S cock-gilii flowers . Their feafon of flowering is in 
the beginning of' June, and I have frequently railed 
young plants from the ftalks alter the flowers have 
decayed, by cutting them in lengths, and planting 
them in the manner before directed ; but tnefe fel- 
dotn make fo good plants as the young cuttings, nor 
are they fo certain to grow, therefore the other are 
to be preferred. 
The fourth fort grows naturally in Hungary. This 
is much cultivated in the gardens abroad, for the great 
fragrancy of its flowers, which- in the evening is fo 
ftrong, as to perfume the air at a great dilcance, ejpe- 
cially where there are any number of the plants. The 
ladies in Germany are very fond of this plant, and clu- 
rino- the feafon of their (lowering, have the pots placed 
in their apartments every evening, that they may en- 
joy the fragrancy of their flowers ; for they have, but 
little beauty, being fmaller than thofe of the Garden 
Rocket, and of a pale colour, but the fcent of their 
flowers is much preferable to them ; though in the 
day-time, if the weather is clear, they have very little 
odour •, but when the fun leaves them, their fragrancy 
is expanded to a great diftance. To this fpecies it is 
fuppofed, that the title of Dame’s Violet was Hrft ap- 
plied. 
This fort is very rarely feen in the Englifn gardens : I 
fuppofe it has "been neglected, becaufe the flowers 
make no appearance. It is a biennial plant like the 
Garden Rocket, which is propagated by feeds in the 
fame manner; but the plants are not quite fo hardy, 
and are very fubjett to rot in winter, efpecially on a 
moift foil, or in rich land, where they are apt to grow 
very rank, fo are foon injured by wet and cold in the 
winter ; therefore the plants of this fort fliould be 
planted in a dry poor foil, and a warm fituation ; and 
if feme of them are planted in pots to be placed under 
a common frame in winter, where they may be fhel- 
tered from hard rains and froft, but enjoy the free 
air at all times when the weather is mild, it will be 
a fure way to preferve them. 
The leaves of this fort are much larger than thofe 
of the Garden Rocket, and of a paler green ; the 
ftalks are clofely fet with briftly hairs the flowers 
grow in loofe panicles at the top of the ftalk, and ap- 
pear about the fame time with the Garden Rocket. 
The feeds of the fifth fort were, fent me from Germany 
without any title, nor any account of the country from 
whence it came ; but as it was fent with the feeds of 
fome Siberian plants, I fuppofe this came from the 
fame country. This is a biennial plant, which rifes 
with a ftrong branching ftalk between two and three 
feet high, which is very hairy, garnilhed with oblong 
heart-fhaped leaves, ending in acute points, fitting 
dole to the ftalk ; they are four inches long, and one 
and a half broad at their bafe, gradually diminiftiing 
to the point, and are {lightly fawed on their edges ; 
the upper part of the ftalk divides into two or three 
branches, which are garnilhed with fmall leaves of 
the fame fhape with thofe below, and are terminated 
with loofe panicles of fingle, large, purple flowers of 
great fragrancy. This fort flowered the end of June 
1757, but the great rains which fell in Auguft, rotted 
the plants before the feeds were ripe. 
The fixth fort grows naturally in the warm parts of 
Europe ; this is annual ; the ftalks rife about eight 
or nine inches high, branching out greatly on every 
fide in a confuted order •, they are garnilhed with 
fmall, narrow, indented leaves, and are terminated 
by clutters of fmall yellow flowers, which make no 
appearance. 
The feventh fort grows naturally in Sicily. This is 
an annual plant, which ieldom rifes more than fix 
inches high ; the ftalk branches toward the top into 
three or four fmaller, which are terminated by fmall 
white flowers ; the leaves are two inches long and 
one broad, cut almoft to the midrib on each fide, fo 
as to refemble a winged leaf. 
The eighth fort grows naturally in Africa. This is 
an annual plant with a very branching ftalk, which 
rifes about nine inches high, garnilhed with rough 
fpear-ihaped leaves fawed on their edges, and termi- 
nated by loofe panicles of fmall purple flowers, which 
appear in June and July ; thefe are fucceeded by long 
pods fitting clofe to the ftalks, and are filled with 
fmall feeds which ripen in September. 
