Lexicographical Neighbors of Polyanthi
Literary usage of Polyanthi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions by Massachusetts Horticultural Society (1902)
"I—Twelve plants of distinct varieties: Third, Mrs. John L. Gardner 2 00 HARDY
polyanthi'SEM.—Twelve plants of distinct varieties : Second, Dr. CG Weld 4 00 ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1887)
"In this strip grew tulips, narcissi, polyanthi, and velvety, brown, yellow-eyed
auriculas. The soil suited bulbs, as does that of Holland. ..."
3. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1870)
"On 23rd May the stigmas appearing in condition, I crossed them principally with P.
polyanthi. Having shortly thereafter to go to Perthshire, ..."
4. The MAGAZINE of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and (1851)
"Again, there are those whose stems do not die annually as G. discolor, G.
polyanthi, &c. these should be well pruned down when the blooms fade, ..."
5. The Cruise of the "Falcon": A Voyage to South America in a 30-ton Yacht by Edward Frederick Knight (1884)
"Here by clumps of feathery pampa grass, and over greenest pastures thickly dotted
with the scarlet and purple blossoms of verbenas and polyanthi. ..."
6. Australasia and the Oceanic Region: With Some Notice of New Guinea, from by William Brackley Wildey (1876)
"... the atmosphere is perfumed from the blossoming of the thorn hedges, which line
every romantic lane; and from the jonquils, polyanthi, buttercups, ..."
7. All the Days of My Life: an Autobiography: The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr (1913)
"... Ye should move in gilded coaches, While some gorgeous Prince approaches; Let
the polyanthi then, Run as dapper liverymen! Till your dames on polished ..."
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