HARDY PLANTS. 
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follows : S. arachnoideum (Cobweb Houseleekj, a native of 
the Pyrenees ; leaves arranged in small rosettes and covered 
with cobwebby filaments ; flowers red, June. Lagged is a 
form of it with larger rosettes. S. arenarium (Sand House- 
leek), a native of the Tyrol ; leaves ciliated on margins and 
tinged brown ; flowers yellow, summer. S. fimbriatum 
(Fringed Houseleek), a native of the Alps; leaves fringed 
with hairs and tipped purple-red ; flowers red, July. S. Funckii, 
a native of the Tyrol, leaves green and fringed with hairs ; 
flowers rosy, July. S. glaucum, a native of the Alps; leaves 
fringed with hairs and tipped reddish-brown ; flowers bright 
red, summer. S. globiferum (“Hen and Chickens”), a native 
of the Alps ; leaves in round rosettes surrounded by brownish 
offsets ; flowers purple, summer. S. Pomellii, a native of the 
Alps ; leaves hairy, tinged with red ; flowers rosy-red, summer. 
S. triste, a native of the Alps ; leaves dull bronzy-red ; an 
attractive plant. The foregoing will succeed on old walls ; in 
chinks or crevices of rockeries ; or in clumps on the margins 
of borders. Sandy soil with a little old mortar added. To 
establish them on walls, fix the plants in with a mixture of 
cow dung and clay. Plant in spring. Increased by offsets in 
spring or summer. 
Senecio (Groundsel; Ragwort). — Hardy and half-hardy 
annuals and perennials, belonging to the Daisy order (Com- 
posite). The hardy species are more or less showy border 
plants and, with a few exceptions named below, thriving in 
ordinary soil in sunny borders. The best of the hardy kinds 
is S. pulcher, a native of Buenos Ayres, bearing rosy-purple 
flowers with a bright yellow disc in autumn. It grows 2 to 3ft. 
high, and does best in a deep, moist, loamy soil in the choice, 
mixed, sunny border. It is a really handsome plant. The 
other hardy species are : S. Doronicum, yellow, summer, ift., 
S. Europe; S. japonicus (Syn. Ligularia japonica), a Japanese 
species, growing 4 to 5ft. high, and bearing orange-yellow 
flowers in autumn ; S. macrophyllus (Syn. Ligularia macro- 
phylla), a Caucasian species bearing golden-yellow flowers in 
summer, and growing 4 to 6ft. high, and having large, hand- 
some foliage; S. Kasmpferi aul'eo maculatus (Syn. Farfugium 
grande), a Japanese species, with roundish leaves blotched with 
yellow, white or rose ; and S. argenteus, a Chilian species, 
growing 1 ft. high, and having silvery foliage. S. Doronicum 
may be grown in the choice mixed border ; S. argenteus in a 
similar position or on a rockery ; S. Kasmpferi in slight shade 
and a peaty soil ; S. japonicus by the side of a lake or water- 
course ; and the rest in the wild garden or large mixed border. 
Plant in autumn or spring. The half-hardy species is S. 
cineraria, better known as Cineraria maritima. This species 
