ALTHAEA 



(From the Greek altheo, to cure) 

 Malvacea 



I. Althaea rosea 

 English Names: Hollyhock, Althea Rose. 



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IARGE, widely open single or double flowers, five inches across, and 

 ^ ranging in color from yellow and white through pink and red, almost 

 to black, on a spirelike stem sometimes over seven feet high. Leaves 

 large, rough, irregularly 

 round and wavy edged, 

 mostly in a clump at the 

 base of the plant. 



An old garden favorite 

 and unequalled for plant- 

 ing in rows against walls 

 or at the back of the her- 

 baceous border. 



A hardy biennial 

 which self-sows so 

 readily that it is often 

 considered a perennial. 

 Since the middle of the 

 last century it has been 

 subject to a fungous dis- 

 ease of such virulence that 

 it has been excluded from 

 many hardy gardens, and 

 only now seems to be 

 coming back into the 

 favor it deserves. 

 Thorough spraying early 

 in the year, especially 

 of the under side of the 

 leaves where the dis- 

 ease appears as small 



rust spots, is the only preventive known. Bordeaux mixture may be used 

 or ammoniacal carbonate of copper, which will not stain the leaves. 



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