162 MALLOW 



MALLOW. See MALVA. 



MA'LOPE (pronounced Malopy). From the L. malope, 

 mentioned by Pliny as a Greek form of malva, the 

 Mallow). Nat. Ord. Malvaceae. 



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 grown for cutting, a hedge of it in the reserve 

 garden is both effective and useful. Its home is 

 round the Mediterranean. 



M. tri'fida, or Three- Idbed 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'fida grandiflor'a. This, if well grown, is 

 2 ft. high with rosy flowers. There is one 

 called atba, 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 \ in. deep in April or May and thin to 18 ins. 

 apart. Water frequently, and give some stimulant 

 when in flower. 



