64 PRESENT-DAY GARDENING 



MALOPE 



" Ma/low-wort " 



Closely allied to the Lavateras and Mallows, Malope 

 trifida {Malvacea) is a. capital garden plant, making bushy 

 specimens 2 feet high, and bearing glossy or satiny flowers 

 of good size and great beauty. The type is now rarely seen, 

 as an improved or grandiflora strain is always offered by 

 the seedsmen. Red, white, and rose coloured varieties come 

 very true. For massing in considerable groups the Malopes 

 are useful plants, and they look well against a background of 

 shrubs or tall herbaceous plants. Sow in a greenhouse in 

 March or in the open in April, planting or thinning the plants 

 to i^ foot apart. The Malopes are good plants for town 

 gardens. 



MALVA 



''Mallow'* 



The annual species of Mallow are not of much value 

 in the garden, but M. crispa, 5 feet, white, has some merit 

 as a foliage plant for subtropical effects, because of its large, 

 crimped leafage. Seeds should be raised under glass in 

 March, potted singly, and planted out in May or June. 



MARTYNIA 



" Elephant's rnink " 



Martj'tiia fragrans ^Pedalinece) is a striking Half-hardy 

 Annual, 2 feet high, with woolly foliage and large Gloxinia- 

 like flowers of mauve or purple colour and sweetly scented, 

 The flowers are followed by double-horned seeds that are 

 sometimes picked while young and pickled. M. proboscidea 

 (syn. M. annua) is of shorter growth, and has blue and 

 white flowers that are also sweetly scented. Both are worthy 



