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The eleventh fore is a native of Ceylon ; this rifes with 

 an herbaceous flalk, which is prickly, from two to 

 three feet high, dividing upward into fmall branches, 

 vhich are garniihcd with hand-fnaped leaves, divided 

 into five fegments. The flovvers come out from the 

 Winers of the leaves j they are fmall and white, with 

 purple bottoms, and are fuccceded by (hort obtufe 

 caofules with five cells, filled with kidney-fhaped feeds. 

 The feeds of this fort were fent me by Dr. Breynius of 



Dantzick. 



This plant is annual, fo muft be treated in the fame 



way as the third. 



The twelfth fort is alfo annual with us ; this rifes with 

 an herbaceous ftalk three feet high, clofely fet with 

 prickly hairs, and divides into branches upward, gar- 

 niflied with hand-lhaped leaves, divided into rive 

 lobes, which are fpear-fhapcd, ending in acute points ; 

 they are hairy, and crenated on their edges, ftanding 

 upon very long foot-ftalks j the flowers come out from 

 the wings of the fcalk, and are very like thofc of the 

 third ; this plant requires the fame culture as the third 



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rifing fun, but are faded long before rioon in wzviri 

 weather. Thefe are fuccecded by capfules of very 

 different forms, in the dilTcrcnt variccies ; in fome rhc 

 capfules are nor thicker than a man's finger, and fiv.- 

 or fix inches long ; in others they are ver°^ thick, and 

 not more than two or three inches long; in fomc plants 

 they grow ercft, in others they are rather inclined ; 

 and thefc varieties are conftant, for I have many vears 

 cultivated thefe plants, and have not found them 

 vary. 



This fort is propagated by feeds in the fame way 

 as the third, and the plants require the fame treat- 

 ment, for they are too tender to thrive in the open air 

 in this country ; I have often tranfplanted the plants 

 into warm borders, after they have acquired proper 

 ftrength, and have fometimes in very warm feafons had 

 them thrive for a fhort time, but the firfl cold or bad 

 weather their leaves have all dropped off; and then 

 they have decayed gradually, fo that they have but 

 rarely flowered, and have never in the beft feafons 

 perfefted their feeds ; therefore thofe who are in- 

 clinable to cultivate thefe plants, muft conftantly Ihel- 

 ter them in bad weather. 



The thirteenth fort was difcovered by the late Dr. I The fixteenth fort grows naturally near Venice, in 

 Houftoun in the ifland of Cuba, from whence he fent I moift land ; this hath a perennial root, and an annual 

 me the feeds. This rifes with a woody ftalk twelve | ftalk, which rifes from three to four feet high; the lower 



or fourteen feet high, fending out many lateral 

 branches, garnifhed with hairy heart-fhaped leaves, 

 crenated on their edses ; the flowers come put 



leaves are angular and heart-ftiaped, but the upper 

 are fpear-fliap^d, and flightly indented on their edges ; 

 the flowers are produced from the wings 



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fingle from the wings of the leaves ; they, are of a] leaves, uppn long foot-ftalks ; they are fmall, and 

 very bright yellow colour, but not fo large as either I of a purple colour with a dark bottom, and are fuc- 

 of the former fortsV and are fucceeded by fhort cap- 1 ceeded by five-cornered coniprefltd capfules, filled 

 fules ending in acute points, divided into five cells, \vith kidney-fhaped feeds. 



which are filled with kidney-ihaped feeds. This plant This fort is propagated by feeds, which muft be 

 is tender, fo requires the fame treatment as the fifth, j fown on ^ hot-bed, and the plants fhould be treated 

 and other tender kinds, with which management it " " ^ 

 flowers and produces good feeds here. 

 The fourteenth fort has a perennial root but an an- 

 nual ftalk. The feeds of this were fent me froni the 

 Bahama Iflands, which fucceeded in the Chelfca gar- 

 den, where the plants produced plenty of flowers, 

 but did not ripen their feeds. This rifes with feve- 

 ral ftalks from the root, which grow four feet high, 

 garniflied with oblong, heart-fliaped, fmooth leaves, 

 ending in acute points, of a light green on their 

 upper fide, but hoary on their under, and are (lightly 

 indented on their edges, ftanding upon long foot- 

 ftalks; the flowers are produced at the top of the 

 ftalks-, they are very large, and of a light purple co- 

 lour with dark bottoms, and are fucceeded by ftiort 



capfules divided into five cells, filled with kidney- 



ftiaped feeds. 



