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HIBISCUS SYRIACUS VARIEGATUS. 
( VARIEGATED-FLOWERED SYRIAN HIBISCUS.) 
CLASS. ORDER. 
MONADELPHIA. 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 Althaea 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. 
