THE 

 COMMON MALLOW. 



Malva sylvestris. Nat. Ord., Malvaeeee. 



E have some six or seven plants 

 called mallows, indigenous to 

 Britain, but of these the plant 

 represented is by far the most 

 common in almost all locali- 

 ties. It appears to thrive 

 equally well in all geological 

 formations, and throughout 

 England and Ireland is of 

 very frequent occurrence, few 

 waste places or wayside banks 

 being unclothed with its large 

 masses of foliage. In Scotland 

 it is, however, by no means 

 common, and in the northern 

 part is almost if not quite 

 unknown. It will ordinarily 

 be found in flower by about 

 the beginning of June, after 

 which date it may be met with in profusion until the end of 

 September, and isolated specimens will be occasionally met 

 with even up till December if the season be mild. 



All our mallows a^ree in several conspicuous points, and 

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