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MALVA CAMPANULA! A. 
succession from June till the end of August or September. The colour of these is 
a pale and delicate lilac, varying, sometimes, to a pinkish tint- 
To cultivate it propitiously, it is only necessary to give it an open loamy soil, 
and put it in a pot of moderate size, never suffering it to want water. After it 
has done flowering, its stems can be cut down, and the pots placed in a cold frame 
for the winter, watering the roots very sparingly, and keeping the plants as hardy 
as possible. Planted out in the month of May, it makes a beautiful bed or patch 
in the pleasure-garden, and will last in bloom a considerable time. It is propagated 
by division, by anthers, or by seeds. The latter it does not ripen freely. 
Most nurserymen now possess it, although we still see it in the largest quan- 
tities at Messrs. Henderson's, who obliged us by permitting the annexed represen- 
tation to be made in the summer of 1840. 
Malva has its origin in malache, soft, from the emollient and mucilaginous 
juices of many of the species. 
