240 BRECK’S NEW BOOK OF FLOWERS. 
these two or three years, hath bin brought unto our 
knowledge a very beautiful kind of these Dame Violets, 
having very fair, double, white floures.” These double 
varieties are very difficult to preserve, consequently 
rarely to be seen. 
—14—— 
HIBISCUS.—Rosz-Matiow. 
Hibiscus militéris.— Halbert-leaved Rose-Mallow. — 
This is a fine species, growing six to eight feet high, pro- 
ducing very large 
white flowers, 
with a deep-red 
center. <A native 
of the middle and 
southern States 
blooming August 
and September. 
H. Moscheititos, 
formerly HZ. pa- 
lustris. — Marsh 
Rose-Mallow.—Is 
found growing by 
the margins of 
streams, and in 
marshes near the 
Atlantic coast. It 
has large pink 
flowers, about five 
inches in diame- 
ter. Numerous 
stems about five 
HIBISCUS MOSCHEUTOS. feet high ‘ and 
> 
leaves with a soft down on the underside. It is easily 
propagated from seeds or divisions of the root, and suc- 
