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This fort fcldom lives more than one year in Eng- 

 land, but in its native country will laft two years. It 

 is propagated by feeds, which, if fown on a good hot- 

 bed in the fpring, and tlie plants afterward planted 

 in pots filled with light earth, and plunged into a frcfh 

 hot-bed, treating them afterward in the fame way as 

 the Amaranthus, they will flower in July, and their 

 feeds will ripen in autumn. 



The fourth fort grows naturally in both the Indies ^ 

 this rifes with an herbaceous fmooth ftalk three or 



four feet high, garnifhed with leaves which are di- 

 vided into fevcn fegments almoft to the bottom ^ the 

 middle fegment being four inches long and half An 

 inch broad, the upper lateral fegments about three 

 inches long and the fame breadth •, thefe are indented 

 at their extremities, but the lower fegments are not 

 much more than an inch long, and have foot-ilalks 

 four inches long. The flowers are produced from the 

 wings of the ftalks toward the top, ftanding on fbort 

 foot-ftalks -, they are conhpofed of five large fulphur- 

 coloured petals, which, when open, fpread five inches 

 wide i they have a dark purple bottom, with a column 

 of {lamina and ftyles rifing in the center, and are 

 fucceeded by large, pyramidal, five-cornered, ereft 

 feed-veffels, opening in five cells, which are filled with 

 pretty large kidney- fhaped feeds, which have little 

 fmell or tafte. . , . 



It is propagated by feeds in the fame manner as 

 the former fort, and if fo managed, will produce 

 flowers and perfect feeds the fame feafon -, but the 

 plants may be continued through the winter in a 

 moderate warmth, though few perfons are at the 

 trouble of preferving the plants after they have ri- 

 pened their feeds, becaufe the young plants make a 



better appearance. 



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w^hcre it rifes with a woody ftalk feven or eight feet 



^ high, fending out many fide branches toward the top, 

 which are covered with a whitifh bark, and garnilhed 



^'>vith angular Tbeart-fhaped leaves," which are woolly ; 



". i^hey are about four inches long, ancj three broad to- 



^ ward t\it\r bafci ending in acute points^ aqd have fe- 

 veral longitudinal veins, , -The flowers arc produced 

 from the wings of the ttatk upon long foot-ftalks ; 

 they ar^?^. compofed pf five rpundilh petals, which are 

 joined at their bafbj but fpread 9pen above, and are 



of a yellow colour, turning to a red as they decay; 

 ihefe are fucceeded by large*, obtufe, five-cornered, 

 hairy feed-veflels, which open in five cells, filled with 

 large kidney-fliaped feeds. 



This is propagated by feeds, which muft be fown 

 upon a hot-bed in the fpring, and the plants after- 

 ward treated in the fame way as the two laft men- 

 tioned, during the firft fummer, but in the autumn 

 thej^ muft be plunged into the tan-bed in the ftove, 

 wliere tliey fhould conftantly remain, and be treated 

 in the fame way as other tender plants from the fame 

 country, giving then^ but littje w^ter in winter ; the 

 fecond year the plants will flower, but they have not 

 as yet perfedled feeds in England. . ^ r . . 

 The fixth fort grows naturally in both Indies ; this 

 rif^s with^^ W99dy. pithy .fteoi eight qt ten feet high, 

 ^^ivi^ing into feveral branches toward the i 

 'are' covered with a 3voolly down, and 

 wltfi round heart-ftiaped leaves, ending in acute 



garnilhed 



.points ; they are of a luciji green on their upper fide, 



;^and hoary on their under, full of large veins, and are 



jplaced alternately on the ftalks. The flowers are pro- 



auced at the end of the branches in loofe fpikcs ^ they 



are qf^a whitifli yellow colour, and are fucceeded by 



^lliprt acuminated capfules, opening in five cells, filled 



with large kidney-lhaped feeds. 



Thls^ fort is propagated in the fame way, and the 



plant? require the fame treatment as the fifth, and 



flower the fecond year, provided they are brought 



forward, otherwife they will not flower before the 



third or fourth feafon ; but they will bear the open 



^iX in fummer, in a warm fituation, though they will 



not make great ppgrefs there. 



