[Triple-discussion] Plum. A

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NNAEUS has given to this charming annual the name of _elegans_, on
account of the great beauty of its flowers, the florets of the radius
being of a most brilliant purple, and those of the disk bright yellow;
colours regarded as peculiar to this plant, till the _Sen. venustus_
described in the _Hort. Kew._ was discovered and introduced here; it is
a native of the Cape and other parts of Africa, grows usually to the
height of a foot and a half, or two feet; flowers from June to August,
grows readily, requiring the same treatment as other annuals of the more
tender kind; seedling plants raised in the autumn in pots, and kept in
the green-house or under a frame during winter, will, of course, flower
much earlier than plants produced in the spring. Within these few years,
a variety of this Senecio with perfectly double flowers, equally
brilliant as those of the single kind, has been introduced, and is here
figured; this, from its superior beauty, is now cultivated, in
preference to the single; there is double variety of it also with white
flowers which being less shewy is not so much esteemed; both of these
are raised, and that readily, from cuttings, which as soon as well
rooted may be planted out in the open borders, where they will be highly
ornamental during most of the summer; as young plants are most
desirable, we should take care to