. Familiar flowers of field and garden;. Botany. 68 FAMILIAR FLOWERS OF FIELD AND GARDEN. Golden Senecio, or The golden senecio, or ragwort, has Sagwort, a delightfully bright color which illu- Seneoio aureus. ^^^^^^ ^^^ meadows where the flower happens to grow with an amber light such as we may see in some of the paintings of the old mas- ter, Claude Lorraine. There is something very beautiful in this mixture of golden yel- low with the misty-toned green of the meadows in July when the senecio is in full bloom. The flower re- sembles an aster in form, but the leaves have an individu- ality of
. Familiar flowers of field and garden;. Botany. 68 FAMILIAR FLOWERS OF FIELD AND GARDEN. Golden Senecio, or The golden senecio, or ragwort, has Sagwort, a delightfully bright color which illu- Seneoio aureus. ^^^^^^ ^^^ meadows where the flower happens to grow with an amber light such as we may see in some of the paintings of the old mas- ter, Claude Lorraine. There is something very beautiful in this mixture of golden yel- low with the misty-toned green of the meadows in July when the senecio is in full bloom. The flower re- sembles an aster in form, but the leaves have an individu- ality of their own; they are also variable in type ; per- haps the commonest leaf is heart-shaped. The plant gets its name from its hairy ap- pearance (certain of the species have a cottony look), or from the downy effect of the flower head when it has passed the period of bloom. Thoreau says in his journal, July 2d: "I see the downy heads of the senecio gone to seed, thistlelike, but small. The Gnaphaliuma" (everlasting flowers) "and this are among the earliest to present this ; The word senecio is derived from senex, an old man, and. Golden Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938. New York, D. Appleton and Co
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