THE WATEE-EAG- 

 WOET. 



Senecio aquaticus. Nat. Ord., Composite. 



HEKEVER, throughout Britain, 

 we find a low-lying- and marshy 

 piece of meadow land, there 

 almost certainly we shall find 

 the brilliant yellow flowers of 

 the water-ragwort, the plant here 

 represented, starring it over in 

 rich profusion. It may also be 

 commonly met with by the 

 edges of ditches and streams ; and 

 when seen at all is generally 

 abundant, hundreds of plants being 

 often found in one small river-side 

 pasture or other likely spot. It is 

 not, therefore, a plant that requires 

 much searching for; not only the size 

 of the plants but also their number 

 in any suitable locality, will prevent 

 their being readily overlooked. It is found 

 in flower throughout the whole summer. 

 The plant is the Senecio aquaticus of botanical science. 

 The generic name is derived from the Latin senex, an 

 old man, from the hoary look that the early ripening 