Thefe three forts are rarely cultivated, except in bo- 
tanic gardens for the fake of variety. If the feeds 
of thefe are permitted to fcatter, the plants will come 
up without care, and only require to be kept clean 
from weeds ; or they may be fown either in the hiring 
or the autumn where they are to Hand, for they do 
not bear tranfplanting well. 
The ninth fort is an annual plant, which grows na- 
turally in the fouth of France. This fends out feveral 
heart-fhaped leaves from the root, which fpread on 
the ground ; they are fawed and hairy : the ftalk rifes 
nine inches high, branching toward the top, garnilhed 
with leaves of the fame fnape, which embrace the 
ftalks with their bafe ; the flowers are produced in 
loofe panicles at the end of the branches ; they are of 
a lively purple colour, and thofe plants which rife in 
the autumn, flower early in the fpring. If thefe 
feeds are fown in the autumn, they fucceed much bet- 
ter than in the fpring. 
HE U CHER A. Lin. Gen. Plant. 283. Sanicle. 
The Characters are, 
The flower is compofled ofl five narrow petals , which are 
infer ted in the border ofl the one-leaved empalement. It 
hath five ere A dwl-jhapedftamna , which are much longer 
than the empalement , terminated by roundijh flummits. It 
hath a rcmdiflj bifid germen , with two eretl ftyles the 
length of the ftamina , crowned by cbtufie ftthnas. The 
germen afterward turns to an oval-pcinted capfule with 
tzvo horns , which are reflex ed, halving two cells filled with 
very fmall feeds. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond fedfion of 
Linnaeus’s fifth clafs, which includes thofe plants 
whofe flowers have five ftamina and two ftyles. 
We have but one Species of this genus, viz. 
Heuchera jAmericana.) Elort. Cliff. 82. Mitella Ameri- 
cana, fiore fquallide purpureo villofo. Boerh. Ind. 
alt. Mitella of America , with harry flowers of a dirty 
purple colour. 
This plant grows naturally in Virginia, but is hardy 
enough to thrive in the open air in England. It hath, 
a perennial root, which fends out many heart-fhaped 
oval leaves, which are indented into four or five 
lobes, and are crenated on their edges, of a lucid 
green, and fmooth ; from between thefe come out 
the foot-ftalks of the flower, which are naked, and 
rife afoot high, dividing at the top into a loofe pani- 
cle, fuftaining many fmall hairy flowers, of an obfo- 
lete purple colour. This flowers in May, and the 
feeds ripen in Auguft. 
It is propagated by parting the roots in autumn, and 
fhould be planted in a fhady fituation ; there is little 
beauty in this plant, but it is prelerved in fome gar- 
dens for the fake of variety. 
HIBISCUS. Lin. Gen. Plant. 756. Ketmia. Tourn. 
Inft. R. H. 99. tab. 26. Syrian Mallow. 
The Characters are, 
The flower has a double empalement , which is permanent 
the outer is compofled of eight or ten narrow leaves, the 
inner is Jhaped like a cup , and is ofl one leaf, cut at the 
brim into five acute points. It hath five heart-Jhaped 
petals, which join at their bafe into one. It hath many 
ftamina , which are joined to the ftyle, in form ofl a column , 
within the tube of the flower, but expand toward the top , 
and are terminated by kidney-Jhaped flummits. It has a 
round germen, with fender ftyles longer than the ftamina , 
crowned by roundijh ftigmas. The germen afterward turns 
to a capfule with five cells, opening in five parts, inclojing 
kidney-Jhaped feeds. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the third feftion 
of Linnams’s fixteenfh clafs, which includes thofe 
plants whofe flowers have many ftamina joined to the 
ftyles in one body, forming a column. 
The Species are, 
1. Hibiscus ( Syriacus) folks cuneiformi-ovatis, fupeme 
incifo-dentatis, caule arboreo. Hort. Cliff 350, Hibifi 
6 T cm 
