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high, and its changeable flowers have a beautiful appearance. They open in the 
morning of a yellowish green colour, they shortly afterwards change to white, about 
mid-day they begin to show a tinge of red, and towards evening they attain to a 
full bright crimson rose colour, after which they shortly begin to fade and die. The 
tiliaceus is said to form a tree twenty feet high in the East Indies, with a very 
thick bole : the natives make small cordage of its bark. In this country it seldom 
reaches above ten or twelve feet in height. The green-house shrubby species, as 
strigosus, pedunculatus, Richardsoni , heterophyllous, &c., require nearly the same 
treatment as the stove kinds. H. heterophyllus is said to be manufactured into a rude 
cordage in New South Wales, its native country. The stove herbaceous species, as 
speciosus , criniius , &c., will require a little different treatment from the shrubby 
species : when they die down, give them very little water, and just before they 
commence growing again, re-pot them in light rich soil, &c.j give them a good 
supply of water during the growing season. Some may be propagated by seeds; 
others by division of the roots. The tender annual species, as radiatus , digitatus, &c., 
should be sown in pots, and treated in the same way as other tender annuals 
(see page 20). The hardy annual species, as Trionum , vesicarius, only require 
to be sown in the open border, like other hardy annuals (see page 18). The 
Syriacus , or Althcea fruteoc, is the only shrubby species that is hardy : there are 
seven or eight varieties raised from it, all of which are very ornamental ; they will 
all thrive in any common garden soil, and may be raised in abundance from both 
seeds, layers, and cuttings : the latter will strike freely under a hand-glass, in a 
shady situation. The hardy herbaceous species, as virginicus , palustris, aqua~ 
ticus, &c., thrive best in rather a wet soil, slightly sheltered in winter, and may be 
increased by dividing the roots. 
