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and robust plant than the type, with larger flower-heads (3 to 4 inches 
across), flowering as early as March and continuing in bloom till October. 
: _ Doronicums succeed in most garden soils, and need no 
special attention. They are very hardy, and may therefore 
be placed in any situation. Owing to their habit of blossoming at a time 
when garden flowers are not too abundant they are a very desirable 
genus to cultivate, and may be used not only for beds and borders, but 
also for filling vases, and for pot-culture. If the heads are cut off as 
soon as they begin to fade, a succession of fresh flowers will be main- 
tained for a long time. The plants are usually propagated by dividing 
the rootstock, which should be done in February or March. The 
separated pieces should each have roots, and they may then be planted 
out direct into the border, where they will soon become established and 
flower freely the same spring. D. plantaginewm and its varieties are 
worth a place among plants grown in pots to flower in the conservatory 
in early spring. 
Description of Doronicum caucasicwm, the Caucasian Leopard’s-bane : 
_ Plate 152. radical leaf and upper portion of flowering plant. Fig. 1 
is an enlargement of a ray-floret; 2, a disk-floret on a similar scale. 
Cultivation. 
CINERARIAS AND RAGWEEDS 
Natural Order Compositz. Genus Senecio 
SENECcIO (Latin, senex, an old man, suggested by the silvery-white 
pappus-hairs or by the baldness of the disk). An enormous genus 
(nearly nine hundred species) of plants including shrubs and herbs, 
hardy and tender, annual and perennial. The leaves are radical or 
alternate, entire, toothed, lobed, or considerably dissected. The flower- 
heads are-solitary or in corymbs; the bracts of the involucre in one 
series. Ray-florets strap-shaped in one series, variously coloured, female, 
sometimes not present; disk-florets tubular, dilated towards the mouth, 
five-toothed, bisexual. Pappus-hairs in many series, slender and soft. 
The species are distributed throughout all temperate and cold climates. 
The name Cineraria applies strictly only to a small 
Ragworts and Groundsels. A considerable number of species are known 
in gardens, though not very commonly cultivated. We give descriptions 
_ of several species, but our cultural directions apply more to the species 
which are horticulturally regarded as Cinerarias. These are the progeny 
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