112 



ASTER 



occurs in the Rocky Mts. Valuable alpine or rockwork 

 plant, with fls. varying to pink and white. Var. specid- 

 sus, Hort.. is taller and stronger, with heads 11-4 in. 

 across. Var. 8up6rhus, Hort. (Gn. 54: 1193), is a large 

 and showy form. 



HimaUicua, C. B. Clarke (.4. ffimalay^nsis, Hort.). 

 Similar to A. alplnux, but dwarfer : rays lilac-blue, 

 slightly recurved at the tip : sts. 4-12 in., slightly vil- 

 lous : Ivs, oblong or elliptic, nearly entire. Himalayas, 

 13,000-15,000 ft. -Little known in America. 



diplostephioides, Benth. 





T\oto it 

 or hdir 

 solitary 

 oblanceolate 



tt 1 il e cent 



f 1 I lean 1 



ol \ ate 1 



entire I ut 







ciliate solitirj head lai ge 

 inclined 2 3 m ici ss 

 blue or pale puiple lerv 

 showy Himalajas BM 



163. Aster Novae-Aneliae. 



One of the best and most showy of nati 



162 Aster cordlfollus 

 A handsome blue-flowered nat 

 Aster. 



6718. J.H. III. 33: 262. -In the 

 Araer. trade has been mis- 

 spelled A. Deptostaphides. 



BB. Stems usuaUy branched 

 and several- to many -fid. 



Am61Ius, Linn. St. simple or nearly so, few-fld. or 

 sometimes only 1-fld. : Ivs. oblong-lanceolate, acute, 

 somewhat serrate, more or less 3-nerved, roughish- 

 pubescent : involucre scales oblong, obtuse or nearly 

 so, spreading, in 4-5 rows; heads large, purple. Eu. and 

 Asia. Gn. 35: 089. — Variable, and several well-marked 

 garden forms. 



Var. Bessaribicua, DC. (A. Bessardbicus, Bernh.). 

 Lvs. oblong and attenuated at base : plant taller and 

 larger-fld., deep purple. Gn. 35, p. 173. — Showy and de- 

 sirable. 



Var. Cassilbicua, Hort. (A. Cassiardbiciis, Maund!). 

 Pis. larger than in the type, the rays regular and de- 

 flexed, the disk bright golden and broad. 



Sibirlcua, Linn. A foot or less high, somewhat pu- 

 bescent, each branch terminating in a single head : lvs. 



ASTER 



oblong-spatulate to broad-lanceolate, serrate : heads 

 violet or lilac. Arctic Eu. and Amer., and Rocky Mts.— 

 Excellent rockwork plant. 



4cris, Linn. About 2-3 ft., slender-branched : lvs. 

 linear, or lance-linear : heads large and blue, with long, 

 distinct, handsome rays. S. Eu. Gn. 37: 744. 



trinfirviua, Roxbg. About 3 ft., stout, corvmbose at 

 summit : lvs. lance-ovate and strongly toothed : heads 

 large, blue or purple (a pale var.), wi^h narrow, spread- 

 ing rays. Himalayas. R.H. 1892: 396. -Hardy, hand- 

 some VHriable 



TatAncus Linn f St. erect and striate, hispid, 

 coivmboso at the summit, often 7 ft. high : lvs. large 

 (the rulical 2 ft longi, lanceolate or oval lanceolate, 

 attenuate at I ase entire : involucre scales purplish at 

 tip he-ids 1 lue or purple, late. Siberia. G.F. 4:197.- 

 Excellent for the hardy border, particularly for its very 

 late 1 looming 



AA Natue Asters. These plants are one of 

 the harms of the Amer. autumn, and are amongst 

 the best of all hardy border plants. They gener- 

 ally improve greatly in habit when transferred 

 to cultnated giounds. Any of these wild Asters 

 ire likely to come into cultivation 

 at any time. The number of kinds 

 is large. The student will find them 

 11 described in Gray's Synoptical 

 Flora of North America, 1, pt. 2. 

 Those of the northeastern states 

 and adjacent Canada will be found 

 in Britton and Brown's lllustr. 

 Unra of the U. S., and Gray'sJUan- 

 ual. Those of the S. are described 

 in Chapman's Flora of the 

 S. states. The following list 

 comprises those known to 

 be in cult. Of these, only 

 J . JVovo'-Angliw is well 

 known in domestication. 

 The species are much con- 

 fused : 



A. acumindtus, Michx.; 

 ^^ amethysliniis, Nutt. (G.F. 

 _^- -.::i78l: Aiid.ryoni, Gray; 

 -*-':" Biytlov,-,, Gray( B.M. 6430) ; 

 caniscens, Pursh ; Caroli- 

 ni(irt«s,Walt. ; Chamissdnis, 

 Gray; Chdpmani, Torr. & Gray; 

 ommutdtus, Gray; c6ncolor,hmn. ; 

 conspicuous, Lindl. ; cordifolius, 

 Linn. (Fig. 162) ; corymbdsus. Ait.; 

 C isickii. Gray; diffi'isus, Ait., and 

 var. !iori2ontciHs;Doriglasii, Lindl.; 

 D ■limmondii, Lindl.; dumdsus, 

 Linn.; frieri'ides, Linn.; falcitus, 

 Lindl.; F^'iidleri, Gray; folidceus, 

 Lindl.; Fremonti, Gray; grandi- 

 fldrus, Linn.; EdJlii, Gray; Bir- 

 veyi, Gray (G.F. 2:473); integri- 

 W?/((s, Nutt. ; la vis, I^inn.; Unarii- 

 fdlius, Linn.; J/iiidli yuinis, Torr. 

 Asters & Gray (G.F. 2 : 449) ; Iini<iif6lius, 

 Lam. (G.F. 9:507, G.W.F. 10); 

 mncrophylliis. Linn. (G.F. 4:89); 

 Mhiziesii, Lindl.; multifldrus, Ait.; nemordlis, Ait.; 

 Nbrir-Atigliw, Linn. (Fig. 163. A.F. 9:283), and var. 

 roseus ; Ndvi-Bi!lgii, hinu.; oblnnyifdlms, iiutt,; panic- 

 Hiatus, Lam.; pdtens, Ait,, and var. Meehanii ; poly- 

 plii'illiis, Willd.; Pbrteri, Gray ; prenanthoides, Muhl.; 

 ptarmiroides, Torr. & Gray (G.F. 3:153); piacMUus, 

 Eaton ; punlceus, Linn. (Fig. 164), and var. lifvicafiiis 

 and var. lucidulus ; radullnus. Gray; sagitifdlius, 

 Willd.; salicifdlius, Ait.; seHcews, Vent. (G.F. 5: 473); 

 Sliihlii, Hook. (G.F. 4: 4731 ; spectdbilis. Ait. (Mn. 5: 41 ) ; 

 si<rri(li)sns, Michx. (G.F. 5:521); tanacetifdlius, HBK. ; 

 TradiseiiHti. Linn.; turbin<<llus, Lindl. (G.F. 6:17); 

 i(»irfH/c»HS, Linn. (G.W.F. 4); versicolor, Wiild. 



In the following list, those marked * are offered by Amer. 

 dealers: *A.coccineus Nevadensis=l—*A , DdtscM^^—^A.It^ 

 hridus nd.nu8 ^ l "Rosy color, only 6 in. high."— *4. lancifd- 

 titis Calif6nucus= 1 — *A. lilaclnus Nevadensis^ ^. — *A. 



