to an illustration of this extraordinary production, or to a 

 criticism of such points in it as may appear to admit of 

 improvement. 



The species now described is said by Nuttall to be 

 common in New Jersey: we have no wild specimens, nor 

 has Nees seen any but those from gardens. It is, however, 

 a most distinct kind, and among the most beautiful of the 

 tribe. It flowers in September and October ; and is easily 

 preserved and multiplied in any common garden soil. Its 

 stature is twice as great as that of the European and Asiatic 

 Aster Amellus. 



It appears that while the specific character of this plant 

 in Willdenow really belongs to it, having been copied from 

 Solander in the Hortus Kewensis, his description applies to 

 a totally different species ; and that another of Willdenow's 

 species, A. elegans, is nothing but a patchwork of A. spec- 

 tabilis and A. Amellus ! ! 



J. L. 



