It requires to be treated as a tender annual, and to be 

 kept in a cool greenhouse during its time ot" growth ; too 

 much heat seems to be particularly offensive to it. 



The Botanical relationship of Rhodanthe seems to be 

 greatest with Podotheca, from which it differs in having a 

 pappus composed of a number of perfectly distinct filiform 

 feathery rays. 



