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ftalk ro the height of fix or {even feet, fending out 

 many ligneous branches, covered wirh a fmooih 

 bark, Hurnifhed with oval fpear-fnaped leaves, wliofe 

 upper parts are frequently divided into three lobes, 

 which are fav/ed ; thefc arc placed alternately on the 

 branches. Handing on fhort foot-ftalks. The flowers 

 come out from the wings of the flalks at every 

 joint of the fime year's fnoot ; they are large, and 

 fhaped like thofe of the Mallow, having five large 

 roundifh petals, which join at their bafe, fpreading 



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open at tne top in Ihape of an open 

 appear in Auguil, and if the feafon is not too warm, 

 there v^ill be a fucceffion of flowers part of Sep- 

 tember ; the early flowers are fuccecded by fhort cap- 

 fules with five cells, filled with kidney-fhaped feeds j 

 but unlefs the feafon proves warm, they will not ripen 



which ftiould be fown in 



- in this country. 



• It is propagated by feeds, 



• pots filled with light earth the latter end of March ; 

 . and if they are plunged into a gentle heat, it will 

 ■ crreatly forward the growth of the feeds. When the 



plants are come up, they mufl be inured to the 

 open air, and in May the pots may be plunged into 

 . tlie ground, in a border expofed to the cafl, where 

 they'^muy have the mxorning fun : the reafon of my 

 advifing the pots to be plunged into the ground, 



• is to prevent the earth from drying fo fait as it 

 would do when the pots ftand on the furface, fo 

 that the plants will not require fo much water in 

 fummerj thefe plants will require no bther' culture, 



. but to keep them dean from weeds, aiid in very 

 . dry weather to refrelh them with water during the 

 . firft fummer, but in autumn it will be proper to re- 

 . move the pots under a common frame to fcreen 



them from the froft ; or v/here there is not fuch con- 

 i veniency, they may be plunged clofe to a hedge, 



pale, or wall, to a good afpeift; and in fevere froft, they 

 < / fliould be covered with mats, Straw, or other light 



toverin^ j for although thefe plants, when they have 





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propagated by grafting upon each other, wliich is the 



common method of propagating the forts with (Iriped 

 leaves. ' 



The fecond fort grows naturallv in Indi:i, from 

 whence the French tirfi carried the feeds to their fet- 

 tlements in the Weft-Indies-, and the inhabitants of 

 theBritifli colonies there have been fupplicd with the 

 feeds from them, fo have given it tlie title of Marrinico 

 Rofe : of this there are the double and finglc Howcr- 

 which from the feeds of the doubl 



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frequently produced, but the feeds of the finc-lc' fcl- 

 dom vary to the double. The flowers of thefc plants 

 alter in their colour, for at tlieir firft opening they are 

 white, then they change to a blufli Rofe cokuir, and 

 as they decay ihey turn to a purple. In the Weft-In- 

 dies, all thefe alterations happen the fame day, as I 

 fuppofe the flowers in thofe hot countries are not of 

 longer duration : but in Englanii, where the flowers 

 laft near a week in beauty, the changes are not fo 

 fudden. 



This plant has a foft fpongy ftem, which, by age, 

 becomes ligneous ana pithy. It riles to the height of 



fending out blanches on 

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obtained ftrength, will refift the cold of our winters, 

 . yet the yoiing plants, whofe fhoots are tender, are 

 v,very often injured by the firft froft of autumn : fo that 



if they are not fcreened the firft year, they are often 

 r- killed to the ground. Toward the latter end of March 

 -will be a good time to tranfplant thefe plants, at which 

 » time a fpot of light ground muft be prepafed to re- 

 ■ ; ceive them, which fhould be divided into beds four 

 t-feet broad, with paths of two feet broad betweeit; 

 t^then the plants Ihouid be fhaken out of the pots with 

 ".the earth about them, and feparated with care, for 

 'their roots are very tender, and apt to break with 

 , little force -, thefe fhould be planted at about nine 

 '^inches afunder in the beds ; fo thdt if four rows are I live through the winter in a very good green-houfe, 

