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to their colour and the fulness of their flowers, 

 provided no plants with single or bad colours are 

 permitted to grow near them. Therefore so soon 

 as any such appear, they should be removed from 

 the good ones, that their farina may not spread 

 into the other flowers, which would cause them to 

 degenerate. 



We have but few flowers that contribute more 

 to the embellishment of large gardens than the 

 Hollyhock, although their hardy nature and easy 

 propagation have rendered them so common that 

 they are much less regarded by the generality of 

 florists than they deserve, since it yields to no 

 flower for the grandeur and beauty of its appear- 

 ance, as well as the great variety of its colours, 

 which embraces all the shades of the Rose, from 

 the palest blush to the deepest carmine, and from 

 a pure white the yellows are equally numerous, 

 until they reach to the richest orange, from which 

 the colour is carried on to a dark chestnut. Others 

 are dyed of a pale reddish purple running up to 

 a black. 



The noble stalks which these plants send up 

 like so many floral banners garnished with roses, 

 render the Hollyhock particularly desirable for 

 ornamenting the borders of plantations, and for 

 giving gaiety to the shrubbery in the later season 

 of the year, since it generally continues its sue- 