This is propagated by feeds, which muft be fown on 



a moderate hot-bed in the fpring, and when the plants 



are fit to remove, they fliould be each planteii in a fe- 

 . parate fmall pot, and plunged into a hot-bed, treating 

 -A them in the fame way as the other tender forts, but al- 

 lowing them a greater fhare of air in warm weather j 



for thefe may be brought to ftand in the open air in 



fummer, but unlefs the feafon is very warm they will 



not flower there; for thofe which flowered in the Chel- 



fea garden, were plunged into atan-bed whofe heat was 



oeclining, under a deep frame, where they produced 



plenty of flowers, but they can^e too late to ripen 



feeds. The ftalks decay in the autumn^ but if the 



jpots arefheltered under a hot-bed frame and fecured 



from froft, they will continue feveral years, and put 



out new ftalks in the fpring. ' ;; ' - _ ■ ■ -. 



The fifteenth fort is very common in the Weft-Indies, 



where the inhabitants cultivate it for the pods or feed- 

 . veflels, which they gather green to put into theirfoups ; 



thefe, having a" foft vifcous juice, add a thicknefs to 



their foups, and renders them very palatable. It rifes 



"With a foft herbaceous ftalk, from three to five feet 



high, dividing upward into many branches^ garniftied 



^ith hand-fhaped leaves, divided into five lobes; the 



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in the fame way as the fourteenth fort, otherwife they 

 will not flower; for although the roots will live in 

 the full ground here, yet the fumm'ers are not warm 

 enough to bring them to flower. I have feme of the 

 roots which have remained fevcn year*;, putting 'v,p 

 many ftalks, which rife upward of three feet, and 

 have the flower-buds formed on their tops ; bui. thefe 

 appear fo late in the feafon, that they feidon-i have 

 opened. . 



The feventeenth fort grows naturally in Norih Ame- 

 rica; this hath a perennial root and an annual ftalk ; 

 the roots of this fort will live in the full ground^ 

 but unlefs the fummer is warm, the flov/ers feidom 

 open. ^ It rifes with fingle ftalks from the foot, tv/b 

 feet high or more ; the leaves are 'oval and lawed, 

 the flowers are large and purple, -r -\'^*^'- --'■--''' '''-''^' 

 The eighteenth fort grows naturally in North Ame- 

 rica, in moift ground. '^ This hath a perennial root, 

 and an annual ftalk like the former, which is herba- 

 ceous and never branches'; the leaves are oval, with 

 three lobes which are not deeply divided ; they are of 

 a bright green on their upper fide, but woolly on their 



under; the flowers are produced from the wings of 

 the ftalk ; they are large, and of a bright purple co- 

 lour. This fort, like the former, fcldorri flowers ia 

 the open air here, unlefs thefummer proves very warm, 

 but the roots will live in. the full ground, if they, are 

 planted in a ftieltered fituation. The only way to 

 have thefe plants flower in this country, is to keep 

 the roots in pots, and flielter them under a frame in 

 winter, "and in the fpring plunge them into a gentle 

 hot-bed, which will caufe them to put out their 

 ftilks early ; and when the ftalks are fo high as to 

 reach the glaflfes, the pots may be removed into a 

 glafs-cafe ; where, if they are duly fuppficd with wa- 

 ter, and have plenty of air in hot weather, they will 

 flower very well in July, and in "warm feafons will ri- 

 pen their feeds. 



The nineteenth fort is an annual plant, which o-rows 

 naturally in fome parts of Italy^ and has been long 

 cultivated in the Englifh gardens, by the title of 



nowers are produced from the wings of the ftalk; they ! Venice Malva. Gerard and Parkinfon title it Alcea 

 are ofapalefulphurcolour with dark purple bottoms, I Veneta, and Flos Hora, or Flower of an hour, from 

 but arefmaller than either of the other forts, and of the ftiorc duration of its flowers, which in hot wea- 



very Ihort duration, opening in the morning with the I ther continue but few hours open : however, there 



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