162 MALLOW 



Mallow. See Malva. 



^Ma'lope (pronounced Malopy). From the L. mahpe, 

 mentioned by Pliny as a Greek form of malva, the 

 Mallow). Xat. Ord. Mahaceoe. 



This plant and its varieties is a handsome 

 border annual belonging to the Mallow family. 

 Too often it is seen only as a half- starved or 

 spindly thing of no beauty. But if the soil is well 

 dug and manured before sowing the results are 

 most charming, the flowers, rather like the Convol- 

 vulus in shape, being produced in great abundance 

 during the months of June to September. A group 

 of Malope is excellent material for a small bed, or, 

 if gro^vn for cutting, a hedge of it in the reserve 

 garden is both eS'ective and useful. Its home is 

 round the Mediterranean. 



M. tri'Jida, or Three-lohed Malope, is the type, of a 

 purplish-pink shade, introduced 1710. But 

 this plant has given place to the following 

 garden variety and its forms, namely : — 



M. tri'Jida grandiflor' a. This, if well grown, is 

 2 ft. high with rosy flowers. There is one 

 called al'ba, which is pure white ; another 

 ro'sea, white touched with pink ; Crimson 

 King, bright red ; and na'na al'ba, dwarf white. 



Prepare bed by deep digging and manuring. 

 Sow J in. deep in April or May and thin to 18 ins. 

 apart. Water frequently, and give some stimulant 

 when in flower. 



