. 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. Senecio Petasitis ( X 3i; hardy than 6'. semperviyens, and even in the dry climate of southern California is reported to be doing; very well. A weeping variety known as S. peiidula is advertised, which originated some years ago in European nurseries, and is described as having "all pendulous branches, clos
. 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. Senecio Petasitis ( X 3i; hardy than 6'. semperviyens, and even in the dry climate of southern California is reported to be doing; very well. A weeping variety known as S. peiidula 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 to dislike heavy soils, and to thrive best when iijantcd in ihn^p sandy loam. Both are easily pro])agati-d seed, which sprout readily in a few 2317. Senecio Doue^lasii (\ ^4). A. JLfs. dimorphic, > semp^rvirens, Endl. tn>/J;, j-rcnkrd: buds scoJij. < 'ALIFriRNTA KeI' Fii^. L';ny. Tree, 200-400 ft. and in<.i-<- liigh, with a sli-lnlv tapering trunk, 10-20 and someriiiics 23 ft. in diam., and often clear of branches for uvi-r ](I0 ft.: branchlets and Ivs. distichously spreading, the latter persistent for two or three years and sninetimrs diniornhic on the saiue branch, the ]arg(.-r ^-t-'U in. long, the smaller scale-like: cone oblong, '^^-l in. long, y, in. broad, and persistent after opening and discharging the ('ontined to northern and central C'oast Ranges of (";difurnia on slopes exposed to sea intiuences. . 3n:ri:i.'j. —"Whrn cut, or from fallen stems, it throws i^p niiiny vi^^^orous long-lived shoots, often producing merchantablu tnM\s. AA. LVS. SrJdo),! or )}<'f at a]] dhuor/dnr. )tnt .?-ra lllcrd, oftcit inibrlc/lc: ; n< gigant§a, Decne. [S. WeJh'ngtdnin, Seemann}. ('.\li- FOKXiA Big Tree. Fig. 2339. Tree, 200-350 ft. hi-h, with heavy massive trunks, sometimes 20-30 ft. in diam. and often clear of branches for over 150 ft.: hark of old tr
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