ASTER 



(From the Greek aster, star) 



Composita 



21. Aster novae-angliae, var. roseus 



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 

 clear rose color with yellow centre, 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 per- 

 ennial of easiest culture 

 in any ordinary soil, even 

 though poor and dry. 

 Responds readily, how- 

 ever, to good soil and 

 moisture. Will not en- 

 dure much shade. 



Var. Mrs. J. F. Ray- 

 nor, taller than the type, 

 with vivid crimson flow- 



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