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I raifed a great number of plants, but from the feeds 

 which have been lately brought over, there have 

 been but few plants produced i whether the feeds 

 were not perfectly ripe when they were gathered, or 

 from what other cauft; this has happened, I cannot 

 fay but it is certain the fault muft be in the feeds, 

 becaufethofe before-mentioned were differently fown 

 and managed by the feveral perfons who received 

 them, and the fuccefs was nearly alike every where. 

 There have been feveral plants of the firft and fecond 

 fort raifed from layers, and fome from cuttings ; but 

 thefe do not thrive fo well as thofe which come from 

 feeds, nor will they grow to near the fize of thofe, fo 

 that it is much the beft way to procure their feeds 

 from America, and propagate them that way. 

 The firft fort frequently comes, up well from feeds, 

 but the young plants are very difficult to keep the 

 two iirft years > for if they are expofed much to tht 

 fun, their leaves change yellow and the plants de- 

 cay •, fo the beft way is to keep the pots plunged in a 

 moderate hot-bed, and Ihade them every day from 

 the fun with mats, giving them air in plenty when the 

 weather is warm, and frequently refrefh them with 

 water -, during the winter feafon they muft be fcreen- 

 ed from froft, and in mild weather they muft enjoy 

 the free air, to prevent their growing mouldy, 

 and they fhould have but little wet in winter. 

 With this management the plants may be train- 

 ed up, and" when they have acquired ftrength, 

 they may be planted in the open air, where they will 



■ thrive and flower, if they have a warm flieltered 

 fituation. ... ' " ^ 



The fecond Ibrt is hot fo difficult to train up as the 

 firft, but in order to get them forward, it^^^iU be 

 proper when they are removed put of the feed-pots, 

 to plant them each into a Separate fmall pot, filled 

 with foft loairiy earth, and plunge them into a gentle 

 "Iibt-bed of tantiers bark, obferving to ihade them 

 from the fun, and admit proper air to them -, but at 



* Midfummer, if they are well rooted, they ftiould be 

 ' inured to the open air gradually, and then placed in a 



fiieltered fituation, where they may remain till au- 

 tumn i but on the firft approach of froft, they fhould 

 .' be removed under flielter, otherwife the early frofts 



■ will pinch their tender flioots, which often occafions 

 their dying downward after. When the plants have 

 got ftrength, fome of them may be turned out of 

 the pots, and planted in the full ground in a warm 

 Ihekered fituation, but part of them iKould be kept 

 in pots, and fheltered in the winter, to preferve 



' them, left, by kv^te froft, the other fhould be killed. 

 If the plants make good progrefs, they will be ftrong 



* enough to plant in the full ground in abour fix or fe- 

 ven years from feeds. The time for' removing 'or 

 fliifting thefe plants is in March, before they begin 

 to fhoot, which may fometTmes happen to be too foon 

 to turn them out of the j)ots mto the full ground, 

 efpecially if the feafon proves late ; but as there will 

 be no danger in removing them'out of the'pots, the 

 ball of earth being pfeferved to their ro6ts. To it is 

 ^^ft^^P defer this till the month of April ; but it will 

 be neceffary to harden thofe plants which are intend- 

 CO to be planted out, by expofing them to the air as 

 much as poffible before, which will keep the plants 

 backward, arid prevent their Ihooting; for if they 

 niake fhoots in the"grcen-houfe, thofe will be too ten- 

 der to bear the fun, until they are by degrees harden- 

 ed to it, and the leaft froft "will greatly pincH ttiem, 

 and fuch frofts frequently happen very Tate m the 



/ne two or three winters after thefe are planted out, 

 it Will be neceffary to lay fome mulch on the fuiface 

 of the ground about their roots, as alfo to throw 

 lome mats over their heads, especially atthebegln- 

 ^ng of the morning frofts in autumn, for the reak)ns 

 before given -, but in doing this^ the heads of the 

 plant fhould never be too clofeJy ,covered up', left 

 thereby the flioots fhould grow mouldy, for that will 

 certainly kill the leading buds of every fhoot, and 



prove to the full as injurious to them as the froft. 





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As the plants get ftrength, t!;cy will be bett.-r able 



to endure the cold of our climate, though it will be 



proper to lay fome rnukh about their roots every 



winter; and, in very feverc froft, to cover their heads 

 and ftems. 



