HOLLYHOCK. 



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HE eclipse of a grand garden 

 flower must be reckoned as a 

 domestic calamity, and this we 

 have had to endure in the 

 cultivation of the hollyhock. 

 But an eclipse is only a tem- 

 porary obscuration; if suns and 

 moons recover their wonted 

 brightness, we may reasonably 

 hope to see the hollyhock once 

 more in its proper splendour, 

 the noblest occupant of the 

 country garden. Remember- 

 ing the late Cecil Lawson's 

 magnificent picture, " The 

 Minister's Garden," we feel 

 that the restoration of the 

 hollyhock must be attempted, 

 in the interests of art no less 

 than to maintain the high delights of the summer garden, 

 and the pleasant memories it treasures for reflective ob- 

 servers. 



The hollyhock was introduced from China in sufficient 

 time for the enjoyment of our grand old gardeners, for 



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