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with an ortgany leaf, and large round tufted white 

 heads. 



Tills is a plant which grows naturally in the Levant, 

 and in great numbers about Smyrna, from whence 

 I had a quantity of feed, but never produced \GQdi in this 

 country; it is the befl: of all the Marjorams \ for if it is 

 required, you may have it at any time in winter, when 

 you plant it in pots in a light frefli foil, the better topro- 

 teft it from the winter; it muft be fheltercd in the mofi: 

 airy part of our green-houfe in v\ inter, fo as it may not 

 be drawn too much, which is as prejudicial to it, as if it 

 had not any ftielter ; and it mud have new earth \x\Mayy 

 little water in winter, but plenty in fummer. 



224. Maha Btetica flore alboy 



225. Do. Flore rofeo, 



226. Do. Flore incarnatoy 

 111. Do. Fhre ruhro. 



Are all feminal varieties of the Candy Adalhvj; they 

 are all Annuals, and fliould be fown in March on a light 

 frefh foil, and when they are two inches high, may be 

 tranfplanted into the places where they are to remain : ' 

 If they arc fown in Jidy, they will ftand the winter colds, 

 will flower larger, and feed better than thofe fown in 

 fpring. 



And here I think it necefTary to fpeak of the Lavaterah, 

 although they come nearer to ihtAlcea's', but as I had no 

 opportunity of treating of them there, I do it here. They 

 are all of them Annuals, and I would advife them to be 

 fown in pots in autumn, and flieltered in v.'intcr ; and by 

 the middle of May, they fhould be taken out of the pots, 

 and planted in the open ground, where they will flower 

 early and ftrong, and ripen their feed much better than 

 thofe which are fown in the fpring. You may fow them 

 both in autumn and in March, for a fuccefTion of flowers. 

 The mofl of the Lavatern^s are botanically named. Lava- 

 tera Africana, fiore variegato, or African Lavatera, with 

 a flriped flower. 



228. Maha or lent alls ereflior, flore ma^no fave-ruhente, 

 Toum. Corr. Upright Eajlern Malloiv, with a large red 

 flower. 



This is the prettiefl: of all the Mallo-jus, making a great 



flinw with its fine red flowers in the middle of lorig bor- 



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