SIDA MALViEFLO'RA. 
MALLOW-FLOWERED SIDA. 
Class. Order. 
MONA DELPHI A. POLYANDRIA. 
Natural Order. 
MALVACEAE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Cultivated 
N. America. 
4 feet. 
June, Oct. 
Perennial. 
in 1826. 
No. 237. 
Sida is a word which, like many others in bota- 
nical nomenclature, is derived from the Greeks; and 
as we find no application of the term side by that 
people, but as the name of a vegetable, it may fairly 
be inferred, as most probable, that it is a primitive 
word, not otherwise employed. 
This elegant species of Sida was raised by the 
Horticultural Society, from seeds collected by Mr. 
David Douglass, in North America. It does not pos- 
sess the conspicuous character of some others of the 
same natural order, which ornament our gardens, as 
Mai ope, Lavatera, Malva, &c., nevertheless it needs 
no friendly introduction; for the elegance and deli- 
cacy which its flowers possess, will constitute, on first 
sight, a sufficient recommendation of it to all the pa- 
trons of a flower garden; and amongst these, in ci- 
vilized Britain, whom do we not include ? 
It can be easily raised from seeds, which should 
be sown in the spring ; and in autumn, the seedlings 
should be planted, singly, in the situations in which 
they are intended to flower. Or, it may be divided 
at the root. It continues long in gaiety; particularly 
if planted in a rather cool situation. 
60 Bot. Reg. p. 1036. 
