WHITE MOUNTAIN ASTER 



brown woody stem, bows to the wind, shivers 

 in October snows, but so hardy is it that a few 

 flower-heads are often found in the Thanks- 

 giving bouquet. In northern Ohio the White 

 Heath and Farewell Summer stand hand in hand 

 upon the roadway, very similar in appearance, 

 enjoying the present and careless of the future 

 — hardy, fearless and beautiful. 



WHITE MOUNTAIN ASTER. WHORLED 



ASTER 



Aster acumindtus 



Native, perennial. A woodland species with 

 rather large, white, dishevelled flower-heads. 

 Cool rich woods. Labrador to Maine, New 

 York and southward along the mountains to 

 Georgia; abundant in the White Mountain 

 region. August, September. 



Stem. — One to three feet high, more or less hairy, 

 zigzag. 



Leaves. — Oval or oblong, pointed at both ends, acute 

 or acuminate, serrate beyond the middle, crowded at 

 the summit of the stem. 



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