RED-STEMMED ASTER 



This Aster is very generally cultivated by 

 landscape-gardeners, and is worthy of all the 

 attention it has received. It adorns and glori- 

 fies the roadsides from New England to Colorado. 



The defect of this Aster is that just when the 

 bushy top is in full bloom the stem gets "leggy," 

 that is, the leaves turn brown and drop, and so 

 leave youth and beauty swinging to the breeze 

 from the summit of a bare brown shining stem. 

 Consequently the plant is most satisfactorily 

 placed when planted with shrubbery, as this 

 supplies the desired foliage. When the full 

 flowering period sets in, the collapse of the 

 leaves often follows. 



RED-STEMMED ASTER. PURPLE- 

 STEMMED ASTER 



Aster puniceus 



Native, perennial. A purple-stemmed, rather 

 tall Aster, commonly found in low, moist, and 

 swampy places as well as roadside ditches. 

 Nova Scotia to Minnesota and south to North 

 Carolina. August-November. 



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