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Thisis the Sort commonlyus’ Medicine, with which the Marketsare{ upply’d by the Herb-folks, who gather it in the Fields The fecond Sort isa Variety of the firft, Stove fhould be keptup to / rs, obfervmark’d on Mr. Fowler’s Thermomete Water ing to water them in the Winter with Stove, that has ftood twenty-four Hours in the al fo as to have acquir’d a Warmth proportion tothe Air of the Houfe Flower: in Bark; but then they will not make near the Progrefs, nor appear fo beautiful, as if sip in the Tanner’s Bark ; andicis probaable they to ‘produce Fruit in Time, may be brought where the St taken of th are good, and proper Care is Management. its Seeds, when they feldom fiil to grow, and are often very troublefome when they have gotten Poffeffion of the Ground, Thefourth Sor ; the B tion, as thofe wholive in Malting Countries have found byExperience. y furbeloe’d roundtheir is alfo an annual Plant, which will rife four or five Feet high, and propagate it felf in the fame manner as the foriner The fifth Sort is more rare ae any of ne are of Opinion, that there is not a greater Sweetener than Ma/i-Duj?, where the are natural Clay, fuch as are faft enough, providedit be permittedto fcatter MALT-DUST is accounted a great Enricher of barren Ground: It contains in it a natural Heat and Sweetnefs, which gives the Earth whereonit is laid a proper Fermenta- Grounds by The third Sort was formerly fent from China as a Pot-herb, and hath been cultivated in fomecurious Gardens in England ; though *tis not likely to obtain here as an efculene Plant, fince we have many others which are preferable to it for that Purpofe. This is an annual Plant, which will propagate it felf Stove wi thout the a warm ‘This is prefervd but is rarely cultivated in other Gardens, kept, if you would have themvigorous : tho’ live and have con- tracted a Sournefs and Aufterity, whether by the former: reafon of its having lain leng untilled, and unexpos’d to the Air, or by reafon of Water It grows wild in from whence the Seeds were acht into : d, and is preferv’d by the Lo yers of having ftood long thereon. Var ety, but thereis r Plant. The fixth Sort is alfo an annual Plant, which commonly grows up t to the Height of three or four Feer, ni produces at “Num bers of beauti ful red Flowers ; which renders it the beft worth propagating in large FlowerGardens, where being plac’d in the middie of : The Leaves are round, #s of one Leaf, d, and cut into Brom th bbreads or Fi Janey: the Flower-cup rifes the , which becomes the Fruit, fi abate pointed, n the Flower- large Borders, it makes a beautiful Appear ance, ‘ She Seeds of thefe Plants fhould be fown in March upon a Bedoffreth light Earth ; and they when theyare comeup four Inches high, fhould be tran{pla ted wheretheyare deshgn'd to be continu’d, allowing ’em a large Diftances for if they are planted too clofe, ney do not appear fo well: but they are beft w!heninter mix’d with other Flowers of the fame Growth, wheretheyafford an agreeable Variety. T hefe ree may alfo be fown in Agi"; and the Plants will endure the greateft Cold of Matva, plex. f. B. vulgaris, flore majo > foli Common Mallow, with a large Flower. 2. Marva; fylveftris, folio finuate, flore albo. Sutherl. Common Mallow, with a large white Flower. 3. Marva; ta, flofculis albis minimis. Ct an Upright Mallow, with {mall ia d or furbeloe’d Mallow. Matya; folio vario.C. B.P. ourCli matey if plac’d on a dry ‘Soil, and grow larger, and flower fooner than thofe fownin the Sp owers. 4. Marva; foliis crifpis.C. B.P. Mc L are rougher, Vi curious in Biase ue great Vareties of Plants, into larger Pots, and again plung’ d into Tanneds Bark, in waller they fhould conftantly be will relat from which it differs in the Colour of the The Spring following they muft befhifted they Petals occupy the Phacé of the x: or if the Seeds are permitted te featter, they will come up as the two former Sorts, and thrive equally aswell. 5 There are feveral other Sorts of Ma fome of which are Natives of this Cow but as they are Plants of no great Bez a Ufe, fo it would be faperfluous to mer The 2 wath a variable Leaf. 6. Marva; Orientalis erettior, fore magno fuave-rubente. T. Cor. Upright Orientaal Malow, with a large beautiful red Flower. The firft of +thefe Plants is found wild in moft Parts of England, but is rarely cultivated Ww them in this Place. MALVA ARBOREA; vide Althea ,MALVAROSEA ; Rofe Mallow, or Ho! 3 five hortenfis, Single White Hollyhock. 