COMPOSITE FAMILY 



The flowers of New England Aster are nor- 

 mally a deep violet-purple, or a rich red-purple, 



Leaf of New England Aster. As!er Novm Anglim. 2 to 5 in. long 



but one often finds a group of lovely rose-pinks, 

 rarely a red, sometimes even white, and by no 

 means infrequently there appears a cluster bear- 

 ing heads varying from white to rose-purple. 



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