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and finely cut into narrow fegmcnts. This grows ha- 

 tunilly in the middle counties of England, and about 



Paris. 



Tlie eleventh fort was fcnt from Egypt to the Royal 



Garden at Paris, and hath fince been communicated 



to many other gardens. This is an annual plant, 



whi^fe Italks arc about a foot long ; they are fmooth, 



and decline toward the ground. The leaves ftand up- 

 on pretty long foot-flalks, they are fliaped like a 



hand, having five divifions which join at their bafc to 



the foot ftalk, and are indented on their fides. The 



flowers come out fingle from the wings of the ftalk, 



and at the top in clufters -, they have pretty large acute 



empalements ; the flov/ers are fmalJ, and of a pale 

 , blue colour. Thefe appear in June, and the feeds 

 . ripen in autumn. 



The twelfth fort grows naturally in Spain ; this rifes 



with a Ihrubby woolly ftalk four or five feet high, 



fendinc^" out branches on every fide, garniftied widi 

 . angular woolly rough leaves j the foot-ftalks arife 

 ■ from the wings of the leaves, each fupporting four 



or five flowers of a bright purple colour, fiiaped like 

 ^ thofe of the common Mallow, which appear in July, 



and the feeds ripen in autumn. This fort feldom 



continues more than two or three years, but if the I ■ The feeds of the other fpecies fhould be fown the end" 



feeds are permitted to fcatter, young plants will come | of March, upon a bed of frefh light earth, and when 



* the plants are up three or four inches highj they 



- fliould be tranfplanted where they are defigned to be 



- <5britiniie3", ^allowing" them a good diftancc-, for if 



they are planted , too clofe, they do not appear fo 



well 5 but they are beft when intermixed with other 



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ward treated In the fame way as the hardy planb from 

 the fame country, always allowing them plenty of 

 free air in mild weather. 



The fifteenth fort grows naturally in moft of the 

 ifiands in the Wefl:Tndies. This is an annual plant, 

 which rifes about a foot high, fending out a few fliort 

 branches from the fide, which are woolly, and par- 

 nifned v/ith heart-flinped woolly leaves wliich are cre- 

 nated on their edges, and are placed alternately upon 

 pretty long foot-ftalks. The flowers are produced 

 fingly from the fide of the ftalk, and in a clofe fpike 

 at the top ; they are fmall, and of a pale yellow 

 colour. They appear in July, and the feeds ripen 

 in autumn. 



This is propagated by feeds, which muft be fown 

 upon a hot-bed in the fpring; and when the plants 

 arefit to remove, they fiiould be each planted in a 

 feparate fmall pot filled with light frelli earth, and 

 plunged into a new hot-bed, ftiading them until they 

 have taken frefli root • then they muft have free air 

 admitted to them in proportion to the wirmth of the 

 feafon, and the latter end of June they may be placed 

 'n the open air in a flickered fituation, where they will 

 flower and piroduce ripe feeds. 



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up the following fpring. 



. The thirteenth fort grows naturally in the foudi of 

 France ; this is an annual plant, which has feme re- 

 femblance of the former, but the ftalks are loncrer 



• and more branched ; the leaves are cut into five ob- 



• tule lubes almoft to the bottom, and thefe are deeply I flowers of the fame growth, where they afford an 

 cut on their fide. 7^ The flowerslland upon very long j . ." agreeable variety. 



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' foot-ftalks ; the empalement of the flower Js large, 



{);ickly and acute-pointed -, the flowers are blue, and 

 arger than tliofe of the other fort. It flowers and 

 ., -ripens its feeds about the fame time. 

 .: : The fourteenth foTt grows naturally at the Cape of 

 .'•v'^^ Good Hope ; this riles with a woody ftalk ten or 

 ' twelve feet high, fending out branches from the fide 

 tlie whole length ; the ftalks and brandies ^are'clofely 

 covered with hairs, and are garniflied with hairy 

 leaves, which are indented on the fides, fo as to have 

 the appearance of a trilobate leaf ; thefe on the young 

 ►lants are three inches 



ale, but'as" the plants grow older, they are fcarce 

 hdli that Iii£b.' ■ The flowers come out from the fide 



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long and two broad at their 



Thefe feeds may' alfb be fown M 'Aiiguft, for the 

 plants will endure the greateft cold of our climate, 

 if placed on a dry foil, and will o-row larp-er, and 

 flower fooner than thofe fown in the fpring j or if the 

 feeds are permitted 'fo fcatter, they will come up as 

 the former forts, and thrive equally well. 



M A L V A A R B O R E A. See Lavatera. 



MALVA ROSEA. See Alcea. 



M A L U S. The Apple-tree. 

