MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 135 
Aster Amellus.—Derived from a European species; plants 
of low to medium height; flowers very large, sometimes 2 
inches across, relatively few in number. ‘‘Precioza’’ and 
‘*King George’’ are standard, varieties. 
Aster novi-belgii.—To this variable species are referred by 
far the largest number of garden forms. Plants of medium 
height; flowers numerous, of small to medium size, in va- 
rious soft shades of blue, lavender, and pink. ‘‘Mrs. 8. T. 
Wright,’’ ‘‘Daydream,’’ ‘‘Brussels,’? and ‘‘Rapture’’ illus- 
trate the wide variation within the group. Many of the va- 
rieties double or semi-double. 
A bed of hardy chrysanthemums was very effective this 
fall, fourteen varieties having been sent in for trial by the 
Garden Club of America. Two geums have been grown and 
will bloom next year and also a bed of the new foxglove ‘‘The 
Shirley,’’ listed by the Garden Club of America as one of 
the ‘‘irresistibles.’’ The various celosias were again grown 
and with them the widely advertised ‘‘Celosiamum.’’ Huge 
heads of this celosia in old rose, yellow, and red, as well as 
the cristata and plumed types, were in the collection. The 
‘‘Mayflower’’ verbena is a good addition to the verbenas, as 
it is a very beautiful large-flowered, pink variety. Gaillardia 
‘‘The Dazzler’’ threw a few flowers the first year from seed, 
but these blooms were little different from the average gail- 
lardias. Antirrhinum ‘‘Indian Summer’’ had very large 
flowers of a pleasing color and was a good bloomer. ‘Two 
varieties of the flowering tobacco, ‘‘Sutton’s Miniature 
White’’ and ‘‘Crimson King,’’ grew to a height of two feet 
and bloomed from late spring until frost. Viola lutea splen- 
dens and Viola Papilio had very attractive pansy-like flowers 
that bloomed the entire season. 
In addition to the plants mentioned there were also grown 
various oriental poppies from seed, Helianthus angustifolius, 
aquilegias, annual senecios, blue petunias, Linwm hirsutum, 
Helianthus cucumerifolius, and coleus. 
A part of the test garden was also given over to straw 
flowers. These and other dried plants for fall and winter 
decoration have been gaining in popularity the last two years, 
due partly to various gardening papers having featured them. 
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