. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1658 SENECIO 3. ^legans, Linn. (S. purpiirens, Hort. Jacobvea ile- </(! 11 s, Moench). Purple Ragwort. Annual, viscid-pu- bescent, erect or diffuse, 1-2 ft.: Ivs. various, mostly oblong in outline, pinnate, lobed or toothed, the sinuses mostly broad and rounded, clasping at the base: heads in loose corymbs,
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1658 SENECIO 3. ^legans, Linn. (S. purpiirens, Hort. Jacobvea ile- </(! 11 s, Moench). Purple Ragwort. Annual, viscid-pu- bescent, erect or diffuse, 1-2 ft.: Ivs. various, mostly oblong in outline, pinnate, lobed or toothed, the sinuses mostly broad and rounded, clasping at the base: heads in loose corymbs, the rays purple, disk-fls. yellow. S. Afr. er^ctus, Harvev. Stem slender. ^^ 2314, Senecio mikaiiioides, usually called German Ivy. but erect, the Ivs. pinnate or 2-pinnatifld. Senecio ele- gants is an old garden plant. A common form of it has double fls. Var. albus, Hort., has white fls. 6. piilcher. Hook, & Arn. Robust, 2-4 ft., white-cob- webby, the stem simple or nearly so and scarcely leafy: Ivs. long (4-10 in.), oblong-lanceolate, thick, shallow- lobed and crenate-toothed: heads 2-3 in. across, with many long, red-purple rays and a yellow disk. Uruguay and Argentina. 5959. 1877, p. 94; 1896, p. 329. Gn. 49, p. 122. 40 very bold species, with striking erect habit and large fls. in summer. Perennial, although it has been described as annual. In protected and well-drained soils, it is hardy in southern New England. 7. mikanioides, Otto(S. sca')((!e)is,DC.). German Ivy. Fig. 2314. Slender and glabrous, tall-twining: Ivs. ovate or deltoid-ovate in outline, mostly with a deep basal sinus, sharply 5-7-angled or angle-lobed: head small, discoid, yellow, in close clusters on axillary and termi- nal branches. S. Afr.— Very common conservatory and window-garden plant, easily propagated by cuttings. 8. macrogldssus, DC. Lvs. mostly hastate, often with acuminate basal lobes, but various in shape: heads only 1-3 together, and bearing y
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