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Plants i which Stove fliould be kept 

 up to AnancCs Heat, as roark'd on 

 Mr. Towler's Thermometers^ obferv- 

 ing to water them in the Winter 

 with Water that has flood twen- 

 ty-four Hours in the Stove, fb as 

 to have acquir'd a Warmth pro- 

 portional to the Air of the Houfe. 

 The Spring following they muft 

 be ftiifted into larger Pots, and a- 

 gain plung'd into Tanner's Bark, 

 in which they Ihould conftantly be 

 kept, if you would have them vi- 

 gorous: tho* they will live in a 

 warm Stove without the Bark; 

 but then they will not make near 

 the Progrefs, nor appear fb beauti- 

 ful, as if kept in the Tanner's 

 Bark j and it is probable they may 

 be brought to produce Fruit in 

 Time, where the Stoves are good, 

 and proper Care is taken of their 

 Management. 



The othcre three Sorts do re- 

 quire the fame Management as the 

 former, but muft be often refrefh'd 

 with Water, and may be ufed 

 fbmewhat more hardily, for they 

 do grow in a cooler Country. The 

 fecond and third Sorts do grow as 

 large as the firftj but the third 

 Kind is of very humble Growth, 

 feldom riling above three Feet 

 high in its native Country 5 and in 

 Zngland, grows very flowj for I 

 have one Plant of this Kind in the 

 Phyiick Garden, which is two 

 Years old from Seeds, and not 

 more than two Inches high, altho' 

 it appears to be in very good Con- 

 dition. The other three Sorts have 

 flower 'd in the Phyfick Garden, 

 but I have not heard that there 

 has been Fruit produced on any of 

 thefe Plants in Europe, 



MALT-DUST is accounted a 

 great Enricher of barren Ground : 

 It contains in it a natural Heat and 

 Sweetnefs, which gives the Earth 



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whereon it is laid a proper Fer- 

 mentation, as thofe who live in 

 Malting Countries have found by 

 Experience. 



Some are of Opinion, that there 

 is not a greater Sweetener than 

 Malt-Dufii where the Grounds arc 

 natural Clay, and have contrafted 

 a Sournefs and Auflerity, whether 

 by reafon of its having lain long 

 untilled, and unexpos'd to the Air, 

 or by reafon of Water having flood 

 long thereon. 



MALVAi Mallows. 

 The CharaBers are; 



It hath a fibrofe Root : The Leaves 

 are round, or angular: The Flower 

 conjijls of one Leaf, is of the expand- 

 ed Bell-JJmfd Kind, and cut into 

 jive Segments almojl to the Bottom : 

 From the Centre rifes a pyramidal 

 Tube, for the moji part loaded with 

 many fmall Threads or Filaments : 

 From the Centre of the Flower-cup 

 rifes the Fointal in the Tube, which 

 becomes the Fruit, which is fiat, 

 round, and fometimes pointed, wrapt 

 up, for the moft part, within the 

 Flower-cup, and divided into feveral 

 Cells fo difpos'd round the Axle, that 

 each little Lodge appears moji arti* 

 f daily jointed within the correfpond- 

 ing Striae or Channels: The Seed is, 

 many times, Jhap'd like a Kidney, 

 The Species are; 



1 . Malva i vulgaris, fiore majo- 

 re, folio finuato. J. B. Commoa 

 Mallow, with a large Flower. 



2. Malva; fylveflris, folio (inua^ 

 to, flore albo. Sutherl. Common 

 Mallow, with a large white Flow- 

 er. 



3. Malva; Sinenfis, ereBa, fiof 

 culit albis minimis. China Uprignt 

 Mallow, with fmall white Flowers. 



4. Malva ; foliis crifpis, C. B. P« 

 Thv^ curl'd or rurbeloe'd Mallow. 



5". Malva ; folic vario. C. B. P, 

 Mallow, with a yariable Leaf. 



H 6. Malva 5 



