This section is from the book "The Flower-Garden; Or, Breck's Book Of Flowers", by Joseph Breck. Also available from Amazon: The Flower-Garden: Or, Breck's Book Of Flowers.
Senecio elegans plena, or Double-Jacobea. - There are a number of superior varieties of this flower, which are suitable for bedding-out, viz., the double, crimson, purple, rose and white; and these are perpetuated by raising from cuttings, as, when raised from seed, extra varieties may not be expected, although there may be some fine flowers.
 
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