 .planted in each bed, there will be fix inches allowed J provided they hayg not too much wet -, but the plants 



twelve or fourteen feet, 



every fide toward the top, which are hairy, 

 nifhed with hcart-fhaped leaves, cut into five acute 

 angles on their borders, and are flightly fawed on their 

 edges, of a lucid green on their upper fide, but pale 

 below, ftanding alternately upon pretty long foot- 

 ftalks/ The flowers are produced from the wings of 

 the ftalk, like thofe of the firft fort ; the fingle one 

 is compofed of five large petals, which fprtad open, 

 and are firft white, but afterward change in the man- 

 ner before-mentioned ; thefe are fucceeded by fhcrt, 

 thick, blunt capfules, which are very hairy, having 

 five cells, which contain many fmall kidney-fhaped 

 feeds, having a fine plume of fibrous down adhering 

 to them. 



This fort is propagated by feeds, which muft be 

 fown upon a hot-bed in the fpring, and when the 

 plants are fit to remove, they fhould be each planted 

 in a feparate fmall pot filled with kitchen-garden 

 earth, and plunged into a moderate hot-bed, where 

 they muft be (haded till they have taken new root ; 

 then they muft be treated as other plants from warm 

 countries, but not too tenderly, for thefe require a 

 large fhare of air in warm weather, othcrwife they 

 . -will draw up very weak : thefe plants fliould not be 

 quite expofed to the open air the firft feafon, and 

 the firft winter will require the warmth of a mode- 

 rate ftove ; but as they get more flrength, they niay 

 be treated with lefs care, for they will bear the" open 

 air in fummer,' in a warm flaelteV'ed fitiiation, and will 



The ground 



i between the outfide rows and the paths, 

 fhould be gently clofed about the roots to prevent 

 ,tthe air penetrating to them ; and if a little old taii- 





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thus hardily treated, will not make fo great progrefs, 



nor flower fo well as with a little additional warmth ; 



and if they are too tenderly managed, they v/ill draw 

 ^riers bark, or mulch, is laid over the furface of the j ! tip weak, fo will be lefs likely to flower.-: This fort 

 -^beds, it will prevent the earth from drying, and be j ^ ufually flowers in England in November, fo that it 

 -of great ufe to the plants ; during the following fum- I keeps to the ufual time of flowering in its native 



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The third fort grows naturally in the Weft-Indies, 



• mer they mufl be Jcept clean from weeds, and if the 



following winter prove fevere, it will be prudent to 



.cover the plants again in autumn, efpecially if they 



'ftioot late in the feafon, or the autumn proves cold 



where it is commonly known by the title of Mufk ; 

 the French cultivate great quantities of thefe plants in 



and moift, for then the plants will be in great dan- ] ; their American Iflands, the feeds of which are annu- 

 ally fcnt to France in great quantities, {o that they 

 certainly have.fome way of rendering it ufeful, as it 

 feems to be a confiderable brahch of trade. Thisrifes 

 with an herbaceous ftalk about three or foiir feet high. 



^ger of having their tops killed: in thefe beds the 

 ^^plants may remain two years, by which time they will 

 -be fit to tranfplant where they are defigned to remain ; 

 ifor if they are kept longer in the nurfery, they will 



■not remove fo well. The beft time for tranfplanting j ! fending out two or three fide branches, garniflied with 



-thefe plants is the end of March, or the beginning of j large leaves cut into fix or feven angles, which are 



April, for they feldom begin to Ihoot till the end of j acute, and fawed on their edges -, thefe ftand on long 



•April, or the beginning of May -, they fhould have 

 a light foil, not too wet, for in ftrong land their ftems 

 grow moffy, and they never thrive after. 

 Thefe plants may alfo be propagated by cuttings, 

 ^vhich, if planted the latter end of March, in pots fill- 

 ed with light earth, and plunged into a gentle heat, 

 v/ill take root; but the plants fo raifed, are not fo 

 good as the fcedlings.. * The feyeral varieties may be ' • very mufky odour* 



foot-ftalks, and are placed alternately. The ftalks and 

 leaves of this are very hairy.' The flowers come out 

 from the wings of the ftalk upon pretty long foot- 

 ftalks, which itand ere£l ; they are large, of a iulphur 

 colour, with dark purple bottoms, and arc fucceeded 

 by pyramidal five-cornered capiules, which open in 

 five cells, filled with large kidney-fhaped feeds of a 



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