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Hollyhock - LoveToKnow 1911 |
 | | HOLLYHOCK (from M.E. holi - doubtless because brought from the Holy Land, where it is indigenous (Wedg.) - and A.-S. hoc, a mallow), Althaanda rosea, a perennial plant of the natural order Malvaceae, a native of the East, which has been cultivated in Great Britain for about three centuries. |
 | | The ordinary hollyhock is single-blossomed, but the florists' varieties have all double flowers, of white, yellow, rose, purple, violet and other tints, some being almost fl. |
 | | Hollyhocks are propagated from seed, or by division of the root, or by planting out in rich sandy soil, in a close frame, with a gentle bottom heat, single eyes from woodshoots, or cuttings from outgrowths of the old stock or of the lateral offsets of the spike. |
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