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Stands in the dry Stove in Winter, 

 where they may be kept in a tem- 

 ♦ perate Warmth, in which they will 

 thrive much better than in a greater 

 Heat : thefe mull: be watered two or 

 three times a Week, when they are 

 placed in the dry Stove ; but not in 

 large Quantities. 



MALVA, Mallows. 



The Characlers are ; 

 It hath a fibrdfe Root : the Leaves 

 tire round, or angr.lar : the Flower 

 confifis of one Leaf, is of the expanded 

 bell-Jbaped Kind, and cut into five 

 Segments almofi to the Bottom : from 

 the Centre rife a pyramidal Tube, for 

 i i be' mofi part loaded <witb many fmall 

 ^Threads or Filaments : from the Cen- 

 tre of the Flower-cut rifes the Feint al 

 in the Tubs, which becomes the Fruit, 

 \ which is flat, round, and jpiftitimes 

 pointed, iv rapt up, for the mo ft part, 



■ within the Flower-cup, and divided 

 into fiver al Cells Jo difpofed round the 

 Axle, that each little Lodge appears 

 mifl artificially jointed within the cor- 



I responding Striae or Cbanfls : the Seed 

 | is, many times, jbaped like a Kidney. 

 The Species are ; 

 I. Malva vulgaris, fore major e t 

 mtolio finuato. J. B. Common Mal- 

 liow, with a large Flower, 

 i 2. Malva Jylvefiris^ folio finua- 

 \to, fiore a/bo. Sufherl. Common 



■ MalloWj with a large white Flower. 



3. Malva Sinenjis erect a ^ fiofcu- 

 Hs a I bis minimis. China upright 

 Mallow, with fmall white Flowers. 

 \ 4. Malva fioliis crifpis.C. B. P. 

 iThi curPd or furbelow'd Mallow. 



Malya canle ere civ, foliis aA- 

 ftlatis, fioribus laxe verticillatis. 

 Kin. Hvt. Clijf. Eaftern annual 

 Wallow, with angular Leaves, and 

 lowers growing inloofe Wherles. 

 1 6. Malva Orient alls ereclior, 

 fore magno fuave-rubente. T. Cor. 

 Jprigat Oriental Mallow, with a 

 large beautiful red FlorVir. 



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The firft of thefe Plants is found 

 wild in mod Parts of England ; bul 

 is rarely cultivated in Gardens. ThiA 

 is the Sort commonly ufed in Medi- 

 cine, with which the Markets are 

 fupplied by the Herb-folks, whrj 

 gather it in the Fields. 



The fecond Sort is a Variety of 

 the firft, from which it differs in thai 

 Colour of the Flower. This is pre- 

 ferved by fuch as are curious in col- 

 lecting great Varieties of Plants : but 

 is rarely cultivated in other Gar- 

 den?. 



The third Sort was formerly ferft 

 from China as a Pot-herb, and hath 

 been cultivated in fome curious Gar- 

 dens in England ; tho' it is not likely 

 to obtain here as an efculent Plant, 

 fince we have many others which, 

 are preferable to it for that Purpofe< 

 This is an annual Plant, which will 

 propagate itfelf faft enough, proviy 

 ded it be permitted to lcatter its 

 Secd e , which lcldom faii to grow, ani 

 are often very troablefor.i; when 

 they have gotten Pcllcifton of the 

 Ground. 



The fourth Sort is preferved hf 

 fome corious Perfon?, for the Beaut/ 

 of its Leaves, which arc naturally' 

 furbelow'd round their Edges. Tm$ 

 is an annual Plant, which will rife 

 four or five Feet high, and propagate 

 itfelf in the fame nunner as tni* 

 former. 



The fifth Sort is more rare than 

 any of the former Plants. 



This Sort was difcovered by Dr. 

 Toumefrt. in the idand of C indii jr 

 from whence he fent the Seeds. This 

 is preferred in Botanic Gardens but 

 will become a Weed, if fullered to 

 fcatter t \c Seeds. 



The li.^tii Sort is an annual P!a it, 

 which commonly gro-.vs upright tcf 

 the Height of three or fofur Feet^ 

 and produces great Numoers of 

 beautiful red Fiovvers } w^icu. rev 

 Ggg * <im 



