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HARDY PERENNIALS AND 



left specimens in the open without any shelter whatever, and the 

 percentage of loss has been very low, though the seasons were 

 trying. It propagates itself freely by off -sets ; if it is intended 

 to remove them from the parent plant, it should be done early 

 in summer, so that they may become established before winter, 

 otherwise the frosts will lift them out of position. 

 Flowering period, June to August. 



Senecio Pulcher. 



NOBLE GROUNDSEL; Nat. Ord. COMPOSITE. 

 AUTUMN is the heyday of Composite flowers. The one now under 

 notice has the merit of being of an unusual and beautiful colour. 



FIG. 96. SENECIO PULCHER. 

 (One-tenth natural size.) 



viz., purplish crimson. It is, in fact, a new plant in 1 English 

 gardens, and has been justly described as one of the finest 

 imports of recent years; it has only to be seen in order to 

 commend itself to all lovers of hardy flowers (see Fig. 96). It is 

 a robust grower, ranking with the more noble subjects suitable 

 for the borders. Its hardiness is doubted by many, and a few 



