THE ASTERS 



in color, a plant dwelling of choice by the sea, 

 and rarely wandering far from the sound of its 

 waves. 



The White Aster group includes one of the 

 earliest species, the White Wood Aster, A. 

 divaricatus, rather dishevelled in appearance, 

 and standing at the edge of woods. The Tall 

 White, A. paniculdttiSj is abundant along up- 

 land roadsides, its bushy top bearing many 

 heads which in size vary about that of a ten- 

 cent piece. Tradescant's Aster, Farewell Sum- 

 mer, and the White Heath Aster are the two most 

 abundant White Asters of the roadsides. The 

 Whorled Aster, A. actiminatus, is the White 

 Aster of high latitudes and mountain tops* 

 abundant in the White Mountain region, and A. 

 midiifldrus is the late densely flowered species. 



A third group of small and medium-sized As- 

 ters, pale blue or violet, includes A. cordifdlius, 

 A. macrophyllus, A. prenanthoides, A. patens, 

 A . IkviSy and A . undulatus. There are, of course, 

 many others, but these are very generally dis- 

 tributed and not difficult to determine. 



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