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often deftroy'd : The Summer fol- 

 lowing they will produce their 

 Flowers in Jiim, and if the Seafon 

 be favourable, they will fometimes 

 ripen Seeds, but this does not of- 

 ten happen in our Country. There 

 is no great Beauty in this Plant, 

 but it is prefer v'd by fuch as are 

 curious in Variety. 



MALLOW 5 'v'lh Malva. 

 MALLOW-TREE i 'vuk Althxa. 

 MALPIGHIA j Barbadoes-Cher- 

 ryj vulgo. 



The Char meter i are; 

 Ji hath /t fmull qtdnquifid CaViXt 

 tphich confifts of one Leaf, ha'ving bi- 

 fd Segments : The Flower confifis of 

 jive Leslies, which expand in form 

 of a, Rofe, having feveral Stamina 

 colle^ed in form of a Tiibe : The O- 

 *uary in the Bottom of the Flower- 

 cup becomes a globular jlejhy foft 

 Truitf in which is a ftngle Capfule 

 containing three flony winged Nuts. 

 The Species are ; 

 I. Malpighia; malt pimici facie. 

 "Plum* N. G. Malpighia, with the 

 Face of Pomegranate, commonly 

 call'd in the Weft-lndics, Barba- 

 does-Cherry. 



z. Malpighia i angufli folia, folio 

 fubtus fpinofo. Flum. Nov. Gen. 46. 

 Malpighia, with a narrow Leaf, 

 having Spines on the underfide. 



3. Malpighia j latifoliay. folio 

 fubtus fpinofo. Flum. Nov, Gen. 46. 

 Broad-leav'd Malpighia, with Spines 

 on the underfide of the Leaves. 



4. Malpighia ; hmnilis, illicis 

 cocci-glandi fers, foliis. Flum. N, G. 

 46. D\y2iT^ Malpighia, with Leaves 

 like thofe of the Kermes Oak. 



The firfl Sort in the Wefi-Indiesy 

 lifes to be fifteen or fixteen Feet 

 high, where it produces great Quan- 

 tities of a pleafant tart Fruit, for 

 which Reafon it is propagated in 

 moft of the Gardens in thofe Coun- 

 tries •) but in Europe it is only pi;e- 



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ferv'd as a Curioficy by flich Per- 

 fbns as delight in Variety. It is 

 calily propagated by Seeds (which 

 Ibould be procur'd from the Wefl^ 

 Indies} and muft be fown upon a 

 Hot-bed in February; when the 

 Plants are come up, they muft be 

 tranfplanted each mto a feparate 

 fmall Pot fili'd with frelh light 

 Earth, and plung'd into a Hot-bed 

 of Tanners-bark, obferving to fhade 

 them from the Violence of the 

 Sun until they have taken Root, as 

 alio to water 'em from time to 

 time as they may require-, and 

 when the Plants begin to acquire 

 Strength, and the Seafon is warm, 

 they fliould have a good Share of 

 Air (efpecially in the Middle of 

 the Day) by railing the GlafTes 

 with a Stone or Brick i and if the 

 Glafles are wet, it will be proper 

 to turn them, that thofe rancid 

 Vapours may be dry'd up. 



In June thefe Plants will have 

 grown fb as to fill the fmall Pots 

 with their Roots j at which time 

 they fhould be (liaken out ( prefer v- 

 incr the Earth intire about their 

 Roots) and plac'd into larger Pots, 

 which fliould be fili'd up with the 

 fame light frcfh Earth, and plung'd 

 again into the Hot-bed, oblerving 

 to water them as before, as alfo to 

 give them plenty of Air in hot 

 Weather j and in the Heat of the 

 Day, when the Sun is very hot, it 

 will be proper to fhade the Glaffes 

 with Mats. 



By thus managing them, they 

 will grow eighteen Inches high be- 

 fore Winter, and have pretty flrong 

 Stems (provided they have had a 

 fufficient Quanciry ot Air ;) and in 

 Ociober, when the Nights are cold, 

 they fhould be remov'd into the 

 Stove, where they ibould be plung'd 

 into the Tanner's- Bark with the 

 Fa^aw't, and other Wefi-Indian 



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