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Malabar, from whence I received the plants-, this rifes 

 with a woody ftalk twelve or fourteen feet lii^h, di- 

 viding into many fmall branches toward the top, v/hich 

 are garnilhed with oval fawed leaves, ending in acute 

 points ; they are of a lucid green above, but arc pale 

 on their under fide, and are placed without ordei 

 The flowers come out from the fide of the branches' 

 at the wings of the leaves, on pretty long foot-ftalks * 

 they arecompofed of many oblong roundifli phals of 

 a red colour, which expand like the Rofe, the flowers 

 being as large when fully blown, as the common red 

 Rofe, and as double. This is a perennial plant, which 

 is propagated by cuttings ; and the plants muft coht 

 ftantly be kept in the ftove, giving them a laro-e fliare 

 of air in warm weather, and but little water in win- 

 .'ter. There is a variety of tliis with white flowers, but 

 I have not feen any of the plants in the Englifli gar- 

 dens J nor have I feen the fingle flowering kind for 

 the inhabitants of India propagate that with double 

 flowers by cuttings, which put out roots freely ; this 

 they do for the fake of flov/ers, which the women of 

 that countiy make ufe of to colour their hair and 

 eye-brows black, which will not wafli off": the Eng- 

 lifli there ufe it for b!ackin<i; of their flioes, and from 

 thence have titled it Shoe-hower. . j. 



The eighth fort is an annual plant, which rifes with 

 ah upright ftalk feven or eight feet high ; the lower 

 leaves are oval, ferratcd, and entire, but the upper 

 leaves are divided almoft to the foot-ftalk, into five 

 Ipear-fliaped fegments, like the fingers of a hand, 

 ftanding on very long foot-ftalks, which have thorns 

 at their bafe, and are ftiarply fawed on their edges. 

 The flowers cgme out from the wings of the Italics ; 

 ^they are large, of a pale fulphur colour, with a dark 

 purple bottom, and are fucceeded by oval, acumi- 

 nated, prickly capfules, which open in five cells, filled 

 with large kidney-ftjaped feeds, 

 Thi§ fort is propagated by feeds, which muft be fown 

 . upon a iiot-bed, and the plants treated in the fame 

 way as the third fort; and when they are grown too 

 tall tp ftand under the frames, they muft be placed in 

 tlie ftove, where they will flower in Auguft, and the 

 feeds will ripen in autumn. 



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The ninth fort is near of kin to the eighth, but the 

 ftalks do not grow fo tall i the lower leaves are hcart- 

 fhaped and entire^ the middle leaves are divided into 

 three, and the upper into five fegments, almoft to the 

 foot-ftalks ; they are fawed on their edges, and the 

 ftalk is prickly. The flowers come out from the 

 wings of the ftalks ; they are of a very pale fulphur 

 colour, with dark bottoms, but not fo large as thofe 

 of the laft. 





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This is propagated by feeds in the fame way a;ithe 

 eighth, and the plants require the fame treatment. 

 It flowers in July and Auguft, and the feeds ripen in 



autumn. 



The bark of both thefe plants is full of ftrong fibres, 

 which I have been informed the inhabitants of the 

 Malabar coaft prepare and make into a ftrong cera- 

 te; and by what I have obferved, it may be wrought 

 into fine ftrong thread of any fize, if properly manu- 

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The tenth fort grows naturally in the Weft-Indies, 

 where the inhabitants ufe the green pods to add an 

 acid tafte to their viands : there are two varieties of 

 this, one with a light green, and the other a deep red 

 pod, which always maintain their difference; but as 

 there is no other difference but that of the colour of 

 their pods, they do not deferve feparate tides. This 

 rifes with an herbaceous ftem about three feet high, 

 fending out feveral lateral branches, which are gar- 

 nifhed with fmooth leaves divided into five lobes. 

 The flowers come out from the fide of the branches ; 

 they are of a dirty white, with dark purple bot- 

 toms, and are fucceeded by obtufe fced-vefl^els, di- 

 vided into five cells, which are filled with kidney- 

 lhaped feeds. ' 

 This fort is propagated in tlie fame way as the third, 

 and will flower and perfeft feeds the fame year, io is 



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The fe^enth fort "grows naturally on the coaft of I . feldonj preferved longer in Jlngland, 



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