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ftalk to the height of fix or feven feet, fending out 
many ligneous branches, covered with a fmooth gray 
bark, garnifhed with oval fpear-fhaped leaves, whofe 
upper parts are frequently divided into three lobes, 
which are fawed ; thefe are placed alternately on the 
branches, Handing on fhort foot-ftalks. The flowers 
come out from the wings of the ftalks at every 
joint of the fame year’s fhoot ; they are large, and 
lhaped like thofe of the Mallow, having five large 
roundifh petals, which join at their bale, fpreading 
open at the top in fhape of an open bell : thefe 
appear in Auguft, and if the feafon is not too warm, 
there will be a fucceffion of flowers part of Sep- 
tember •, the early flowers are fucceeded by fhort cap- 
fules with five cells, filled with kidney-fhaped feeds ; 
but unlefs the feafon proves warm, they will not ripen 
in this country. 
It is propagated by feeds, which fiiould be fown in 
pots filled with light earth the latter end of March ; 
and if they are plunged into a gentle heat, it will 
greatly forward the growth of the feeds. When the 
plants are come up, they mu ft be inured to the 
open air, and in May the pots may be plunged into 
the ground, in a border expofed to the eaft, where 
they may have the morning fun : the reafon of my 
advifmg the pots to be plunged into the ground, 
is to prevent the earth from drying fo fail as it 
would do when the pots Hand on the furface, fo 
that the plants will not require fo much water in 
fummer •, thefe plants will require no other culture, 
but to keep them clean from weeds, and in very 
dry weather to refrefh them with water during the 
firfl fummer, but in autumn it will be proper to re- 
move the pots under a common frame to fcreen 
them from the froft ; or where there is not fuch con- 
veniency, they may be plunged clofe to a hedge, 
pale, or wall, to a good afped; and in fevere froft, they 
ihould be covered with mats, Straw, or other light 
covering ; for although thefe plants, when they have 
obtained ftrength, will refill the cold of our winters, 
yet the young plants, whofe fhoots are tender, are 
very often injured by the firfl; froft of autumn : fo that 
if they are not fcreened the firft year, they are often 
killed to the ground. Toward the latter end of March 
will be a good time to tranfplant thefe plants, at which 
time a fpot of light ground mult be prepared to re- 
ceive them, which lbould be divided into beds four 
feet broad, with paths of two feet broad between ; 
then the plants Ihould be ihaken out of the pots with 
the earth about them, and feparated with care, for 
their roots are very tender, and apt to break with 
little force thefe Ihould be planted at about nine 
inches afunder in the beds ; fo that if four rows are 
planted in each bed, there will be fix inches allowed 
between the outfide rows and the paths. The ground 
Ihould be gently doled about the roots to prevent 
the air penetrating to them ; and if a little old tan- 
ners bark, or mulch, is laid over the furface of the 
beds, it will prevent the earth from drying, and be 
of great ule to the plants ; during the following fum- 
mer they mult be kept clean from weeds, and if the 
following winter prove fevere, it will be prudent to 
cover the plants again in autumn, efpecially if they 
Ihoot late in the feafon, or the autumn proves cold 
and moift, for then the plants will be' in great dan- 
ger of having their tops killed : in thefe beds the 
plants may remain two years, by which time they will 
be fit to tranfplant where they are defigned to remain 
for if they are kept longer in the nurfery, they will 
not remove fo well. The bell time for tranfplanting 
thefe plants is the end of March, or the beginning of 
April, for they feldom begin to Ihoot till the end of 
April, or the beginning of May ; they Ihould have 
a light foil, not too wet, for in ilrong land their Hems 
grow mofiy, and they never thrive after. 
Thefe plants may alfo be propagated by cuttings, 
which, if planted the latter end of March, in pots fill- 
ed with light earth, and plunged into a gentle heat, 
will take root •, but the plants fo raifed, are not fo 
good as the feedlings. The feveral varieties may be 
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propagated by grafting upon each other, which is the 
common method of propagating the forts with ftriped 
leaves. 
