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different Times of the fame Day ; 

 in the Morning they are White, at 

 Noon they are Red, and in the 

 Evening Purple. Thefe Flowers 

 are in Shape Ibmcwhat like the 

 Holihock^ but feem to be of fhort 

 Duration : The Double being much 

 preferable to the Single, the Seeds 

 of that fhould be conftantly fow'd j 

 for amongfl: the Plants produc'd 

 from Seeds of the Double, there 

 will always be Single Flowers pro- 

 duc'd ; as is the Cafe of all Double 

 Flowers which produce Seeds. 

 They are known in the IVeft-In- 

 dies, where they are now in great 

 Plenty, by the Name of Martinico 

 Rofe y I fuppofe, becaufe the Inha- 

 bitants of that Ifland firft procur'd 

 the Seeds i and from thence they 

 have fmce been fpread into moft 

 of the other lilands. 



The eighth, ninth, and tenth 

 Sorts are Perennial Plants, which 

 die to the Surface every Winter^ 

 and rife again the liicceeding 

 Spring: They commonly produce 

 their beautiful Flowers late in Ait- 

 tumriy but rarely perfect Seeds in 

 our Climate. They are propaga- 

 ted by Seeds, which are ealily pro- 

 cur'd from Virginia or Carolina, 

 vfhere they are in great Plenty. 

 The Seeds (hould be fown in March 

 upon a moderate Hot-bed j and 

 when the Plants' come up, they 

 {hould be removed into fmall Pots 

 fiU'd with light rich Earth, and 

 plung'd into another Hot-bed, to 

 bring them forward : And in the 

 Month of y-u72e they may be ex- 

 pos'd to the open Air, in a well- 

 fhclter'd Situation, where they may 

 remain until O^ober, when they 

 xnufl be remov'd into Shelter for 

 the Winter- ieafbn ; During which 

 Time they will require no farther 

 Care than to be protefted from fe- 

 vcre Froflsj ib that if they are 



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plac'd into a Hot-bed Frame, where 

 they may be expos'd to the open 

 Air in mild Weather, and only co- 

 ver'd in Frofts, they will do better 

 than when they are plac'd into the 

 Green -houfe. 



In the Spring they may be turn'd 

 out of the Pots, and planted into 

 the full Ground, under a warm 

 Wall or Pale, where they will 

 thrive much better than in Pots, 

 and will produce their Flowers 

 much larger, and in greater Quan- 

 tities : Tho' if you would obtain 

 Seeds from them, the only Me- 

 thod is, to keep one of each Sort 

 in Pots, which fiiould be plung'd 

 into a very moderate Bark-bed in 

 the Stove, giving them a great 

 Share of Air^ in which Place they 

 will flower in June, and produce 

 ripe Seeds in Autumn, 



The nth, 12th, 13th, 14th, 

 15-th, 1 6th, 17 th and i8th Sorts, 

 are much tenderer than any of 

 the former : Thefe are all propaga- 

 ted by Seeds, which muft be Ibwn 

 on a Hot-bed early in the Spring; 

 and when the Plants are come up, 

 they fliould be each of 'em trans- 

 planted into a feparate fmall Pot 

 fill'd with light frefh Earth, and 

 plung'd on a frefli Hot-bed, where 

 they fliould be frequently water 'd, 

 and in warm Weather the GlalTes 

 fliould be rais'd with Bricks, to 

 admit frcfh Air to them, which 

 will prevent their drawing up 

 weak j and when their Roots have 

 fiU'd the fmall Pots, they fhould be 

 fliaken out of 'em, and put into 

 larger, and remov'd to a third Hot- 

 bed, where they may remain until 

 they are grown up to touch the 

 Glallesi obferving (as was before 

 directed) to give them Warer fre- 

 quently, as alfo a large Share of 

 Air in warm Weather j then you 

 fhould put them into larger Pots, 



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