3 hortenfis, flore fimplici rubro. Single Red Hollyhock. ‘Matva Rosca; folio rotundo, flore ex ite. C. B. P. Hollyhock, with a blackifh-red Flower. Marva Rose as; folio rotundo, flore . H.R. Par. Hollyhock, with a e Yellow sano er. Matva Rosea; folio fubretundo, flove 9 Cc. B.P. Double White Holly- Marva; hortenfis, flore pleno, rubro. Double Red Hollyhock. Manva R OSEA 5 ne plex, flore incarHA. Eyit. with a Double efh-colour’d Flower. Matva; bortenfis, flore pleno, atro-ru- bente. H. Eyf. Double Hollyhock, with a Dark-red Flower. 9. Marva Rosea; folio fubrotundo, flore leno, puniceo. C. B. *P. Hollyhock, with a Double Scarlet Flower, Io. Marva Rosea 3; folio fubrotundo, flore pleno, fubluter. H.R. Par. Hollyhock, with a Double Yellowish Flower. There are fome other Varieties of thefe Plants, which differ in the Colour of their Flowers : but as they are near to one or other of thefe Colours, and are either paler or deeper, (none of the Sorts yet known being intirely different in Colour from thofe here mention’d); fo it would be needlef§ in this Place to infert all their minute Diftindtions, efpecially # they are feminal Variations, and feldom produce the fame exact Colours again from Seeds Thefe Faas are all propagated from Seeds, which fhould be fown upon a Bed of freth Earth in March; and when the Plants are come up pretty ftrong, they muft be tranfplanted out into Nurfery- beds at about eight Inches Diftance from each other, obfe g to water them until they have taken Root : After which they will require no farther Care ordet to have the Flowers in Perfe@iion: But it is the better wayto eeege the Seeds every three or four Veors, vith fome Perfon of Integrity who lives at a cahiider ble Diftance, and is exaét to fave Seeds from none but Double Flowers, and fuch as are well-colour’ d; by which means you maypreferve the Sorts well from degenerating : but if youconftantly fave the Seeds in the fame Place, they will in a few Years be come little worth, The feveral Varieties of thefe Plants, when carefully intermix’d in large W ildernets Borders, or Avenues, afford anagreeable Profpect during their Seafon of flowering, (which is commonly in Fuly) but as they grow to a confiderable Height, and fpread pretty wide, fo they take up too much Room, and appear {mall Flower Gardens: ‘They unfi ghtly in fhould alfo be fupported with Stakes, other= @ they are fubje& to be broken dow by ftrong Winds. WhentheStalks of thefe Plants begin to decay, they fhould be cut down prettyclofé to the Ground, to inc ourage them .to fhoot out frefh Heads for the fucceeding Y > otherwife they fometimesrot anddeftroythe Roots. MALUS: The Ch meals rec. ; are more depref the Pe. Leaves, Fruit i 1 is flefby, and tions, Seed. 1 into five cells.1aParti~ in each of which is lod; The Species are 1. Matus; | m. s The Crab Tree. Matus; /ylveftris, j Tree, with {trip’d Le Matus; _ Cat. 4. Maca: fru iti Par. The Fig Apple 5. Matus; puimil Arbor, fr w rubente Paradife Apple, 6. Matus; until the Imas following, but only to Keep them clear from Weeds ; at which time gatis. good Colours, with Sticks, that they maybe trant planted into the Borders of large Gar- ftriip d Leaves. The feveral Sorts of Apples which are at prefent efteem’d for their Fruit in the curious Gardens near London, m y be feen under the Article of Apple, where a particul ar Account of their Planting, Pruning, 9c. is fully laid down; to which i refer the Reader ; in they fhould be tranfplanted into Rows two Feet afunder, and a Foot Diftance in the Rows; in Rich Place they may continue until they flower, when you fhould mark all thofe with Double Flowers, which have nas, where they will remain ur or five Years, and produce their Flowers very ftrong: but when the Roots are much older they begin to decay, and do not pro- duce their s fo ftrong, nor are their Flowers {o | ; wherefore there fhould alw ays be a Supply of young Plantsrais’d ‘tom Seeds every third or fourth Year, in Cat. Planté e Tree, with this Place fhall only take notic: mention’d Sorts, which are only prefé Curiofities, or for Stocks to gra generous Kinds of Fruit upon; is generally preferr’'d to moft ot this Purpofe, it being the moft them, and not fo liable to canker which are produc’d from Kernels 5 1 |
