WHITE ASTER 



both wet and dry. New England, 

 Ontario to Northwest Territory, 

 south to lUinois, Ohio, Pennsyl- 

 vania and West Virginia. August- 

 November. 



Stem. — Slender, paniculately branched, 

 two to five feet high; branches usually 

 ascending and often pubescent in lines. 



Leaves. — Stem-leaves lanceolate or lin- 

 ear-lanceolate, very pointed, acuminate, 

 narrowed to a sessile base, commonly 

 thin, serrate with low teeth in the mid- 

 dle, or entire. 



Flower-heads. — Numerous, in large 

 raceme-Hke panicles. Five to seven- 

 eighths of an inch across. Rays white, 

 thirty-five to forty. Involucre bell- 

 shaped; bracts minute, green-tipped, in 

 several rows. Pappus white. 





Leaf of Farewell 



Summer. 



A ster Tradescdnli. 



2 to 5 in. long 



The books give to this Aster the 

 name of Michaelmas Daisy as well as Farewell 

 Summer. Michaelmas Daisy has been appro- 

 priated so many times before that it is now 

 meaningless, but Farewell Summer is not only 



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