MAL'VA MUNROA'NA. 
MUNRo’S MALLOW. 
Class. Order. 
M ONA DELPHI A . POLYANDRIA. 
Natural Order. 
MALVACEAS. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Columbia. 
3 feet. 
June, 0<j£. 
Perennial. 
in 1828. 
No. 473. 
The word Malva, in its progress from language 
to language, has undergone considerable change, 
being deduced from the Greek malake, signifying 
soft. The emollient properties of the Mallow are 
not disregarded at the present day. By the an- 
cients, they were greatly extolled. The specific 
name was given by Douglas, the London Horticul- 
tural Society’s Collector in North America, in com- 
pliment to the society’s gardener, Mr. Munro. 
This Malva was discovered by Douglas, growing 
abundantly on barren plains, in Columbia. It 
forms a neat little bush, and under proper manage- 
ment, is very ornamental. We first saw it, growing 
very unthriftily, in a border of rather strong soil, 
with an eastward exposure, in the Horticultural So- 
ciety’s Garden. We, therefore, planted it in a rich 
light soil containing a portion of peat and lime. 
Here it flourished exceedingly; but certainly at the 
expense of its flowers ; for, although every axil had 
its peduncle, not more than a single flower opened 
on each. A gravelly soil, mixed with a little old 
building rubbish, encourages both its gaiety and 
growth. Increase by cuttings of the lowest shoots. 
119 Don’s Mill. Diet. 1, 464. 
