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Greater Garden Holly hock, with a 

 Fig-leaf. 



There are fome other Varieties 

 of thefe Plants, which differ in the 

 Colour of their Flowers ; but as 

 they are near to one or other of 

 thefe Colours, and are either paler 

 or deeper, none of the Sorts yet 

 known being intirely different in 

 Colour from thofe here mentioned, 

 fo it would be needlefs in this Place 

 to infert all their minute Diflinfli- 

 on», efpecially as they are feminal 

 Variations, and feldom produce the 

 fame exact Colours again fromSeeds. 



Thefe Plants are all propagated 

 from Seeds, which mould be fown 

 upon a Bed of frefh Earth in April : 

 and when the Plants are come up 

 pretty ftrong, they mull be tranf- 

 planted out into Nurfery-beds at 

 about a Foot Diflance from each 

 other, obferving to water them un- 

 til they have taken Root ; after 

 which they will require no farther 

 Care until the Michaelmas follow- 

 ing, but only to keep them clear 

 from Weeds ; at which time they 

 fhould be tranfp! anted into Rows 

 two Feet afunder ; in which 

 Place they may continue un- 

 til they flower, when you mould 

 mark all thofe with double Flow- 

 ers, which have good Colours, with 

 Sticks, that they may be tranf- 

 planted into the Borders of large 

 Gardens at Michaelmas, where they 

 will remain four or five Years, and 

 produce their Flowers very ftrong ; 

 but when the Roots are much older, 

 they begin to decay, and do not 

 produce their Stems fo llrong, nor 

 are their Flowers fo large ; where- 

 fore there fhould always be a Supply 

 of young Plants rais'd from Seeds 

 every third or fourth Year, in order 

 to have the Floweis in Perfection : 

 but it is the better way to change 

 the Seeds every three or four Years, 



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with fome Perfon of Integrity who 

 lives at a confiderableiDktance, and 

 is exact to fave Seeds from none but' 

 double Flowers, and fuch as are 

 well colour'd, by which means you 

 may preferve the Sorts 1 well from 

 degenerating : but if you conftantly 

 fave the Seeds in the fame Place, 

 they will in afewYears become little 

 worth. 



The feveral Varieties of thefe 

 Plants, when carefully intermixed 

 in targe Wiidernefs- borders or Ave- 

 nues, afford an agreeable Profpecl 

 during their Seafon of flowering, 

 which is commonly in July and Au- 

 gujS ; but as they grow to a confi- 

 derable Height, and fpread pretty 

 wide, fo they take up too much 

 room, and appear unfightly, in fmall 

 Flower-gardens. They fhould alfo 

 be fuprorted with Stakes, other- 

 wife they are fubject to be broken* 

 down by itrong Winds. 



When the Stalks of thefe Plants 

 begin to decay, they fhould be cut 

 down pretty clofe to the Ground, to ' 

 encourage them to fhoot out frefh 

 Heads for the fucceedingYear, other- 

 wife they fometimes rot, and de- 

 ftroy the Roots. 



MALUS, The Apple-tree. 

 The Characters are ; 



The Tree grozueth very large : the 

 Branches fpread ( and are more df- 

 prefjed than thofe of the Pear-tree J : 

 the Flower confijls of five Leaves, 

 vohich expand in form of a Rofe : the 

 Fruit is hollowed about the Footfalk ; 

 is, for the mof part, roundifk, and 

 umbilicated at the Top ; is flfhy, and 

 divided into five Cells or Partitions, 

 in each of which is lodgd one oblong 

 Seed. 



Dr. Linnaus has joined the Pear, 

 Apple, andQuince, together, making 

 them all of the fame Genus ; and 

 has reduced all the Varieties of each 

 to one Species. The Apple he dif- 

 G S § 3 ringuiihes 



