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PB ACTIO AL GUIDE TO GABDEN PLANTS calliehoe 



or perennial herbs, all natives of North 

 America, usually with lobed or parted 

 leaves, and similar in growth to the Mal- 

 lows. Bracteoles 1-3, distinct, or none. 

 Calyx 5-lobed. Stamen-tube divided at 

 the apex into numerous filaments. 



Culture and Propagation. — They may 

 be grown and increased in the same way 

 as the Mallows, and as mentioned below. 



C. alcaeoides. — An erect perennial 

 species 2-3 ft. high, with deeply lobed 

 leaves and rosy flowers about 1^ in. across 

 borne during the summer and autumn 

 months. 



Cnlhire lic. as for C. cKgitata. 



C. digitata [NuttalUa ddgitata). — 

 A glaucovis perennial 2-3 ft. high, with 

 somewhat peltate 6-7 parted leaves, cut 

 into linear entire or 2-parted segments. 

 Flowers in summer, reddish-purple, on 

 long stalks. 



Culture and Propagation. — This 

 species thrives in ordinary well-drained 

 garden soil, and likes rather warm sunny 

 situations with plenty of moisture at the 

 root during the summer months. It may 

 be increased by sowing seeds as soon as 

 ripe in cold frames, afterwards pricking 

 the seedlings out and growing on in frames 

 until the following April or May, when 

 they may be planted out in mild showery 

 weather. Seeds may also be sown out of 

 doors in April and May in the milder parts 

 of the coimtry, but the plants wilj not 

 bloom till late in the season. Cuttings of 

 the side shoots may also be rooted in cold 

 frames or under handlights during the 

 summer months, and will make good 

 strong plants by the following spring. 



C. involucrata {Malva involucrata). 

 A hairy-stemmed, procumbent perennial 

 about C in. high, with leaves divided 

 almost to the base, 3-5-parted; seg- 

 ments narrow lance-shaped, 3-5-toothed. 

 Flowers in summer, about 2 in. across, 

 crimson, shading off into white at the 

 base, in the centre of which is a cluster 

 of bright yeUow-anthered stamens sur- 

 rounding purple stigmas. 



Culture and Propagation. — Although, 

 if allowed to ramble over the surface of the 

 soil, this plant only reaches a height of 

 about 6 in., its stems nevertheless are 2-3 

 ft. long. They may be trained on a trellis or 

 against a wall if desired, or if allowed to 

 grow naturally the plant might be placed 

 on a mound so as to allow the stems to trail 

 downwards all round. They may be kept 



in position by a few pegs here and there. 

 Seeds are freely produced and may be 

 sown as soon as ripe in cold frames or in 

 spring in gentle heat. The seedlings may 

 be planted out about the end of May. 

 Being a native of Texas, and rather too 

 tender to stand our winters except in the 

 mildest parts of the south and west, pro- 

 pagation by seeds is the easiest method of 

 increase for plants to be grovni in the 

 open air. 



C. macrorhiza. — A thick-rooted peren- 

 nial 2-3 ft. high, bearing erect racemes of 

 purple-carmine flowers during the summer 

 and autumn months. There are several 

 shades of colour, including pale rose and 

 rose-purple, but the white-flowered variety 

 is very pretty. 



Cultv/redc. as above for C. involucrata. 



C. Papaver {NuttalUa Papamer). — 

 Poppy Mallow. — A somewhat trailing 

 perennial about 3 ft. high, with lower 

 leaves lobed or pedate, the others being 

 palmate-pedate or digitate or simple as 

 they ascend the stem. Flowers from 

 early summer to late autumn, bright 

 purple - red, with ovate - acute fringed 

 sepals. 



Ctilturedc, as above for C. involucrata. 



C. pedata. — A pretty trailing perennial 

 (although usually treated as an aimual) 

 2-3 ft. high, with laciniately pedate and 

 trifid leaves, and panicles of cherry-red 

 flowers each about 2 inches across pro- 

 duced during the simimer and autumn 

 months. The varieties compacta and 

 nana are dwarfer and more compact in 

 growth than the type. 



Culture dc. as above for C. involucrata. 



SIDALCEA. — A genus containing 

 about 8 species of perennial herbs, like 

 Mallows and Hollyhocks in growth, and 

 with lobed and parted leaves. Flowers 

 shortly stalked or sessile, in racemes or 

 terminal spikes. Bracteoles none. Calyx 

 5-lobed. Stamen-tube doubled at the 

 apex, the outer portion divided into 5 

 anther-bearing bundles, the inner into 

 numerous filaments. 



S. Candida. — A native of Colorado, 

 2-3 ft. high, with roundish, glossy, 7-lobed, 

 long-stalked leaves. Flowers in summer, 

 white, freely producedin terminal racemes. 



Culture and Propagation. — This 

 species will flourish in ordinary good 

 garden soil in open sunny situations and 

 likes plenty of water at the roots during 



