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The eleventh fort is a native of Ceylon ; this rifes with 
an herbaceous fbalk, which is prickly, from two to 
three foethigh, dividing upward into fmall branches, 
which are garnifhed with hand-fhaped leaves, divided 
into five fegments. The flowers come out from the 
wings of the leaves ; they are final! and white, with 
purple bottoms, and are fucceeded by fnort obtufe 
capfules with five cells, filled with kidney-fhaped feeds. 
The feeds of this fort were fent me by Dr. Breynius of 
Dantzick. 
This plant is annual, fo muff be treated in the fame 
way as the third. 
The twelfth fort is alfo annual with us •, this rifes with 
an herbaceous ftalk three feet high, clofely fet with 
prickly hairs, and divides into branches upward, gar- 
nifhed with hand-fhaped leaves, divided into five 
lobes, which are fpear-fhaped, ending in acute points ; 
they are hairy, and crenated on their edges, Handing 
upon very long foot-ftalks ; the flowers come out from 
the wings of the ftalk, and are very like thofe of the 
third ; this plant requires the fame culture as the third 
fort. The feeds of this were fent me by Dr. Jufiieu, 
from Paris. 
The thirteenth fort was difcovered' by the late Dr. 
Houftoun in the ifland of Cuba, from whence he fent 
me the feeds. This rifes with a woody ftalk twelve 
or fourteen feet high, fending out many lateral 
branches, garnifhed with hairy heart-fhaped leaves, 
crenated on their edges ; the flowers come out 
fingle from the wings of the leaves ; they are of a 
very bright yellow colour, but not fo large as either 
of the former forts, and are fucceeded by fhort cap- 
fules ending in acute points, divided into five cells, 
which are filled with kidney-fhaped feeds. This plant 
is tender, fo requires the fame treatment as the fifth, 
and other tender kinds, with which management it 
flowers and produces good feeds here. 
The fourteenth fort has a perennial root but an an- 
nual ftalk. The feeds of this were fent me from the 
Bahama Iflands, which fucceeded in the Chelfea gar- 
den, where the plants produced plenty of flowers, 
but did not ripen their feeds. This riles with ftve- 
ral ftalks from the root, which grow four feet high, 
garnifhed with oblong, heart-fhaped, fmooth ‘leaves, 
ending in acute points, of a light green on their 
upper fide, but hoary on their under, and are flightly 
indented on their edges, Handing upon long foot- 
ftalks ; the flowers are produced at the top of the 
ftalks ; they are very large, and of a light purple co- 
lour with dark bottoms, and are fucceeded by fhort 
capfules divided into five cells, filled with kidney- 
fhaped feeds. 
This is propagated by feeds, which mull; be fown on 
a moderate hot-bed in the fpring, and when the plants 
are fit to remove, they fhould be each planted in a fe- 
parate fmall pot, and plunged into a hot-bed, treating 
them in the fame way as the other tender forts, but al- 
lowing them a greater fhare of air in warm weather ; 
for thefe may be brought to ftand in the open air in 
fummer, but unlefs the feafon is very warm they will 
not flower there; for thofe which flowered in the Chel- 
fea garden, were plunged into atan-bed whofe heat was 
declining, under a deep frame, where they produced 
plenty of flowers, but they came too late to ripen 
feeds. The ftalks decay in the autumn, but if the 
pots are fheitered under a hot-bed frame and fecured 
from froft, they will continue feveral years, and put 
out new ftalks in the fpring. 
