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HIBISCUS SYRIACUS VARIEGATUS. 
(variegated-flowered SYRIAN HIBISCUS.) 
ORDER. 
POLYANDRIA. 
NATURAL ORDER. 
MALVACE^. 
Generic Character. — Calyx double, outer one with many leaves. Stigmas five. 
Specific Character. — Stem shrubby, from six to eight feet high, smooth green whilst young, light brown 
when old. Leaves deciduous, wedge-shaped, three-lobed, and three-nerved, irregularly toothed. 
Leaf-stalks about half an inch long. Flowers large, either single or double. 
Variegated Variety. — Corolla spreading, four inches broad, delicate white, beautifully striped with rich 
rose colour, base of each petal blotched and streaked with deep carmine. 
This is a very handsome variety of the Althsea frutex ; the mode of culture 
is noticed in vol. i. page 78 ; a few additional remarks may, however, be made here. 
1. Plant the cuttings when the wood is nearly ripe in the autumn, in light 
sandy soil, and cover them with a hand-glass. The best situation is on a somewhat 
shaded border, under an east or western wall, in preference to a south aspect. 
Shelter from the severity of winter, and in spring the cuttings will grow freely. 
2. Sow the seed early in spring, either under a hand-glass or on a warm 
border ; when large enough transplant, and treat them as other hardy shrubs. 
3. Grafting may be performed in February and March, but should not be 
done later. 
CLASS. 
MONADELPHIA. 
