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Definition of Coleuses
1. coleus [n] - See also: coleus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coleuses
Literary usage of Coleuses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Gardening (1905)
"GARDENING:— What is the best material to use to rid coleuses of mealy bug?
CEB A thin but forceful stream of water from hose or syringe, well directed, ..."
2. Transactions by Massachusetts Horticultural Society (1896)
"The new flowering Cannas are freely used, and since we have found that Crotons
will do well as bedding plants, they have been substituted for coleuses. ..."
3. Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.: Horticultural Hall by Massachusetts Horticultural Society, W.D. Ticknor & Co, James Englebert Teschemacher (1894)
"... will do well as bedding plants, they have been substituted for coleuses. ...
like the Crotons, far superior to half-faded and sickly looking coleuses. ..."
4. The Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Home Farmer (1881)
"coleuses were shown in good form and colour by several exhibitors. For a collection
of six specimens the Mayor of Brighton (gardener, Mr. Trangmar), ..."
5. Notes and Thoughts on Gardens and Woodlands: Written Chiefly for Amateurs by Frances Jane Hope (1881)
"coleuses are notoriously troublesome to keep over the winter in small ...
Of coleuses let there be a selection of half a dozen of the very best, ..."
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