MAL'VA CREEA'NA. 
cree’s mallow. 
Class. 
MONADELPHIA. 
Order. 
POLYANDRIA. 
Natural Order. 
malvacej,. 
Origin. 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Habit. 
Raised 
Hybrid. 
2 feet. 
July to Oct. 
Shrub. 
in 183.5. 
No. 747. 
Malva^ see No. 517. Creeana is a name adopted 
by the late George Penny, Nurseryman, of Milford, 
out of respect to his friend Mr. Cree, of the Addle- 
stone Nursery, who is said to be a good practical 
botanist as well as cultivator. 
This very ornamental shrubby Mallow was raised 
from seed by Mr. Penny, by whom it was named 
Creeana, but as a variety of Malva miniata. He 
would, undoubtedly, be a good authority, and must 
have believed that it sprung from seeds of miniata; 
of this, however, we have no direct information. 
Doctor Graham says, ^'In the arrangement of the 
species, it seems to me, that it should be placed 
near to Malva divaricata.” 
We were favoured with our specimen of this 
small shrub from the Birmingham Horticultural 
Society’s garden, and Mr. Cameron has obligingly 
informed us that he finds it a most desirable orna- 
ment in autumn, but that it is rather too tender to 
bear full exposure during winter; therefore young 
plants should be struck from cuttings, and pro- 
tected in the cold frame in severe weather. It 
should be planted in a light soil. 
