WILD FLOWERS WHITE AND GREENISH 



twenty-five fine, white or rose-tinted rays surround 

 the yellow disc florets. The flowers are thickly set 

 along one side of the numerous, wire-like branches, 

 and become very attractive as the majority bloom at 

 about the same period. The rays are necessarily 

 very fine. The yellow centre is plump and compact, 

 and it resembles a miniature Daisy more than 

 the general run of Asters. This Aster is found 

 almost everywhere in dry soil, from August to 

 October, and from Maine and Ontario to Florida, 

 west to Wisconsin and Kentucky. 



DENSE-FLOWERED, OR WHITE WREATH 

 ASTER. FALL FLOWER 



Aster multiflorus. Thistle Family. 



This tiny-flowered Aster is common in dry, open 

 places from August to November, and grows from one 

 to seven feet high, with ascending and spreading 

 branches. It is so thickly covered with the finest 

 whitish hairs as to appear pale and hoary. The leaves 

 are very narrow and rigid, with entire margins, and 

 they partly clasp the stalk at the base. They are rough 

 to the touch, and those which are crowded on the 

 branches are very small and bract-like. The minute 

 flowers measure from one-quarter to one-third of an 

 inch across and are densely clustered along the branches. 

 They have from ten to twenty white rays and the yel- 

 low disc florets are few in number. The leaflets are 

 so very numerous that notwithstanding the reckless pro- 

 fusion of the flowers, the plant shows much of the green 



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