Plant are hardy enough to endure the Cold of our which are preferv’d in fome curious Botanick ordinary Winters in the open Air, provided Gardens abroad ; but thofe here mention’d are they are planted in a dry Soil, and a warm Situation, what I have obferv’din the Engli/o Gardens. Thefe Plants may alfo be propagated by The firft Sort, tho’ the moft common in manyParts of Europe, yet is but rarely to be fowing their Seeds in the Spring upon a Bed feen in the Englifo Gardens ; but the red Sore of frefh Earth, obferving to keep the Ground is moft commonly cultivated in this Country, clear from Weeds until the Plants are come which many Perfons fuppofe to be only a up; When they fhould be tranfplanted into Variety of the common Sort; butit conftantly Preferves its Difference whenrais’d from Seeds, as I have two or three times experimented ; fo hed ; but the Un nto three Parts, as the Clary ; out c intal, att ; of a lefs drying Quality ; fo that moft Perfons that I don’t fcruple to makeit a diftin&t Species, fince its Difference from the common is much greater than in fome ofthe other Sorts of Sage, larly the Sage of Virtue, and the Lavenid Age 5 both which, when cultivated in a good Soil, are fo nearly alike, as not to Beds of frefh Earth, and treated as thofe rais’d from Cuttings or Slips. SALVIA AGRESTIS; vide Scordium, SAMBUCUS ; [focall’d of Sambuca, which was a mufical Inftrument made of this Wood, ufed by the Antients, Others derive the Name of one Sandix, tues of this Tree.) who found out the VirThe Elder-Tree. alters are ; ches are full of Pith, having but Red § J the Wormwood S. ges and Sage of #€, are the principal Sorts which are culti- little Wood ; the Flowers are monopetalous, dibe diftinguifh’d by the beft Boranifis. This vided |
