Cassinia
(name after M. Henri Cassini, as eminent French botanist). ORD. Compositae. A handsome genus of, for the most part, greenhouse shrubs or herbaceous perennials. flower-heads very numerous, small, disposed in terminal coryms or panicles; florets tubular; receptacle furnished with linear scales. Leaves alternate, entire, revolute. The species are of easy culture in a loam and peat compost. The annual is increased by seeds only, which must be sown on a warm border during April. the herbaceous and shrubby kinds are propagated in April by dividing at the roots, or by cuttings of half-ripened shoots, placed in sand.
C. aurea (golden). fl-heads yellow. July. h. 1ft. New South Wales, 1803. Greenhouse shrub. (B. R. 764.)
C. denticulata (small-toothed).* fl-heads yellow. Summer. h. 6ft. to 8ft. New south Wales, 1826. Greenhouse evergreen shrub.
C. spectabilis (showy). fl. heads very pale yellow. July. l. lower ones oblong, shortly acuminate, stem-clasping, 4in. to 6in. long, woolly. h. 6ft. Australia, 1818. Hardy annual. (B. R. 678.)