Birds and Nature, Vol. VIII, No. 2, September 1900

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Various. Birds and Nature, Vol. VIII, No. 2, September 1900

SEPTEMBER

THE MALLOWS

EAGLE LORE

THE SNOWDROP'S PHILOSOPHY

THE GLADNESS OF NATURE

FLOWERS AND THEIR INVITED GUESTS

THE ASTERS

SCHOOL GARDENS

THE FLICKER'S MISTAKE

TIGER-LILIES

FLOWERS IN THE CRANNIED WALL

THE WILD YELLOW LILY

WHAT DO WE OWE THE BIRDS?

TO THE VESPER BIRD

THE VESPER SPARROW

THE WORSHIP OF NATURE

BIRD-STUDY

THE OREGON JUNCO

THE CALICO BASS

THE GROWTH AND VARIATION OF FISH

THE ORIGIN OF THE FISH

THE BANANA

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A number of interesting plants are found grouped under the name of the Mallow Family (Malvaceae). They are the common Mallow, a weed of waysides and cultivated grounds; the Indian Mallow or Velvet-leaf, with its large velvety leaves and yellow flowers, a visitor from India which has escaped from cultivation and become a pest in corn and grain fields and waste places; the Musk Mallow, which has also escaped from our gardens; the Marsh-Mallow, the root of which abounds in a mucilage that is extensively used in the manufacture of confections; the Hollyhock of our gardens, which was originally a native of China and the beautiful Rose-Mallow of our illustration.

The Mallow Family includes about eight hundred species which are widely distributed in the temperate and tropical countries. The technical name is from a Greek word having reference to the soothing effect produced by many of the species, when applied to wounded surfaces.

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Neltje Blanchan in "Nature's Garden" speaks of this beautiful plant as follows:

"Stately ranks of these magnificent flowers, growing among the tall sedges and 'cat-tails' of the marshes, make the most insensate traveler exclaim at their amazing loveliness. To reach them one must don rubber boots and risk sudden seats in the slippery ooze; nevertheless, with spade in hand to give one support, it is well worth while to seek them out and dig up some roots to transplant to the garden. Here, strange to say, without salt soil or more water than the average garden receives from showers and hose, this handsomest of our wild flowers soon makes itself delightfully at home under cultivation."

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