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SEMPERVIVUM 



ren rosettes 1-lK in. across, the new ones on stalks 1-2 

 in. long: Ivs pale green and pubescent all over, only 

 the very tip red-brown: fl.s. 1J4-1K in. across, yellow. 

 Eastern Eu., Asia Minor. B.M. .lOT and 2115 (as S. glo- 

 6iftj-um).— The showiest of all the hardy species. 



11. HeiiKelii, Schott. Height 6-8 in.: barren rosettes 

 lJ^-2 in. across, not peduncled: Ivs. 30-40 In a rosette, 

 obovate - cuneate, the upper third or even half tinted 

 bright red-brown : panicle dense, many-fld., 2K-3 in. 

 across : fls. an Inch or less across, pale straw-yellow; 

 petals with 3 sfnall cusps, not fimbriate. Aug. Mts. of 

 Transylvania and Greece, 5,000-6,000 ft. -One of the 

 latest in flower. 



12. globiferum, T.inii. {S f^.t.. ■il'. yuiv . ^-m^y Hen- 



AND-CHICKENS. Il.n-liri- 'li',1 ■- l>;irrL'n 



rosettes globosi-. 1 I', mi : • . -'nmg 



ones attached to ihr \,:,u :,: -,i, i ,. !• ;. :■ . iImc:u1 

 and easily becoming iIlUi'Ih .1 ii.ii. it .ti.4 i-lliu„ aL.iJiit: 

 Ivs. 60-80 in a rosette, obovate-cununtc, the uuti.-r ones 

 tipped red -brown, especially on the back: fls. 1 in. 

 across, pale yellow; petals obscurely tricuspidate, con- 

 spicuously fimbriated at the edge and on the prominent 

 keel. Mts. of Austria. B.M. 14ri7. - riil.-- i In- > "luig 

 rosettes are thinned out the plants n-' iii>t -<■ hk. ly to 

 flower. Under the name of .S'. .//. / 1/- i "/.., I.hhlimis 

 seems to have confused all the yelinw tl<l. Ii:inl\' >iKM*tes 

 which he knew. 



13. aren^iium, Koch. Very close to S. globiferum, 

 having the same height, the same globular deciduous 

 rosette, etc., but with narrower Ivs. and the petals 

 larger and more strongly fimbriated: Ivs. oblanceolate: 

 fls. l-lJi in. across; petals pale yellow, distinctly tri- 

 cuspidate, with a linear end tooth, strongly fimbriated 

 at the edge and less so on the prominent keel. Tyrol. 

 Gn. 49, p. 220. 



if. nipestris is advertised by one American dealer, but it 

 seems to be unknown to botanists. VF. M. 



SENEBIfiRA (after .fob. S™,-I„i r, n „M„rali.t of 

 Geneva). Cruc'if(r,v. Ahout i; -;. ■ r ;.' .. linii.ini 

 annual or biennial herbs fi'iiii iln . : ., i, ,..ii-..r 



Europe and Asia, aud AuNiialia. ,. ; ... i ,;.,,,. m ii. 

 or pinnately cut Ivs. and .Miiall wIiHl mi hilI) i-uriiU- 

 fls., in short, axillary racemes: sepals short, spread- 

 ing, equal at the base; stamens free; siliques in pairs, 

 small, laterally compressed; valves 1-seeded, indehis- 

 cent. 



pinnatifida, DC A .•niniiion weed in many parts of 

 the world and soinriiuM s n-, ,1 .as a pot-herb in foreign 

 countrirs: jilaTii ' .1 ft. Iii-li: Ivs. pinnately lobed: 

 fls. white, small, nunn rous p_ ^ff ^ Barclay. 



SENECA SNAKEROOT. Pol; 



SENfiClO ( \a 

 mately from .s< 

 to the hoary y: 

 largest genus o 

 in all parts of t 

 members and I" 

 variable and ili 

 tion. A distill:; 

 character of tli 



Is of this genus, ulti 



usually reinfo 

 that give tile 

 calyx. Tlie h 

 being i.i-nllat 

 absent an-l ih 



and .'i-i 



The .akee. 

 soft Wlullli, > 



species swell 

 wetted. Befo 

 apparently kI 



nence a 

 Cinera, 

 bv Be.i 



SENECIO 



the Farfugium i I \ \ \ s h i 



florists, b ntki 



purple ragwort 



commonly known 



are known as dust i | 



is sometimes tontoun I I w th s ( 



All other species are ot very ramor importance to the 

 horticulturist Of the TO or more species native to the 



United States and Canada, about a half dozen have been 

 offered by dealers in native plants, but they are practi- 

 cally unknown horticniturallv. Most of the species aie 

 wholly herl.aee.ais. b„t i„ S,,„tli Afriea aii.l South 

 America II taii\ -;...■!'-- are -h i-i.mIm. . s ■ -lie.'i-- are 



evenarbor. ' . •• I • i -i ■ ■ i •■ ■■ . 1 1 -■• . ■ '■ ■ I'ira 

 and the ( '; • i i 'i ■ ■■■:■•; as 



i:,! M I II :i II I I iMiiin) and Cineraria 

 I ,1 s 11 i:,„iHa. 



..nee;,,- ,i!:mi.| I... Mi ■Teenliouse Bud hardy 

 lilts. It is impossible to give general cultural 

 . The species are not difficult to manage, 

 and most of them propagate readily by means 

 aiod cuttings and seeds; the hardy species 

 vided. 



