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Definition of Rhodanthe manglesii

1. Noun. Australian annual everlasting having light pink nodding flower heads; sometimes placed in genus Helipterum.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhodanthe Manglesii

Literary usage of Rhodanthe manglesii

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annals of Horticulture (1850)
"The balsam and the cockscomb, the egg plant, ice plant, sensitive plant, and globe amaranthus, are not more worthy of attention than the Rhodanthe manglesii ..."

2. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants by Sir Joseph Paxton (1838)
"ON THE CULTURE OF Rhodanthe manglesii. FEW annuals have ever been introduced to our collections that can at all vie with the delightful little plant which ..."

3. The Floricultural Cabinet, and Florists Magazine by Joseph Harrison (1856)
"I beg to state that last year I had a plant of Rhodanthe manglesii in bloom, on which there were upwards of sixty blossoms at one time, ..."

4. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1871)
"Rhodanthe manglesii, an Australian variety, has many admirers ; is often kept as a parlor plant through the winter, growing well with the ..."

5. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"Commonly known as Rhodanthe manglesii. The above species are annuals, and to grow them the Cultivation. r ° seeds should be sown at the end of March or ..."

6. The British Flower Garden: Containing Coloured Figures and Descriptions of ...by Robert Sweet by Robert Sweet (1838)
"Rhodanthe manglesii. Lindl. in bot. reg. t. 1703. Root fibrous, annual. Stem slender, filiform, wiry, glabrous and shining, from a span to a foot high, ..."

7. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1862)
"... roseum and Rhodanthe manglesii, with their lovely pink everlasting flower-heads, and soon there will be the still finer Rhodanthe maculata; ..."

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