NATURAL HISTORY. 
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the red, white, purple, and black. Al- 
though the Hems of the hollyhock are lo 
ftrong and large as to grow fix. feet high, yet 
they wither every winter to the ground. 
Their feeds are fown in March, in the natu- 
ral earth ; and, notwithffanding they lie not 
long in the ground, they produce no flow- 
ers until the next year. They may be tranf- 
planted about March or September. The 
time of flowering is in July and Augufl. 
LILY OF THE VALEY. 
JVI ANY are furprifed that this plant fhould 
be called a lily, as the bloffom has not the 
lead refemblance to that flower. Of this 
plant there are two forts ; the white and the 
large-leaved lily. The firfl has a ftem a foot 
high, bcaringthree long, large, fmooth, green 
leaves : the (fern, from the middle upwards, 
is adorned w'ith flowers almoft round, white, 
very fragrant, and faltened to a fmall fprig. 
The fecond only differs from the firlt in hav- 
ing red flowers inclining to white, and not 
having lb agreeable a fcent. The lily of the 
valley is only multiplied by flips talcen from 
the plant and roots. This plant, firft arifing 
in a valley, thrives no where fo well us iu 
fliady places ; for which reafon, it is never 
fet in the walks, but in foroe private part of 
F f the 
