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Garden : But if young Plants be put 

 into an open Canal in the Spring, 

 they will thrive and propagate 

 therein. 



ALOPECUROS, Fox-tail 5 a 

 Kind of Grafs. 



iESCHYNOMENE ; -vUe Mi- 

 mofa. 



ALSINEj Chick-weed. 

 ALTHiEA j Marfh-mallow. 



The Char;iBers are j 

 It is in all refpecis like the Mallow 5 

 hut the Leaves of thefe are generally 

 972 ore [oft and woolly. 



There are fevcral Kinds of this 

 Plant, fbme of which rife to the 

 Height of eight or ten Feet, and 

 become woody : Thefe are proper 

 Ornaments for Quarters of Wildcr- 

 nefs-work, to intermix with flow- 

 ering Shrubs and Trees : They 

 begin to flower toward the latter 

 End of M>^y, and continue '"till O<f?o- 

 her, ( if the Weather proves good ) : 

 Their long Continuance in Flower, 

 together with their great Variety of 

 loft woolly Leaves, renders them 

 worthy of a Place in the belt Gardens 

 of Flowering-Trees. 



The diflPerent Species of thefe 

 known in England^ arcj 



1. Althaea j frmefce?is, folio acu- 

 to, parvoflore, C. B. The flirubby 

 MarJh-malloWy with fliarp-pointed 

 Leaves, and fmall Flowers. 



2. Alth^a i fnttefcensy Lufita- 

 nica, folio ampliore, minus incano. 

 Tourn. The Portugal fhrubby Marfh- 

 mallovpy with large, and lefs-hoary 

 Leaves. 



3. Althaea 5 frute[cens, Lufita- 

 nica, folio rotundioriundidato. Tourn. 

 The Portugal flirubby Mar/Jj-mallojv, 

 with rounder, and undulated Leaves. 



4. Althaea j frutefcens, folio 6ry- 

 cniA, C. B. The fhrubby Marjh- 

 znalloTV, with briony Leaves. 



f. Alth^a ; fore tnajore. C. B» 

 The large-flowei'd Marjli-'mallow. 



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6. Alth^aj Biofcoridis, ^Pli/iii, 

 C.B. ThtCommox) Mar il^-mallow, 



7. Ahru&A ; folio rotundiori, aut 

 minus acumiiato- Slither. The 

 Rounder-leav'd Marfh-mallo-w. 



Thefe Plants arc all eafily rais'd 

 from Seeds, which muft be fown in 

 March in a light dry Soil, and in two 

 Montli's Time they will be fit to 

 traniplant in the Places where they 

 are to remain for good, or put into 

 Pots ; that when they arc remov'd, 

 the Earth may be turn'd out of the 

 Pots without difturbing the Roots; 

 for thefe Shrubs will not bear a Re- 

 move, (■ when grown to any confi- 

 derable Stature ) i the Roots being 

 for the moft Part composed of ftrong 

 woody Parts, and have very few 

 fmall Fibres, ib that the Earth is 

 fubje6t to fall intirely offupon remo- 

 ving them } and if it fo happen to 

 grown Plants, tlicy rarely are made 

 to thrive afterwards. 



The fecond Year thefe Shrubs 

 begin to flower, and one lingle Plant, 

 ( if fufler'd to feed ) will produce 

 enough to raife many hundred Plants : 

 They are impatient of Wet in Winter, 

 therefore fliould be planted in a dry, 

 rubbifhy, or 'andy Soil, where they 

 will ibnd much bettf-r, than in a 

 flrong richEarthi but they are fel- 

 dom longer-Hv'd, than five or fix 

 Years (with us), ^£^qcu\\j if fuf- 

 fer'd to flower, and {^cd plentifully 

 every Yeari therefore the beft Way 

 to preferve them is, to cut off the 

 excrem.e Parts of the Branches in 

 ftdy, that they may make fi-efli 

 Shoots before Winter ; this will alfo 

 make their Heads more regular, than 

 if they were lufifer'd to grow rude. 



They may be alfo rais'd by plant- 

 ing Cuttings in May in a light Soil, 

 keeping them fnaded, and often 

 refrefliing them with Water, until 

 they have taken Root. 



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