Hollyhock 



Hollyhock 



August with a bud which has not pushed, or in 

 May with one making growth ; also by grafting in 

 March. Cuttings of half-ripe shoots taken in July 

 root freely. 



Soil. Holly likes a good, loamy soil which is not 

 of a very dry character. 



Other Cultural Points. The best time to plant 

 Hollies is mid-April or early in May, or from the 

 second to the fourth week in August. In all cases 

 showery weather should be chosen for the work. 

 Pruning or cutting ought to be done about the end 

 of February, with a knife, and not with shears, 

 which disfigure the plant by injuring, without re- 

 moving, the leaves. 



Principal Varieties : 



(Jreen leaced : 

 balearica, Ivs. sliiuing, 



flat, whole, or spiuy. 

 camellisefolia, gm. 

 Hodginsii, grn., broad Ivs. 

 latis-pma, a large -spined 



and distinctly shaped 



leaf (sy.hastata). 



laurifolia, grn. 

 lougifolia. 



myrtifolia, a narrow- 

 leaved var. 



platypliylla, a broad- 

 leaved, spiny form. 

 whittingtonensis, rather 

 lance shaped, spiny Ivs. 

 Gold- or Silfcr-lcace/l : 



yel. (see p. 423). Gold 

 Milkmaid. 



aurea regiua, margin 

 golden yel. , centre grn. , 

 grey. Golden Queen, 

 forox argeutea, deep grn., 

 with creamy spines. 

 Silver Hedgehog, 

 watereriana, neat shr., 

 margin yel., centre grn., 

 mottled or streaked yel. 



argentea marginata, dark 

 grn., with narrow sil- 

 very edge (sec figure). 



argentea medio - picta, 

 margin grn., creamy 

 blotch. Silver Milkmaid. 



aurea augustifolia, nar- 

 row - leaved, margin 

 golden centre, pale gni. 



aurea medio picta, .margin 

 rn., centre blotched 



Other Varieties : 



altaclarensis, grn. 



angustifolia, grn. 



argentea peudula, weep- 

 ing. 



argentea regina. Silver 

 Queen. 



atrovirens, grn. 



aurea marginata, gold 

 margin. 



marginata, Ivs. pointed. 

 aurea pendula. Gold 



Weeping, 

 ciliata, gru. 



major. 

 Cookii, grn., yel. 

 crassifolia, grn., dwarf, 

 donningtonensis, grn., 



spines few. 

 ferox, very spiny, 

 flavesceus, Moonlight, yel. 



Foxii. dwarf, grn. 

 fructo-luteo, yell berrioo. 

 haudswortheusis, wh., 



grey, grn. 

 Hendersoni, grn. 

 heterophylla, tall, grn. 

 int?grifolia. 

 latifolia aureo-marginata, 



broad, grn., margin yel. 

 lawsoniana, grn., blotched 



yel. 

 maderensis, grn. 



variegata, grn., 

 blotched yel. 



nobilis, grn., spines largo, 

 ovata, grn. , oval Ivs. 

 recurva, grn., dwarf (KI/^. 



tortuosa). 

 scotica, grn. 



aurea, broad yel. edge. 



The Holly Leaf Fly is Phytomyza Ilicis, a little 

 black fly with a yellow proboscis and Ion ;ish, 

 transparent wings, which makes its appearance in 

 early summer. It is the larva; of this fly which 

 cause the pale blotches sometimes met with on 

 the upper side of the leaves of the Holly. They 

 are small, whitish, and with a black mouth. The 

 pupae are brown, and remain in the leaf during 

 winter. If very numerous, the affected leaves 

 may be taken off and burned. 



HOLLYHOCK. 



Description. A true perennial, the Hollyhock 

 (Althaea rosea, onl. Malvacerc) is also fairly hardy, 

 and, in the southern counties at all events, it will 

 pass through the winter outdoors, with no other 

 shelter than that of the friendly hedge or wooden 



fence against which it rears its colossal spike of 

 showy flowers in late summer and autumn. 



Propagation. The grower has the choice of 

 several methods. Kirst of all there is raising from 

 seed. A packet of seed from a fairly good strain 

 will yield a heavy percentage of double flowers, 

 with a wonderful range of colour, so that it is- 

 scarcely worth the trouble to propngatc special 

 varieties from year to year. Where the disease is 

 at all to be feared, moreover, seedling Hollyhocks, 

 stand the best chance. The seed should be sown 

 as soon as it is ripe, in shallow, well-drained pans, 

 filled with sandy soil. Or it may be sown outdoors 

 in July, the seedlings potted singly into 3" pots,. 

 wintered in a cold frame, and planted out to flower 



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the following season. Cuttings of the young- 

 growth, taken from old stools in spring, root 

 readily in sandy soil in bottom heat; while single 

 eyes, taken from the side shoots in July, just when 

 the growths are getting firm and the eyes plump, 

 will make plants in time. The eyes should be 

 removed with a leaf attached, and dibbled into a. 

 bed of sandy soil in a cold frame. Perhaps the best 

 of the vegetative methods of propagation is that 

 ill' grafting. Young shoots about 4" long, Ukcn 

 from the old stools in spring, may be grafted on to- 

 2" pieces of the thick roots. A pin or a sharp 

 thorn may be used to fasten stock and scion 

 together, and then a few strands of raphia may be 

 bound round, and the potential plants potted singly 

 into 3" pots. The soil should cover the point of 

 union. In a close, warm frame, almost everyone 

 of the grafts will grow, and will make flowering; 

 plants the same season. 



