It was as safe as tying up hollyhocks in a garden.
"The Rough Road"
William John Locke
She put in I don't know what all good, an' she had me pick some hollyhocks to take along.
"Friendship Village"
Zona Gale
I know a full moon was up back o' the hollyhocks an' makin' its odd little shadows up an' down the yard, an' we could smell the savoury bed.
"Friendship Village"
Zona Gale