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fter, and the Plants will xget 

 trength enough to endure the Cold ; 

 nd in the Spring following thefe 

 AW produce much larger Flowers 

 han thole which come up in the 

 fpring. 



, The ninth Sort is a biennial Plant, 

 eldom continaing longer than rwo 

 Vears : this mull be propagated by 

 owing the Seeds in the manner di- 

 *c£led for the firft Sorts, and the fe- 

 :ond Year the Plant* will flower ; 

 »vhich if you intend to preferve, 

 you muft cut off mod of the Flower- 

 Hems, before the Flowers decay ; 

 which will occalion the Roots to put 

 out new Heads, if they are found, 

 jwhereby they may be often con- 

 tinued two or three Years. 



The Flowers of this Sort are 

 ■very fmall, and of a white Colour; 

 fo make no great Appearance ; but 

 they have a very agreeable Scent in 

 the Night, fo that many Perfons cul- 

 tivate it in their Gardens ; and fome 

 plant them in Pots, to place in their 

 Rooms in the Evening, for the fake 

 of its Fragrancy. 



HIBISCUS, Vifcous-feeded Mal- 

 low. 



This Title was formerly applied 

 to the- Mar ih mallow; but the Title 

 of Althaea having been more gene- 

 rally applied to that Genus, by the 

 modern Boraniits, this of Hi ki feus 

 has been difufed, till Dr. LinnTus 

 applied it to this Genus : but to this 

 he has added Tcumefort's Genus of 

 Ketmia ; which, if the Fructification 

 be admitted as a Character, will by 

 no means agree with this. 

 The CharaSlers are ; 



The Flower is of the malvncews 

 Kind : the Petals are twijled at the 

 Bottom, and clofely tmbrace the Ca- 

 lumny which is in the Centre : there 

 is a double EmpaLment to the Flower, 

 the outer being compos* d of federal 

 narrow Liaya ; but the inner is of 



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one Leaf cut at the upper Part into 

 fi<ve Segments : the Pointal afterward 

 changes to a roundifh Fruit, having 

 five Cells, each containing a fingle 

 Seed, and the .whole Fruit inclofed 

 with a J oft pulpy Flfjh like a Berry. 



We know but one Species of this 

 Genus ; miss, 



Hibiscus foliis cordatis crenatis, 

 angulis latcralibus Jolitariis farvh. 

 Lin. Hort. Cliff. Malvarifcus, or 

 vifcous-iecded Mallow. 



This grows to the Height of 

 twelve or fourteen Feet in England; 

 but in "Jamaica, and other Parts of 

 the Wtfi- Indies where it is a Native, 

 it grows to be a large Shrub upward 

 of twenty Feet high. 



Toward the Extremity of the 

 Branches, the Flowers come out 

 fingly, from the Footftalk of the 

 Leaves : thefe arc of a fine fcarlet 

 Colour ; but the Petals of the Flow- 

 ers being twilled, they never ex- 

 pand, but are mut up, and clofely 

 embrace the Column of Stamina, 

 which is ftretched out beyond the 

 Petal of the Flower: after the 

 Flower is paft, the Pointal changes 

 to a roundifh pulpy Berry of a red 

 Colour, inclofing the Seed-veflel. 



This Plant may be eanly propa- 

 gated by planting Cuttings, during 

 any of Summer-months, in Pots 

 filled with light rich Earth, and 

 plunged into a moderate Hot-bed, 

 where they mull be (haded from the 

 Sun in the Heat of the Day, until 

 they have taken Root ; which, if 

 they are duly watered, will be in 

 fix Weeks after planting ; and in 

 about a Month after, the Cuttings 

 will have made fufficient Root to be 

 transplanted ; when they mould be 

 each planted into a feparate Pot 

 filPd with light Earth, and placed 

 in the Shade until they have taken 

 frdh Root. 



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