July 13,1882. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER . 
Fig. 8— SENECIO JArONICUS. 
mately divided leaves having a most distinct appearance ; the 
large orange yellow flower-heads frequently exceeding 3 inches 
in diameter, being produced in a corymbose or raceme-like in¬ 
florescence, which rises a foot or more above the foliage. As 
a border plant in prominent positions it would be very useful, 
and though it flowers at a time when there are abundant attrac¬ 
tions in the garden—namely, during the past and present months, 
still its bold habit and striking foliage will undoubtedly render it 
a favourite. 
It can scarcely claim to be considered as a novelty, for tracing 
it through its various synonyms of Erythrochiete palmatifida, 
Sieb. et Zucc., and of Regel’s “ Gartenflora,” tab. 492, to Ligularia 
japonica, Less., we find, according to Decandolle’s “ Prodromus,” 
pars, vi., p. 316, that it is synonymous with Arnica japonica of 
Thunberg and Linnaeus. Under the last generic name Thunberg 
mentions two species—viz., A. japonica, which he describes as 
having red flowers, and A. palmata, similar in most characters to 
the above, but with small yellow flowers. The Senecio japonicus, 
mentioned by the same author, is quite a different plant. In 
Martyn’s edition of Miller’s “Gardeners’ Dictionary” Arnica 
premiership of 1882, It may be remembered that a bloom of this 
ran second in 1881. 
The comfort with which the members obtained their view, the 
coolness and space of the arcades, and the excellent centre made 
by the conservatory with its many other floral exhibition excel¬ 
lencies, will have made this 1882 Show memorable, did nothing 
else do so, in the annals of the National Rose Society, and it is to 
be hoped will determine its future abode.—A. C. 
SENECIO JAPONICUS, Schultz, Bip. 
Summek and autumn bring a succession of the numerous mem¬ 
bers of the Composite order into notice, and many of them are 
well-known ornamental and useful plants in gardens, but in so 
large a family it is not surprising that some possessing consider¬ 
able attractions should be comparatively neglected. The plant 
represented in the woodcut (fig. 8) appears to be one of these, for 
when grown as it is at Mr. T. S. Ware’s nursery, Tottenham, its 
effectiveness cannot fail to attract attention and admiration. 
Visitors to Kew must not, however, form an opinion of the plant’s 
adaptability for garden culture from the specimen in the her¬ 
baceous grounds, as it is much inferior to that from which our 
engraving was taken, and it is evident that a shallow light soil is 
not the best fitted to ensure the vigorous growth which this 
Senecio makes under more favourable circumstances. At Tot¬ 
tenham it attains the height of 3 or 4 feet, its handsome pal- 
