Art, Symbol & Imagination
Rodel: Ento’s Imagined National Flower
A broad flower of overlapping pointed petals fills the centre of a low spreading plant. Heart-shaped leaves and several upright buds surround it. The caption identifies Rodel as the national flower of the imagined planetary society described in Journeys to the Planet Mars.
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Citation
Illustrator not identified. "Rodel: Ento’s Imagined National Flower" [editorial title]. In Journeys to the Planet Mars; or, Our Mission to Ento, Sara Weiss. New York: The Bradford Press; undated title, copyright 1908., undated edition, The Bradford Press. Source scan leaf 446. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0392-0440
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Reproduced from the exact historical library edition. The surrounding source presents spiritualist or cosmological claims; the image records that publication rather than verifying those claims. The depicted planetary landscapes or plants belong to the source’s imagined or mediumistic accounts.
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Journeys to the Planet Mars; or, Our Mission to EntoSara WeissUndated editionMore from this book
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Illustrator not identified. Rodel: Ento’s Imagined National Flower. Journeys to the Planet Mars; or, Our Mission to Ento. Scan leaf 446. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0392-0440