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Definition of Transvaal daisy

1. Noun. Widely cultivated South African perennial having flower heads with orange to flame-colored rays.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Transvaal Daisy

Literary usage of Transvaal daisy

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

1. Gardening in California, Landscape and Flower: Landscape and Flower by John McLaren (1914)
"The transvaal daisy should be in every garden. ... Propagation of the Transvaal Daisy may also be effected by division of the roots during March or April ..."

2. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1901)
"The Boer war is probably responsible for bringing into prominence a very interesting South African plant known as the Barberton or transvaal daisy ..."

3. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson (1907)
"It is dwarf and bushy m habit, light and graceful in effect with us numerous pale blue flowers. GERBERA (transvaal daisy). ..."

4. My Garden by Eden Phillpotts (1906)
"The transvaal daisy merely lingers, and, as an invalid, is not 1 Quite a mistake. Plant apocynum in peat: give him a year's start, and dynamite won't ..."

5. Bulletin by United States, United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Office of Experiment Stations (1905)
"Barberton or transvaal daisy. From Johannesburg, Transvaal. Received through Messrs. Lathrop and Fair- child (No. 1106, February 18, 1903), March 24, 1903. ..."

6. Plant Inventory by Agricultural Research Center-West (U.S.), United States Division of Botany, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Agricultural Research Service, United States Dept. of Agriculture, United States, United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Northeastern Regi (1922)
"The general character of the plant suggests the transvaal daisy (Gerbera jamesoni)." 63769 and 53760. ..."

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