Horticultural 



But the absence of 



Society under the name of Aster demissus 



of 



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and 



close approach to A. puniceus in most respects 



pt 



and the colour of its flowers, has induced us finally 

 to rank it as a simple variety. 



It is a very compact herbaceous plant, not exceeding a 

 foot and a half or two feet in height, with very pale-green 

 leaves, and a corymbose stem closely covered with masses 

 of bluish flowers, which appear in August, long before those 



of the trv 

 the genus 



A. puniceus 



It is among the handsomest of 



Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Horticul- 

 Society, where it had been received from the Liverppol 



Garden, under the name of Aster, No 



J. L 





