This section is from the book "The Flower-Garden; Or, Breck's Book Of Flowers", by Joseph Breck. Also available from Amazon: The Flower-Garden: Or, Breck's Book Of Flowers.
Rhodanthe Manglesii. - A most delightful plant, from the new English colony at Swan River; it is one of the tribe called everlasting, from its remaining perfect throughout the winter, if gathered when in bloom, and resembles the Helichrysum. A plant exhibited at a meeting of the London Horticultural Society, measured from eighteen inches to two feet in height, and was covered with hundreds of open flowers, and expanded rosy buds; it remained in blossom three months.
 
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