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has seventeen sections, but they are not co-ordinate, and they are 

 really little more than an enumeration of the various types or 

 classes. After considerable study of the varieties in the field and 

 herbarium, I find the following scheme to be the most serviceable 

 for my purpose : 



I. Flat-rayed asters, in which all, or at least more than five or six 

 rows of rays, are more or less prominently flat and the florets open, 



A. Incurved or ball shaped. 



B. Spreading or reflexed. 



I[. Tubular or quilled asters, in which all, or all but the two or 

 three outer rows of florets have prominently tubular corollas. 



A. Inner florets short ; outer ones longer and flat. Eepresented 

 by the German Quilled. 



B. All the florets elongated and quilled. 



I shall make no attempt to describe all the China asters now 

 oftered by American seedsmen, nor even all that we have grown, but 

 the following running notes may have some interest: 



I. A. Globe Asters. 



Trnffaut^ Peony-Jlowered or Perfection Asters (Figs. 40, 41, 4 in 

 Fig. 48). — This is one of the oldest types of our modern asters, 

 having been known — although probably not in its present excellence 

 — nearly or quite fifty years ago. It was developed by TrufPaut of 

 Yersailles, who died early in the present year when 78 years of age. 

 The plants are moderately tall, strong and vigorous, more or less 

 pyramidal in habit, with nearly globular often nodding large flowers 

 with the outer petals generally spreading or loose. In many colors. 

 La Superbe is one of the best strains. There is a semi-dwarf form 

 which is excellent. Prince of Wales is one of the globe-flowered 

 Trulfauts. 



Semple. — Already described, page 219. The New Branching 

 Aster seems to be the same. 



Ball-jiowered or Jeivell. — Mostly of dwarf er habit than Semple, 

 the flowers less incurved than Truffaut, the petals short and the 

 blooms compact and firm. Various colors. Excellent for symmetry 

 of bloom. 



Trkimph. — As originally introduced by Haage and Schmidt, 

 about 1887, this is a dwarf peony -flowered aster, but much of it 

 now seems to be open-flowered, and Barron classes it with the 

 Chrysanthemum-flowered types. When pure, it is one of the best 

 of the dwarf asters, but it does not appear to be well fixed. It has 



