ASTER 



(From the Greek aster, star) 

 Compoiita 



20. Aster novae-angliae 



English Names: New England aster, Michaelmas daisy, Starwort, Frost- 

 flower, Good-bye-summer. 



NEW ENGLAND 



SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 



STAR-SHAPED flowers an inch to an inch and a half in diameter, 

 of various shades of bluish-violet with yellow centres, covering 

 much-branching shrubby plants three to five feet high. Foliage coarse 

 and rather inconspicuous, 

 especially at the bottom 

 of the plant, which should 

 be concealed by one of the 

 lower-growing varieties. 

 Striking in the herbaceous 

 border or among shrub- 

 bery. 



A perfectly hardy 

 perennial of easiest cul- 

 ture in any ordinary soil, 

 even though poor and 

 dry. Responds readily, 

 however, to good soil and 

 moisture. Will not en- 

 dure much shade. 



Propagate by seed or 

 by division. 



Var. Wm. Bowman. 

 Large rosy-purple flow- 

 ers somewhat taller than 

 the type. Excellent. 



