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six feet in height: much resembling the fourth, but differing in the 

 branches being tomentose, not hairy: the leaves paler, soft, horizon- 

 tal, sessile, by no means either petioled or sheathing, broad-lanceo- 

 late, mostly three-nerved: the flowers long from the branches, of a 

 bright purple colour: it is a native of Narbonne, &c. 



In the ninth, the branches are weak, slender, woody, spreading 

 horizontally: it is seldom more than two or three feet in height: the 

 peduncles and calyxes are covered with a thin wool: the flowers are 

 of a purple or white colour, appearing in June and the following 

 month. It is a native of Portugal. 



The tenth has a slender, smooth stem, covered with a brown bark, 

 never rising more than three feet high, and sending out many weak 

 branches, spreading horizontally. The leaves are obtuse, without 

 veins, not so soft as in many other species: the peduncles lateral, 

 solitary, one-flowered, longer than the leaves: the corolla is white, 

 and somewhat smaller than that of the other rock-roses. It flowers 

 from June to August, and is a native of Italy, &c. 



Culture. A\\ these sorts are capable of being either raised by 

 seeds or cuttings in common earth, or on hot-beds; but the seed 

 method produces the best plants. The seeds should be sown in the 

 early spring, in a warm border near half an inch deep, and the plants 

 will come up in six weeks; or, to render them more forward, in pots, 

 and plunged in a moderate hot-bed. When the plants are of some 

 growth, they should have the full air in mild weather, and frequent 

 waterings, as well as occasional shade from the sun, while young; 

 and when an inch or two high, some may be planted out separately 

 in small pots, others in rich borders, occasional shade and water be- 

 ing given during summer. In autumn the potted plants should be 

 removed to a frame, to have shelter from frost. Those in the full 

 ground should also be shielded in frosty weather with mats. In 

 spring, those remaining in the seed-bed should be planted out, and 

 those in pots shifted into larger ones; to be continued another win- 

 ter, and in the spring following be planted where they are to remain. 



In the latter method, cuttings, five or six inches long, should be 

 planted in beds of rich earth, occasional shade and water being 