 ■ The Characters are. 



The empalement of the flower is of one leafy cut bit q five 

 fegments. ■ The flower conjifls of five leaves^ which ex- 

 pand inform of a Rcfe^ whofe thils are inferted into tht 

 empalement. The frkit is hollowed about the foot-ftalk ^ 



; of the branches, upon foot-ftalks an inch long; they j is for the moft part roundiflj^ artd umhellated at tb 



re of a deep red colour, and fhaped like thofe of the 

 ♦ common Mallow, but are fmaller. ' This plant con- 

 tinues fiowenng great part of the year, which reh- 

 'ders it valuable^ 



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-■■ There ace two other varieties of this plant, which 

 have been mentioned by fomc authors as diftinft Ipe- 

 cie^; The firft is, Alcea Africana frutefcens, grof- 

 fularias folio ampliore," unguibus flofifm atro-ruben- 

 tibus. Aft. Phil, iflt^^ Shrubby AfricanVcrvain Mal~ 

 /w, with a larger Goofeberry leaf and the bottoms of 

 the flower of a dark r^^/. -The oth'er is,' Alcea Afri- 

 cana frutefcens, folio grofililariae 'flore parvo' rubro. 

 Boerh. Ind. alt. i. 271. Shrubby African Vervatn^Mal- 

 loWy with a Goofeberry leaf^ and a fmall red flower. 

 The leaves of the laft appear very'difi'ercnt from ei- 

 ther of the other, being deeply divided into three 

 lobes, which are alfo deeply indentecl, lo that any per- 

 ^'^5..^'poi^ feeing it would fuppofeit to be a different 

 fpecies i but I have frequehtly raifed all thefe, 'with 



lonie other intermediate varieties, from the feeds of 

 One plant. .'. -'k .. : :;:. -- -;. ■ , r '>-:-:■:;; 



1 his plant is' eafily propagated by feeds, which, if 

 fown in a common border in the fpring, tlie plants 

 }^'ill come up • but as it is too tender to live abroad 

 in the winter, fo when the plants are three or four 

 inches high, they fliould be each planted into a fe- 

 parate pot of light frefh earth, placing them in the 

 ftade till they have taken frefli root j then they may 

 b^ removed to 'a flieltered fituatlon, intermixing them 

 ^th other hardy exotic plants, where they may re- 

 n^ain till autumn J 'when the froft comes on they 

 Jbould be removed ipto'tlie grccn-houfe, and after- 



top', it isfiefhy^ and divided into five cells or partitions^ 



in each of which is lodged one oblong feed. "^ ;-' ' 



. Dr.' Linhseus has joined the iPear, Apple, and Quince 



-. - together,^ ^making them all of thtf farne genus, and 



^ has reduced all the^ varieties of each, to one fpecies. 



The Apple he diftinguifties by the title of Pyrus foliis 



ferratis, pomis bafi concavis. Hort. Cliff; i. e. Pear 



■ -' '^ith fawed leaves'^ 'and the 'Apple hollow at the bafe. ■ 



But where the fruit is admitted as a diftihguifliing 

 charafter of the genus, the Apple Ihould be feparated v 

 from the Pear, this diftinftion being founded in na- 

 ture •, for thefe fruits will not take by budding or 

 grafting 'upon each 'other', though it be^'perfornied 



■ with the utmoft care. -Indeed I have fometimes fuc- 

 ; ^ ceeded fo far, as to have the bud or graft of an Apple 



■ fhoot when grafted on a Pear, but they foon decayed, 

 ' ' notwithfta;nding all poflible care was taken of them ; 



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therefore I Iliall beg Ie3¥e"t6^ continue the feparation 

 ; of the^ Apple from the Pear, as hath beeri always 

 pradlifed by the botanifts before his time.*;^.;^ '. 



I. Malus (Sylveftris) foliis ovatis ferratis, caule arbb- 

 reo. Apple with oval fawed leaves^ and a tree-like ftalk, 

 Malus fylveftris, fruftu valde acerbo. Tourn. Inft. 



,. ■ R. H.-635. Wild Apple with^ a very four fruity ccin- 



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with angular Jawed leaves:'^ Malus fylv 

 Hfc, floribus' od6fatTs,'Cat, Hort. IVii 





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monly called Crab, - 



Malus {Coronaria) foliis ferrato-angulofis. Apple 



eftris Virginia- 

 'ild Crab of Vir-. 

 ' gihid^ tvith a Jweet-fchited flower. , -.:-t-.: 



3, Malus (P/^Wi?), foliis ovatis ferratis, caule fruticofo. 



' Apple with oval fawed leaves and a fhrubby ftalk. Maliis 



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