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For myself, however, 1 should give the Comet asters the very 

 first place amongst all the various tribes. The habit is dwarf and 

 compact, although free. But the great merit lies in the flat, soft, 

 spreading long rays, which give the flowers a freedom and novelty 



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40.— Truffaut's Peony flowered. 



of outline and substance which can not be found in any other aster. 

 I am particularly fond of the great white Comet and of the delicate 

 shades of azure blue. I should place the Truffaut, Semple and 

 Jewell strains of asters — all of similar type — in the second place. 



