Meehans' monthly : a magazine of horticulture, botany and kindred subjects . ^ but saving some which is investedin truly sensible and business ways. American Nursery Interests.—Over 1000nursery and seedsmen and fruit growers in Ger-man) have petitioned the Government for aprotective tariff against American horticulturalproductions. u ..l\ Plate. HIBISCUS MILITARIS. THE SOLDIERLY HIBISCUS. NATURAL ORDER, MALVACE^ Hibiscus militaris, Cavanilles.—Smooth ; leaves thin, on long and slender petioles, serrate, slightly cordate, the lowerones roundish, three to five-lobed, the upper ovate-lanceolate,
Meehans' monthly : a magazine of horticulture, botany and kindred subjects . ^ but saving some which is investedin truly sensible and business ways. American Nursery Interests.—Over 1000nursery and seedsmen and fruit growers in Ger-man) have petitioned the Government for aprotective tariff against American horticulturalproductions. u ..l\ Plate. HIBISCUS MILITARIS. THE SOLDIERLY HIBISCUS. NATURAL ORDER, MALVACE^ Hibiscus militaris, Cavanilles.—Smooth ; leaves thin, on long and slender petioles, serrate, slightly cordate, the lowerones roundish, three to five-lobed, the upper ovate-lanceolate, entire or somewhat hastate, with rounded lobes ; pedun-cles shorter than the petioles ; calyx inflated ; corolla tubular-campanulate, pale rose color with a red centre ; seedssilky. Stems three to four feet high. Leaves three to five inches long. Corolla two and a half inches long. Chap-mans Flora of the Southern United States. See also Grays Manual of the Botany of the Northern United StalesWoods Class-Book of Botany, and Britton and Browns Illustrated Flora. The plants of the great mallow famil5^ to?which Hibiscus belongs, have attracted theattention of polite writers by the ephemeralcharacter of the flowers. Thej^ mostly lastbut a day, and some species open in the morn-ing and begin to wither before night-fall. Butthej^ are mostly
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