The fecond fort grows naturally in India, from 
whence the French firft carried the feeds to their fet- 
tlements in the Weft-Indies ; and the inhabitants of 
the Britifh colonies there have been fupplied with the 
feeds from them, fo have given it the title of Martinico 
Rofe : of this there are the double and Angle flower- 
ing, which from the feeds of the double the Angle is 
frequently produced, but the feeds of the Angle fel- 
dom vary to the double. The flowers of thefe plants 
alter in their colour, for at their firft opening they are 
white, then they change to a bliifh Rofe colour, and 
as they decay they turn to a purple. In the Weft-In- 
dies, all thefe alterations happen the fame day, as I 
fuppofe the flowers in thofe hot countries are not of 
longer duration : but in England, where the flowers 
laft near a week in beauty, the changes are not fo 
fudden. 
This plant has a foft fpongy Item, which, by age, 
becomes ligneous and pithy. It riles to the height of 
twelve or fourteen feet, fending out branches on 
every fide toward the top, which are hairy, gar- 
nilhed with heart-lhaped leaves, cut into five acute 
angles on their borders, and are fiighriy fawed on their 
edges, of a lucid green on their upper fide, but pale 
below. Handing alternately upon pretty long foot- 
ftalks. The flowers are produced from the wings of 
the ftalk, like thofe of the firfl fort ; the lingle one 
is compofed of five large petals, which fpread open, 
and are firft v/hite, but afterward change in the man- 
ner before-mentioned ; thefe are fucceeded by fhort, 
thick, blunt capfules, which are very hairy, having 
five cells, which contain many fmall kidney- lhaped 
feeds, having a fine plume of fibrous down adhering 
to them. 
This fort is propagated by feeds, which muft be 
fown upon a hot-bed in the fpring, and when the 
plants are fit to remove, they Ihould be each planted 
in a feparate fmall pot filled with kitchen-garden 
earth, and plunged into a moderate hot-bed, where 
they muft be fhaded till they have taken new root - 3 
then they muft be treated as other plants from warm 
countries, but not too tenderly, for thefe require a 
large Ihare of air in warm weather, otherwife they 
will draw up very weak : thefe plants Ihould not be 
quite expofed to the open air the firfl feafon, and 
the firft winter will require the warmth of a mode- 
rate ftove ; but as they get more ftrength, they may- 
be treated with lefs care, for they will bear the open 
air in fummer, in a warm fheltered fituation, and will 
live through the wiqter in a very good green-houfe, 
provided they have not too much wet ; but the plants 
thus hardily treated, will not make fo great progrefs, 
nor flower fo well as with a little additional warmth ; 
and if they are too tenderly managed, they will draw 
up weak, fo will be lefs likely to flower. This fort 
ufually flowers in England in November, fo that it 
keeps to the ufual time of flowering in its native 
country. 
The third fort grows naturally in the Weft-Indies, 
where it is commonly known by the title of Mufk ; 
the French cultivate great quantities of thefe plants in 
their American Iflands, the feeds of which are annu- 
ally fent to France in great quantities, fo that they 
certainly have fome way of rendering it ufeful, as it 
feems to be a coniiderable branch of trade. This rifes 
with an herbaceous ftalk about three or four feet high, 
fending out two or three fide branches, garnifhed with 
large leaves cut into fix or feven angles, which are 
acute, and fawed on their edges ; thefe Hand on long 
foot-ftalks, and are placed alternately. The ftalks and 
leaves of this are very hairy. The flowers come out 
from the wings of the ftalk upon pretty long foot- 
ftalks, which Hand ered ; they are large, of a fulphur 
colour, with dark purple bottoms, and are fucceeded 
by pyramidal five-cornered capfules, which open in 
five cells, filled with large kidney-fnaped feeds of a 
very mufky odour. 
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