The fifteenth fort is very common in the Weft-Indies, 
where the inhabitants cultivate it for the pods or feed- 
veffels, which they gather green to put into theirfoups ; 
thefe, having a foft viicous juice, add a thicknefs to 
their foups, and renders them very palatable. It rifes 
Wii: h a fort herbaceous ftalk, from three to five feet 
high, dividing upward into many branches, garnifhed 
with hand-fhaped leaves, divided into five lobes ; the 
flowers are produced from the wings of the ftalk; they 
are of a pale fulphur colour with dark purple bottoms, 
but are Imaller than either of the other forts, and of 
very fhort duration, opening in the morning with the 
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rifing fun, but are faded long before noon in war’m 
weather. Thefe are fucceeded by capfules of very- 
different forms, in the different varieties ; in fomejhe 
capfules are not thicker than a man’s finger, and five 
or fix inches long ; in others they are very thick, and 
not more than two or three inches long; in fome plants 
they grow ereft, in others they are rather inclined ; 
and thefe varieties are conftant, for I have many years 
cultivated thefe plants, and have not found them 
vary. 
This fort is propagated by feeds in the fame way 
as the third, and the plants require the fame treat- 
ment, for they are too tender to thrive in the open air 
in this country ; I have often transplanted the plants 
into warm borders, after they have acquired proper 
ftrength, and have fometimes in very warm feafons had 
them thrive for a fhort time, but the firft cold or bad 
weather their leaves have all dropped off ; arid then 
they have decayed gradually, fo that they have but 
rarely flowered, and have never in the beft feafons 
perfe&ed their feeds ; therefore thofe who are in- 
clinable to cultivate thefe plants, muft conftantly fhel- 
ter them in bad weather. 
The fixteenth fort grows naturally near Venice, in 
moift land ; this hath a perennial root, and an annual 
ftalk, which rifes from three tofourfeethigh; the lower 
leaves are angular and heart-fhaped, but the upper 
are fpear-fhaped, and flightly indented on their edges ; 
the flowers are produced from the wings of the 
leaves, upon long foot-ftalks ; they are fmall, and 
of a purple colour with a dark bottom, and are fuc- 
ceeded by five-cornered compreffed capfules, filled 
with kidney-fhaped feeds. 
This fort is propagated by Feeds, which muft be 
fown on a hot-bed, and the plants fhould be treated 
in the fame way as the fourteenth fort, otherwife they 
will not flower ; for although the roots will live in 
the full ground here, yet the fummers are not warm. 
enough to bring them to flower. I have fome of the 
roots which have remained feven years, putting up 
many ftalks, which rife upward of three feet, and 
have the flower-buds formed on their tops ; but thefe 
appear fo late in the feafon, that they feldom have 
opened. 
The leventeenth fort grows naturally in North Ame- 
rica ; this hath a perennial root and an annual ftalk ; 
the roots of this fort will live in the full ground, 
but unleis the fummer is warm, the flowers feldom 
open. It nfes with fingle ftalks from the root, two 
feet high or more ; the leaves are oval and fawed, 
the flowers are large and purple. 
The eighteenth fort grows naturally in North Ame- 
rica, in moift ground. This hath a perennial root, 
and an annual ftalk like the former, which is herba- 
ceous and never branches ; the leaves are oval, with 
three lobes which are not deeply divided ; they are of 
a bright green on their upper fide, but woolly on their 
under ; the flowers are produced from the wings of 
the ftalk ; they are large, and of a bright purple co- 
lour. This fort, like the former, feldom flowers in 
the open air here, unlefs the fummer proves very warm, 
but the roots will live in the full ground, if they are 
planted in a fheitered fituation. The only way to 
have thefe plants flower in this country, is to keep 
tne roots in pots, and flicker them under a frame in 
winter, and in the fpring plunge them into a gentle 
hot-bed, which will caufe them to put out their 
ftalks early ; and when the ftalks are fo high as to 
resell the glaffes, the pots may be removed into a 
glafs-cafe ; where, if they are duly fupplied with wa- 
ter, and have plenty of air in hot weather, they will 
flower very well in July, and in warm feafons will ri- 
pen their feeds. 
1 he nineteenth fort is an annual plant, which ptov/s 
naturally in fome parts of Italy, and has been" Ion. o' 
cultivated in the Enghfn gardens, by the title of 
Venice Malva. Gerard and Parkinfon title it Alcea 
v eneta, and Flos flora, or flower of an hour, from 
the fhort . duration of its dowers, which in hot wea- 
ther continue but few hours open : however, there 
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