To: BERT BURLAND
Subject: hybiscus
BB>Hope this was of some help, I certainly enjoyed learning some bit about
BB>this "mallow family".  Hummm... okra, now that seems strange.  CUL 
ert
   Not when you see the flower, Bert. Okra has showy enough flowers to
   put at the rear of a flower bed or border.
   I have a couple of curly-leafed mallows 6 feet high in my garden,
   that self-seeded from last year. The tiny mauve flowers are no bigger
   than common mallow, but the curly-edged leaves get huge. They are so
   bland I didn't know how to use them, but mallows (including
   marshmallows) have a very mucilaginous property that the late Euell
   Gibbons used as a binder. Somehow he made use of that property to
   make chiffon pies w/o the use of egg whites or animal products
   whatsoever. Until I learn what he did, I'm drying some leaves in my
   dehydrator just in case. :-)
                      ...Sandra...
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