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Sage (Genus Salva specifically)

the genus Salva, specifically of these is the common garden sage, a native of the S. of Europe. It has blue flowers, and has run into many varieties.

Formerly it had a high reputation as a sudorific, an aromatic, an astringent, and an antiseptic, but it has not now a place in the pharmacopeia. The Chinese use an American philanthropist; born in Middleregions of Canada and the West, where when he became interested in the lumber he bought large tracts of timber and be-