DIYISWN OF HORTICULTURE 665 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Group 2. 



The asters placed in group 2 are in all cases recommended, but are varieties which 

 are not so attractive in colour, so large, or so excellent in some other characteristic as 

 those in group 1. They are also suitable for general cultivation in a small garden, and 

 should be grown where space is available, and where variety of type is desired. 



Early and Late Branching. — The colours not included in group 1. 



King Asters. — The colours not included in group 1. 



Comet and Giant Comet. — Colours not included in group 1. 



Ostrich Plume. — Colours not included in group 1. 



Victoria Asters. — Particularly the white, rose, and scarlet. These asters are pro- 

 duced freely on plants of upright habit of growth and are suitable for bedding pur- 

 poses. The florets of the flowers are reflexed. 



Ea7-ly Flowering Royal Asters. — An early aster similar to the Early Branching. 



Anemone-floivered Aster. — A rather new introduction, the flowers of which are 

 large in size and have curled central florets, pink in colour. 



Fire King Aster. — A dwarf crimson-scarlet aster, very suitable foT bedding pur- 

 poses. 



Sutton Snowball. — ^Pure white aster and one of the best for bedding purposes. 



Group S. 



The asters placed in this group are, as a rule, grown for special purposes. They 

 are inferior in size, height and attractiveness to those in the first two groups, and 

 should be grown only when early or bedding types are required. 



Queen of the Market. — An early aster of rather spreading habit; season of bloom 

 short; useful for cutting for the early market. 



Superb Bedding. — A good aster, rather dwarf, useful for bedding purposes. 



Alexandra^ — Early type of aster of spreading habit of growth. 



Dwarf Victoria. 



Dwarf French. 



Dwarf Chrysanthemum-flowered. — These last three types are all useful as bedding 

 asters. 



Single Asters. — A race of asters which has become popular with some during the 

 past few years. Colours various. Useful for cutting. 



GROWING THE ASTER. 



The asters at Ottawa are grown from seed imported from Europe, the United 

 States and from home-grown seed. The seed is sown about the middle of April. The 

 plants are pricked out into hotbeds about the middle of May, and transplanted into 

 the test plots about the first week in June. 



Fairly good plants are also sometimes obtained by sowing the seed in the open 

 ground about May 15, and thinning the plants out to about 9 inches apart. 



The blooming season of the asters commences about the middle of July, when the 

 early asters such as the Queen of the Market and Alexandra commence to bloom. 



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