MALLOW FAMILY 



of the South in agriculture, that in the near future the Cotton plant 

 will be greatly improved and better strains developed. 



Other species of Malv&cece in cultivation are: 



Lavdtera trimistris, a recent introduction from Spain, an an- 

 nual Mallow with heart-shaped leaves and large rosy flowers. 

 If the seeds are sown in May the flowers wiU appear in June and 

 continue until September. The stem is bushy and reaches the 

 height of two feet. The plant is named in honor of the brothers 

 Lavater, Swiss naturalists. 



M Slope trlfida, a native of Spain and northern Africa, which 

 grows three feet high. It bears handsome maUow flowers, red- 

 veined with purple or darljer-red. There is a white variety 

 cultivated as Malope grandiflbra. 



Poppy Mallow, Callirrhoe involucrhta, is a distinctly Western 

 plant of trailing habit, bearing continuously, from early summer 

 vmtil fall, large, showy, crimson, purple, or cherry-red flowers. 

 The leaves are palmately five to seven parted. Perennial. 



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