WILD FLOWERS PINK 
with pink and faintly lined with veinings of a deeper 
hue. The hard, flat, rounded seed is composed of 
about fifteen parts, or carpels, and is surrounded by a 
five-parted calyx, which partly enfolds the seed with 
its long, pointed tips. The seed is green at first, but 
gradually turns brown as it ripens. 
SWAMP ROSE-MALLOW. MALLOW ROSE 
Flibiscus Moscheistos. Mallow Family. 
The gorgeous pink, flaring, bell-shaped flowers of 
the so-called “‘Marsh Mallow” may be seen near the 
edges of brakish marshes during midsummer along 
the Atlantic Coast from Massachusetts to Florida and 
Louisiana, and also inland in the Great Lake region. 
Wherever they are found, they will recall the dignified 
Hollyhock sentinels that used to peep over the red brick 
walls in the Kate Greenaway nursery picture-books 
we all loved so well. And it’s a natural suggestion, 
too, since both flowers are cousins. The Hollyhock 
came to us from China, where it certainly could never 
see over the wall! There is a certain tropical air 
about the Rose-Mallow that impresses one with its 
grandeur. It is so large and stately, so fresh and lovely, 
so prosperous and beautiful, this tall, handsome plant, 
that one cannot well resist the temptation to become 
better acquainted with it. But this is not altogether 
an easy matter, because it chooses to keep aloof from 
inquisitive mortals and has a tantalizing way of grow- 
ing just beyond one’s reach in the deep, treacherous 
quagmire where it isfound. It is one of our largest wild 
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