Washburn & Co.'s amateur cultivator's guide to the flower and kitchen garden : containing a descriptive list of two thousand varieties of flower and vegetable seeds : also a list of French hybrid gladiolus, . rhodanthe maculata. (For full-sized flower, see engraving on page 75.) RIIODAXTIIi:. Nat. Ord., Cm^ Charming everlasting flowers, of great beauty, equally valuable for the decoration of theconservatory and flower-garden. Its neat, compact growth makes it a suitable plant for bed-ding or ribboning, while its bright-colored flowers, elegant style of growth, and profuseblooming, render it an
Washburn & Co.'s amateur cultivator's guide to the flower and kitchen garden : containing a descriptive list of two thousand varieties of flower and vegetable seeds : also a list of French hybrid gladiolus, . rhodanthe maculata. (For full-sized flower, see engraving on page 75.) RIIODAXTIIi:. Nat. Ord., Cm^ Charming everlasting flowers, of great beauty, equally valuable for the decoration of theconservatory and flower-garden. Its neat, compact growth makes it a suitable plant for bed-ding or ribboning, while its bright-colored flowers, elegant style of growth, and profuseblooming, render it an object of universal admiration. The flowers, if gathered when young,make valuable winter bouquets. Succeeds best in* a light rich soil, and a warm, shelteredsituation. Half-hardy annuals. 1231 Rhodanthe Manglesii. One of the prettiest of all the everlasting flowers : neat, unique,and beautiful; small, erect brandling plant, with numerous semi-double, daisy-like flowers, of rich rose-color, suffused with white, retaining their transparencyand beauty for a considerable period. 1 foot 10 ? TO THE FLOWER GARDEN. 75. RHODANTHE MACULATA (full size of flower). 1232 Rhodanthe Maculata. This splendid novelty is larger in all its parts than Rho- danthe Manglesii; about two feet high, very robust, and more hardy; fine,glossy, heart-shaped foliage, of graceful bearing, with flowers from one and a halfto two inches in diameter, of a bright, deep, rosy carmine, rendered more bril-liant by a broad, velvety, blackish, purple-crimson belt, surrounding the bright-yellow disk ; in brilliancy of color, and graceful habit, far surpassing AcrocliniumRoseum. From Australia $ 1233 Atrosanguinea. New dwarf; densely-branching species, with longer and more pointed leaves than Rhodanthe Maculata, with flowers of a dark, purplish-crimson ; very brilliant 20 1234 Alba. Pure, silvery-white variety, of same size of flower as Rhodanthe Maculata. This is one of the finest everlasting flowers introduced for
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