CRIMSON hibiscus. 
““’'““'■■'■A 
HIBISCUS 
ROSA SINENSIS. 
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raflcr of that ClaE very diftir.aly. The Column into which LTilamt 
Monadciphous Plants is in fomc, fhort, and bury’d in the PI " 
the fearching eye of the Botanift difcovcrs it. Here ir “fe only; 
Petals; and he muft have no eye, nor no attention who ^ 
length befide, forms together this long and Bender Column. ° 
The ha« four Plant, .f ,|„ 
dens ; and to whieh we give the very improper name of China Rosas Two r 
and two double. I was fo happy to receive fpecimens of them all - L thev f 'if ’ 
here: this being the firft of them. They are diflinguiihed by their Le'aves ; an^ W 
cal d four they are properly no more than two fpecies. and their two vat e ties f m 
culture : this, and its double Bate, are didinguilh’d by having f.mple Leaves ; the Z 
two, by their being pa mated, or broad like a hand and divided, tho’ not deeply in the 
manner of fingers We have begun to get them into our colleaions, and pmbably the 
Seeds of thefe will add to the number : there are feveral robult Plants of the pdnfated 
nl hi /' fpecimens; and it is 
probable fome are the finglc, fome the double kind. 
This Shrub is twelve feet high, and naturally luxuriant in Branches ; the Leaves are of a 
vjdehcate green, and their fliape is not unhandfome. 1 heFlowers are vaft, and in their 
2 th ‘'a 2 eives a thoufand elegant thades. This account came 
trn 1 ® ° °P ^i'Pe-r of accuracy or 
uth: we fliould have been happy if his obfervations had extended farther. 
t is a Hedge-thrub in China ; and they admit it fometimes into the wild parts of their 
f f following Bate they plant it in the moB conipicuous places. The 
late ■" A returns twice in the year, when wild ; the beginning of Summer and 
with " rnanagement of it in Gardens, taking oif the Flowers, 
coin ^tiy to remain for Seed, they keep it in full bloom all the Summer. The 
and ' °i ' upon the dry’d fpecimen, confirms the account of its luflre when frcfli ; 
per laps the double kind, tho’ full of beauty in its way, is hardly fup?rior to it. 
oth^^^ which came with this have not yet Blown their Shoot, tho’ fown with the 
Hibifctis folili ovatis acuniinatis fc-rratis glabris, caule arborco. 
•Single China Roff. 
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