240 BRECK'S NEW BOOK OF FLOWERS. 



these two or three years, hath bin brought unto our 

 knowledge a very beautiful kind of these Dame Violets, 

 having very fair, double, white floures." These double 

 varieties are very difficult to preserve, consequently 

 rarely to be seen. 



HIBISCUS. ROSE-MALLOW. 



Hibiscus militaris. Halbert-leaved Rose-Mallow. 

 This is a fine species, growing six to eight feet high, pro- 

 ducing very large 

 white flowers, 

 with a deep-red 

 center. A native 

 of the middle and 

 southern States 

 blooming August 

 and September. 



H. Moschcutos, 

 formerly H. pa- 

 lustris. Marsh 

 Rose-Mallow. Is 

 found growing by 

 the margins of 

 streams, and in 

 marshes near the 

 Atlantic coast. It 

 has large pink 

 flowers, about five 

 inches in diame- 

 ter. Numerous 

 stems about five 



HIBISCUS MOSCHEUTOS. feet Mgh . an( J 



leaves with a soft down on the underside. It is easily 

 propagated from seeds or divisions of the root, and sue- 



