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formerly in much Requeft to make 

 Ever-green Hedges, but are of late 

 almofl wholly difus'd for that Pur- 

 pofe : The Branches are very apt to 

 ihoot ftrong, and require often 

 <:lipping in Summer, to keep them 

 handfome ; and their being fiibjeft 

 to be difplac'd by ftrong Winds, or 

 great Snows, together with their 

 being liable to fuffer in hard Win- 

 ters, have juftly excluded them 

 from fine Gardens. 



However theie, with the thi?d 

 and fixth Sorts, are very proper for 

 WildernefTes of Ever-greens, or to 

 plant in Clumps, where, by the 

 Diveriity of their Leaves, and dif- 

 ferent Shades of Green, they very 

 much add to the Beauty of fuch 

 Plantations. 



The three firft Sorts v/ill grow 

 to the Height of fixteen or eighteen 

 Feet, and, if fuflPer'd to grow 

 without clipping, are very hardy, 

 ( efpecially if they grow dole to- 

 gether, or amongft other Trees ) 

 which will prevent the Froft from 

 piercing the Bark of the Seems, 

 which is often the Caufe of their 

 Deftrudion. 



The fourth and fifth Sorts are 

 tenderer than any of the other, and 

 require fome Shelter in hard Wea- 

 ther, or are planted againfl Vv^arm 

 Walls in Court-yards, &c. to cover 

 them 5 where, if they are well 

 kept, and not fufFer'd to grow 

 from the Walls, they afford an 

 agreeable Profpcct. 



Thefe Sorts are all increas'd by 

 laying down the young Branches in 

 the Spring ; which in one Year's 

 Time will have taken Root, and 

 may be then tranfplantcd out either 

 into aNurfcry, or into the Places, 

 where they arc to remain. Thefe 

 Trees delight moft in a light, dry, 

 fandy, ftony Soil, in which, tho' 

 they do not fijoot ib flrong as iu a 



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moift rich Earth, yet are they le{| 

 fubjed to be hurt in Winter. 

 ALCEAi Vervain Mallow. 



The Characters arcj 

 It hath the rvhole Habit of the 

 Mallow, or Althzaj but differs from 

 bothy in having i!s Leaves deeply di-* 

 vided. 



The Species are, 



1. Alcea j tenuifolia^ crifpa. J. 

 B. The narrow-leav'd curl'd Ver- 

 vain Mallow. 



2. Alcea ; folio rot undo, lacini- 

 ato. C. L\ The round cut-leav'd 

 Vervain Mallow. 



3.. Alcea ; Afra, frutefcens, fore 

 parvo furfur eo. Hort. Fifs. Shrubby 

 African Vervain Mallow, with a 

 fmall purple Flower. 



4. Alcea ; Afra, frutefcens, folio 

 grojfulari&, fiore parvo rubro. Boerh, 

 Ind. Shrub hy African Vervain Mal- 

 low, with Goos berry Leaves, and a 

 fmall red Flower. 



5". Alcea •, Afra^ frutefcens, grof- 

 Jtilaria. folio ampliore, ungi^ibusjiorum 

 atro-rubentibus. P^and Shrubby Afri- 

 can Vervain Mallow, with larger 

 Gooseberry Leaves, and a fielh- 

 colour'd Flower with a dark red 

 Bottom . 



The firfl Sort is a common Plant 

 in the Fields ; and altho' fbmetimes 

 us'd in Phyfick, yet is feldom culti- 

 vated in Gardens, except in thofe 

 curious for Botanick Collcdions, in 

 which Gardens there are feveral Va- 

 rieties. The fecond Sort is the 

 moft common in Germany, and is 

 what the College has direa:cd to be 

 us'd in Medicine j. but the firil: being 

 the common Sort in England, is ge- 

 nerally fubftituted in itsRoom.Thefe 

 are rarely cultivated but in Phyfick 

 Gardens, and are eafily propagated by 

 any, that are curious, by fbv/ing r 

 their Seeds in the Spring in almoft j 

 any Soil or Situation. 