It is the firft fort which requires the moft care, 

 being much tenderer than any of the other, for they 

 will endure the cold very well, v.ithout much care, 

 after they have acquired ftrength • for as thefe lolc 

 their leaves in the v/Inter, the froft will not have fo 

 much force upon tlicni as of the firft fort, vvhol 

 leaves are frequently. tender toward the end of the 

 Ihoots,' efpecially when they grow freely, or fliooc late 

 in the autumn. 



MAHALEB. See Cerasus. 



M A J O R A N A. See Origanum. 



M A L A B A R N U T. See Justicia. 



MALA/ETHIOPICA. See Lycopersicon. 



M A L A A R M E N I A C A. See Armeniaca. 



M A L A C O I D E S. See Malope. 



MALA COTONEA. See Cydonia. 



MALA INSANA. See Melongena. 



M A L L O W. See Malva. 



M A L L O W-T REE. See Lavat^ra. 



MALOPE.. Baftard Mallpw. 

 The Characters are, 

 The fioiver^ which is Jhapedlike that of the Mallow^ hath 

 a double empakment^ the outer being coynpofed of three 

 heart-fhaped leaves^ and the inner is of one leaf cut into 

 five fegments ^, the flower is of one petals divided into five 

 parts at the bottom., where they are^ joined^ but fo near 

 the bottom as to have the appearance of five petals. In 

 the center arifes the pointal, having a great number of 

 '-jiamina fiirrounding it ^ which are joined clofel}\ and form 

 a fort of column.' The point al afterward becomes a fruit 

 compofed of many cells, which are colle£fed into a FeM^ In 

 , each of which is lodged a fingle feed, y' *'. ' ' 



We have but one Species of this plant, viz. 



Malope {Malacoides) foliis ovatis crenatis glabris. Lin. • 

 Hort. Cliff. 347. Baftard Mallow, with oval fmooth 

 ' leaves, which are notched. 



This plant was by Dr. Tournefort feparated from the 

 Mallow, and made a diftindt g^^nus, by the Lirie of 



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Malacoides -, but Dr. LinncTsus has altered th 

 this for Malope, being an enemy to all names which 

 are compounded of oides. 



The v/hole plant has greatly the appearance of the 



Mallow, but differs from it, in having the cells col- 



lefted into a button, fomewhat fike a Blackberiy \ the 



branches fpread, and lie almoftflafilpon the ground, 



. extending themfelves a foot or more each way. The 



- flowers are produced fingly upon_ long foot-ftalks, 



\ whicli arife from the wings of the leaves, which are 



' " in fliape and colour like thofe of the Mallow.' 



^ This is propagated by feeds, which fhSuld be fown 



f .• in the place where they are defigned to remain, for 



^they do no? tear tranfplanting well. If thefe feeds are 



fown upon a warm border in Auguft, the plants will 



• frequently ftand through the winter,"^ and flowe^ early ' 



-the foUowiner feafon, fo that good feeds may be ob- 



tained ; for thofe which are fown in me fpnng, rarely 



ripen feeds the fame year in England ;"and thefe 



f)lants being large, are often deftroyed in winter, un- 

 eTs' they are flieltere^d under a frame'; it feldom con- 

 ' "tlriues longer than two, or three years, fo that young 

 ^ 'plants jfhould be annually raifed. / 7-> ■■':;>; ::^ - 

 MALPIGHlAr Hum. Nov. Gem 46. tab. 36. 

 \ Lin. Gen. Plant. '38. Barbadoes Cherry, vulgo. / 



The Characters are,. . - ..:: .::>..:,/. 



'. The flower hath a fmall permamnt empalemeni of five 



' leaves, which are clofed togetherl "^ft hath two oval mel- 



' Igus glands, adhering to the fmall leaves within end with- 



' out. It has five kidney jSaped' petals, 'which are concave, 



' and fpread open, having long narrow tails, and ten 



. " broad awl-fljapcd ftdmind, which are ere£l, terminated by 



heart'fljaped fummits. ' // has a fmall roundifh germeUy 



fupporting three flender fiyles, crowned by obtufeftigmas, 



Thegermen afterward turns to a targe furrowed globular 



herry with one ^ celt',' indoflng three rough ft ony feeds, , 



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