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pyramidal habit of II foot, covered with ten to twenty 

 flowers ; of this there is as yet but one variety. 



Imbricated Pompon Aster. This class embraces twelve 

 or more varieties of exquisite shaped flowers, very full 

 and double, with narrow petals closely imbricated, form- 

 ing a most perfect pompon. 



Asters, styled Bombee, are convex shaped, and are in- 

 cluded among the PaBony-flowered. 



Imbricated, like the Pompons, are closely imbricated 

 with an immense number of petals, having larger flowers 

 and more flat and spreading ; some of the varieties have 

 a rich metallic lustre ; height 1-J- foot. 



To have Asters in perfection, the ground should be dug 

 deep and highly manured. For early blooming plants, 

 the seed should be sown in frames with a little bottom 

 heat in April. But for late-flowering plants, they succeed 

 full as well when sown in the open ground, from the 1st 

 to the 10th of May. Asters have the most pleasing effect 

 when planted in beds. The tallest growing plants should 

 be placed one foot to fifteen inches apart; the dwarf- 

 varieties from six to ten inches. The plants, when cov- 

 ered with flowers, will require a little support, with light 

 rods, as a heavy rain or wind often prostrates them unless 

 thus protected. Asters are in perfection from the middle 

 of August to the middle of September. 



GALTHA. MARSH MARIGOLD. 



[Caltha signifies in Greek a goblet, and refers to the appearance of the flower 

 when not fully expanded.] 



( aliha palustris. Marsh Marigold. This is a handsome 

 indigenous perennial, seen in the early part of May, or- 

 namenting the margin of brooks and wet places with a 

 great profusion of its yellow blossoms, by which the 

 course of a stream may be traced a great distance by the 



