Archive image from page 220 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofamer04bail4 Year: 1900 2316. Senecio Petasitis(X Ys). hardy than S. scmpervirens, and even in the dry climate of southern California is reported to be doing very well. A weeping variety known as S. pendula is advertised, which origi
Archive image from page 220 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofamer04bail4 Year: 1900 2316. Senecio Petasitis(X Ys). hardy than S. scmpervirens, and even in the dry climate of southern California is reported to be doing very well. A weeping variety known as S. pendula is advertised, which originated some years ago in European nurseries, and is described as having 'all pendulous branches, closely pressed against the stem.' Both species are said 2317. Senecio Douglasii (X M). A. Li'S. dlmorpliie, usualjg 2-ranlieil: huds scaly. sempSrvirens, Endl. California Redwood. Fig. 2318. Tree, 200-400 ft. and more high, with a slightly tapering trunk, 10-20 and sometimes 25 ft. in diam., and often clear of branches for over 100 ft.: branchlets and Ivs. distiehously spreading, the latter persistent for two or three years and sometimes dimorphic on the same bi'auch, the larger K-M in. long, the smaller scale-like: cone oblong, -l in. long, K in. broad, and persistent after opening and discharging the seed. Confined to northern and central Coast Ranges of California on slopes exposed to sea influences. 10:535. —When cut, or from fallen stems, it throws up many vigorous long-lived shoots, often producing merchantable trees. AA. Lfvs. seldom or not af all dimorphic, not 2-ranhed, often imbricate: buds nalwd, gigantea, Decne. [S, Wellingtonia, Seemann). Cali- fornia Big Tree. Fig. 2319. Tree, 200-350 ft. high, with heavy massive trunks, sometimes 20-30 ft. in diam. and often clear of branches for over 150 ft.: bark of old trees fi-om 1-2 ft. thick; branchlets hardly dis- tiehously arranged, pendulous, cord-like, forming rather tangled masses: Ivs. Ys to 'ii in. and sometimes
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