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into a long rough Box, and this muft be fupported 
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Force. continues much longer and better in a growing 
_ Then Jet an Opening be made along the Mould | Condition than, a.fmall Quantity; and there is 
in the Box, and a young Branch of the Shrub. Danger in frequent Waterings of chilling the 
brought down to it without much Violence. >. | new Roots. ° 7 BF ate ude 
Let fome-Holes be pierced through the Stalks | _ The Layer fhould remain: a Year in this Gon-: 
about the Infertions of the Leaves, and a Piece of | dition, and it may then be removed and planted 
Brafs Wire be twifted round it tight juft above: | ina warm Situation with the fame eood Soil... It 
In this Condition lay it in the Opening, faften it | will flower after. two or three Years, and. from: 
down by Pegs; and covering the Mould, let it | that Time conftantly, and in vaft Profufion. 
have a moderate Wateritig when it is firft laid,” | pcan nares ett 
a: T,HURINGIAN, LAVA TERA. 
This is a well known and very fpecious Plant: | vatera to this and the others of its Sort, with the 
frequent in the Gardens of thofe who love Variety, | following diftintive Characters. | 
and worthy to be brought into all. The old Wri- There are two Cups, an outer and an inner 5 
ters were acquainted with it, though not under the | the outer Cup is that formed of one _ Piece, 
prefent Name; they called it a Marjomallow. | and divided into three Segments; the inner Cup 
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CamERAnius named it from its Country, T/u- | is formed. alfo of one Piece, divided into five — 
ringian and this Ditienivs followed, adding | Segments, and both remain with the Hruit. 
the exprefs Epithet, Grandiflora: large-flower’d | The Flower is formed of five broad Petals, 
conneéted at the Bottom by very, narrow Bales. 
Thuringian Marfomallow. is, Se 
- C. Bauuine calls it alfo Althea flore majore: | The Filaments are numerous, they unite in 
great flower’d Marfhmallow ; and by one or other | their lower Part into. a Cylinder, and are in- 
of thofe Names it was known till the Time of | ferted on the Petals; in the upper Part they 
Linn us: he refers it to that Genus diftinguifhed | are loofe and free, and they are terminated by 
among the Mallow Kind by the Name Lavatera; | Kidney-fhap’d Buttons. 
and adds as its Diftinction, Caule berbaceo friic- In the Centre ftands 4 large rounded Rudi- 
tibus denudatis calycibus incifis: herbaceous Lava- | ment, with a fhort cylindrick Style, and ‘nu- 
tera with naked Fruit ahd divided Cups. merous feather’d Heads. 
‘The Root is long, and hung with many Fibres. When the Flower is fallen, the Rudiment 
‘The firft Leaves are roundifh; heart-fhaped ‘ripens into a rounded. Fruit, compofed of a 
at the Bafe, waved at the Edges, and placed | Kind of jointed Parts or Capfules, fixed to the 
“upon pale green Footftalks ; their Colour in the | Column or Receptacle. In each of thefe Joints or 
whole is a delicate but not {trong green. | Capfules is one Kidney-fhap’d Seed. 
The Stalk is round, pale, and irregularly divi- | The Coalefcence of the Filaments into one 
‘ded into Branches tolerably firm, and a Foot and | Body, fhews the Plant to be of the Monadelphous 
a half high. ; Clafs, and their Number refers it to the Polyandria 
The Leaves on this are broad, fhort, finuated | under that general Head. 
deeply and irregularly, and of a paler green than 
hole fren he 00r- : Culture of this LAVATERA. 
The Flowers are very large and fpecious; they | 
gTOw at Random in all Parts of the Plant, and It isa Native of many Parts of Europe, and 
they are of a fine purplé Crimfon. In this how- | grows a Weed in Hedges like our common Mallow. 
ever there is great Variety, fome are deeper | The Gardener will therefore know there needs no 
ting’d, fome paler, and fome abfolutely white. | great Care or Attention to raife it in the open 
The Conftrugtion of the Flower and Parts | Ground. 
of Impregnation very well deferve Attention. The Method is by fowing, and the great Care 
We have obferved that it is one of the Mallow | is to fave good Seeds. 
Kinds, and it very ftrongly and_ very well ex- One Plant will ripen enough to raife fome thou- 
preffés the Charaéters of the ‘peculiar Genus to 
which it belongs. : ee | 
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fands, but the Gardener has been told already, that 
to ripen a great Quantity is not the Way to make 
Before the Time of Linn aus that large Ar- | the Plants fine; let a {tout Plant be chofen, and 
rangement of Plants, to which we may properly | only a moderate Number of Flowers be fuffered to 
_ give the general Name Mallow, was diftributed at | ftand for Seed. Let thefe remain on the Plant till 
Random under the Denominations of Malva, alibea | very wel harden’d ; and after that let them be fe- 
and Alcea: mallow, marfh, and nervain Mallow ; | parated, and fpread upon a paper’d Shelf: after a 
thofe who applied thefe Names to the peculiar | Fortnizht’s lying there, and frequent Turning, 
Kinds, fcarce knowing why they did fo. | Jet them be tyed up in a Paper, and hung up in 
This Author formed the true Diftinétions : | the Seed Room till Spring.” 
‘referring the whole Tnbe to certain * fegular In the middle of March let a Bed of good 
Kinds, he gave and afcertained the Term La- | frefh Mould be dug up in the Seminary; and 
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and Jet this be repeated as often asthe Mould: Sept. 
on a Treffel'fo high, that the Branch intended to | requires it. “I’here is a great Advantage in ufing; : 
be laid, can be brought down to it without much | a large Box of Mould on this Occafion, for it 
