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bed, and manag'd as was direded 

 for the Seedling Plants. 



In four or five Years time thefe 

 Plants will produce Flowers, if 

 they are prelerv'd in a moderate 

 "Warmth all the Winter ,• for if they 

 are kept too warm, they are fub- 

 jedt to grow all the Winter, and 

 the Shoots will be thereby drawn 

 too weak to produce Flowers j and 

 if they are kept too cold, they are 

 liable to lofe their tender Buds 

 •which fliould produce the Flowers : 

 Therefore if they are kept up to 

 the temperate Point mark'd on Mr. 

 Tcroler's Thermometer during the 

 Winter Seafon, they will fucceed 

 very well. 



The third Sort was rais'd from 

 Seeds which were fent from Caro- 

 lina by Mr. Catesby, Anno 1714. 

 This Plant feldom rifes above three 

 Feet high with us, and hath large 

 knobbed Roots ^ the Flowers are 

 produced in Spikes upon the 

 Branches, in the Summer Seafon 

 when the Plant is almoft deftitute 

 of Leaves, but never produces ripe 

 Seeds with us. 



This Plant is fomewhat hardier 

 than the other two Species, and 

 may be kept in a leffer Degree of 

 Heat in Winter, and be expos'd to 

 the open Air during the Months 

 of June, Juljy and Auguft. I 

 have not been able yet to propa- 

 gate this Plant by Cuttings, but 

 there is no Doubt of its lucceed- 

 ing as well as the other two 

 Sorts. 



The fourth and fifth Sorts muft 

 be treated in the fame manner as 

 the firft and fecond, to which thele 

 have a near Refemblance. The 

 fourth Sort was brought from-r4- 

 tnericA-y but the fifth I rais'd from 

 Seeds which came from St. Ht- 

 lena. 



COaCHORUSj Jews Mallow. 



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The Characters are ; 

 The Leaves are produced alternate- 

 ly at the Joints of the Stalks . The 

 Cup of the Flower confifls of five 

 Leaves : The Flower hath five 

 Leaves, -which expand in Form of ft 

 Rofe : The Fointal of the Flower be- 

 comes a cylindrical Fruit, which is 

 divided into five Cells which are 

 fiWd with angular Seeds. 

 The Species are j 



1. CoRCHORus 5 five Melochia, 

 J. B. Common Jews Mailcw. 



2. CoRCHORus 5 Americana, Car- 

 pini foliis, fextuplici capfuld, prdlon- 

 ga. Fluk. American Jews Mal- 

 low, with Leaves like the Horn- 

 beam, with long Pods. 



3. CoRCHORUSi Americana pr^- 

 longis foliis, capfuld flriatd, fubro- 

 tunda, brevi. Fiuk. American Jews 

 Mallow, with long Le.aves and 

 fhort roundifh furrow'd Pods. 



4. CoRCHORUS ; Orientalisy bre- 

 vioribus foliis, jlore fiavo, fruSiti 

 Caryophilloide longiori. Fluk. Eaft- 

 ern Jews Mallow, with fhort Leaves 

 and long .Pods fhap'd like a Clove. 



The firft Species, Rauwolf fsiys, 

 is fbwn in great Plenty about Alep- 

 po as a Pot-herb ; the Jews boiling 

 the Leaves of this Plant to eat 

 with their Meat : This he fuppofes 

 to be the Olus Judaicum of Avi- 

 eenna, and the Ccrchorum of Fliny. 



The Varieties of this Plant are 

 prelerv'd in curious Botanick Gar- 

 dens to add to their Number bf 

 Plants, but it being of no great 

 Beauty or Ufe with us, is feldom 

 propagated in other Gardens. 



They are all of them Annual, 

 and muft be fown on a Hot-bed 

 early in the Spring, and afterward 

 treated as the Female Balfamine i 

 to which I fball refer the Reader 

 for their Culture. They delight 

 in a rich Soil, and muft have fre- 

 quent V/aterings in dry Weather. 

 Their 



