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a new race of yellow asters. The ray flowers are yellow—a most 
unusual color for an aster. It is a hybrid derived from Aster 
Linosyris, a European species, and has been named Aster hybridus 
luteus. These yellow “asters” are now, by most botanists, sep- 
arated from the genus Aster under the generic name Linosyris. 
It would be a long step from this plant to a handsome cultivated 
yellow aster, though, perhaps, no longer than from the wild grape 
to the luscious Concord, or from the wild rose to the beautiful 
Marechal Niel. There is no doubt that possibilities for plant 
breeders are latent here. 
Plants of the yellow-flowered “golden aster,’ referred to the 
genus Chrysopsis, have come into bloom in the Local Flora section 
of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden annually for several years. 
Our native asters, lavishly displayed all about in woods and 
fields, every autumn, deserve more attention from local plant 
overs. Their cultivation is easy, and they improve greatly under 
domestication. If it is desired to multiply some particular variety, 
propagation is readily effected by division of well-grown root- 
stocks or even by cuttings, for in this case it is unsafe to trust 
to seed. 
The much cultivated China aster, raised from seed each spring, 
is not a true aster at all; yet many people have this in mind when 
speaking of asters. It is a form of Callistephus hortensis (or 
chinensis), a native of China, and, like the chrysanthemum, has 
proved to be capable of remarkable variations. The true asters 
belong to the genus Aster, and are for the most part perennial, 
their rootstocks remaining alive underground through the winter 
from year to year. 
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HALL LEGEURES 
The following lectures comprise the fall course of free public 
lectures for adults: 
1. October 7—A Garden Pilgrimage in England. Mr. Mon- 
tague Free, Horticulturist, Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 
2. October r4—The Origin of Cultivated Plants. Dr. Orland 
IK. White, Curator of Plant Breeding, Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 
3. October 21—Four Seasons in the Garden. Mr. Leonard 
Barron, Editor of the Garden Magazine, Garden City, L. I. 
