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from May to August. It is quite hardy, and forms a pretty 

 edging-plant for large borders. The other species may be 

 similarly cultivated. The best are M. maritima, littorca, 

 incrassata, and arenaria. 



M. arenaria (sand) ; hardy annual ; I foot ; flowers violet, in 

 Jui^e , Algiers ; 1804. M. Chia (Chian) ; hardy annual ; I foot ; 

 flowers purple, in June: Greece; 1732. M. incrassata (thick- 

 ened) ; hardy annual; 6 inches ; flowers purplish, in June ; is- 

 lands of the ^Egean Sea ; 1820. M. littorea (shore) ; hardy an- 

 nual, or half-hardy biennial; i foot; flowers purple, in June; 

 south of Europe 5 1683. M. maritima (sea-side) ; hardy annu- 

 al ; I foot ; flowers rosy-lilac or white, all summer ; south of 

 Europe; 1713. M. triloba (three-lobed) ; hardy annual; 6 

 inches ; flowers yellowish, in June ; south of Europe ; 1780. 



MALLOW. See MALVA. 



MALOPE. [Malvaceae.] Showy mallow-like annuals, of 

 very simple culture. The seeds may be sown in March, and 

 again in April, in the open border ; the plants to be thinned 

 out when large enough, leaving about three of the strongest 

 in a patch. To get plants to bloom earlier than usual, they 

 may be sown in pots along with half-hardy annuals, and 

 planted out as early jn May as the season will admit. 



M. malacoides (mallow-like) ; hardy annual ; 2 feet ; flowers 

 purple, in June ; south of Europe ; 1710. M. trifida (three- 

 cleft) ; hardy annual ; 2 feet ; flowers crimson, in July ; Barba- 

 ry; 1808. Of this there is a variety with white flowers called 

 alba, and another with larger flowers called grandiflora. 



MALVA. Mallow. [Malvaceae.] A large genus, of which 

 the majority are weedy : a few, however, of which a selection 

 is enumerated below, are ornamental. The half-hardy sorts 

 will grow during summer in the borders in good garden soil, 

 or in a mixture of loam, leaf-mould, and sand, and are in- 

 creased by cuttings in sand, in a frame, during summer. 

 The greenhouse kinds also propagate by cuttings, and grow 



