ASTER 



(From the Greek aster, star) 

 Composita 



69. Aster grandiflorus 



English Names: Michaelmas daisy, Starwort. 



N. AMERICA 



SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 



IARGE, dark bluish-violet starlike flowers, sometimes two inches in 

 ^ diameter with yellow centres, freely borne on distinctive bushy 

 plants two or three feet tall. The finest flower of the hardy Asters and 

 the latest to come into 

 bloom. Excellent for the 

 herbaceous border or for 

 naturalizing among 

 shrubbery. 



A perfectly hardy per- 

 ennial of easiest culture 

 in any ordinary soil, even 

 though poor and dry. It 

 well repays careful atten- 

 tion, however, for planted 

 in good soil and given 

 plenty of moisture, very 

 handsome specimen 

 plants may be developed. 

 Should have full sun. 



Propagate by seed 

 or by division. 



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