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ASTER 



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 3-4 in. 

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

 and showy form. 



Himalaicus, C. B. Clarke (A. Himalayensis, Hort.). 

 Similar to A. alpinus, 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. 

 Two to 3 ft. , soft-pubescent 

 or hairy, the st. simple and 

 solitary : Ivs. obovate or 

 oblanceolate, entire but 

 ciliate : solitary head large, 

 inclined, 2-3 in. across, 

 blue or pale purple, very 

 showy. Himalayas. B.M. 



162. Aster cordifolius. 



A handsome blue-flowered native 



Aster. 



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

 Amer. trade has been mis- 

 spelled A. Deptostaphides. 



BB. Stems usually branched 

 and several- to many-fid. 



Amellus, 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. 35:689. Variable, and several well-marked 

 garden forms. 



Var. Bessarabicus, DC. (A. Bessarabicus, Bernh.). 

 Lvs. oblong and attenuated at base : plant taller and 

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

 sirable. 



Var. Cassubicus, Hort. (A. Cassiardbicus, Maund?). 

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

 flexed, the disk bright golden and broad. 



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

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



163. Aster Novae-Angliae. 

 One of the best and most showy of native Asters. 



oblong-spatulate to broad-lanceolate, serrate : heads 

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

 Excellent rockwork plant. 



acris, Linn. About 2-3 ft., slender-branched : Ivs. 

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

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



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

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

 large, blue or purple (a pale var.), wuh narrow, spread- 

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

 some, variable. 



Tataricus, Linn. f. St. erect and striate, hispid, 

 corymbose at the summit, often 7 ft. high : Ivs. large 

 (the radical 2 ft. long), lanceolate or oval lanceolate, 

 attenuate at base, entire : involucre scales purplish at 

 tip ; heads blue or purple, late. Siberia. G.F. 4:197. 

 Excellent for the hardy border, particularly for its very 

 late blooming. 



AA. NATIVE ASTERS. These plants are one of 

 the charms of the Amer. autumn, and are amongst 

 the best of all hardy border plants. They gener- 

 ally improve greatly in habit when transferred 

 to cultivated grounds. Any of these wild Asters 

 are likely to come into cultivation 

 at any time. The number of kinds 

 is large. The student will find them 

 all described in Gray's Synoptical 

 Flora of North America, 'l, pt. 2. 

 Those of the northeastern states 

 and adjacent Canada will be found 

 Britton and Brown's Illustr. 

 ra of the U. S., and Gray's Man- 

 . 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 

 A. Novce-Anglice is well 

 known in domestication. 

 The species are much con- 

 fused : 



A. acumindtits, Michx.; 

 amethystinus, Nutt. (G.F. 

 5:378); Andersoni, Gray; 

 Bigelovii, Gray (B.M. 6430) ; 

 canescens, Pursh ; Caroli- 

 nidnus,Walt. ; Chamissbnis, 

 Gray ; Chdpmani, Torr. & Gray ; 

 commutatus, Gray; c<5nco?or,Linn. ; 

 conspicuous, Lindl.; cordifolius, 

 Linn. (Fig. 162; ; corymbbsus, Ait. ; 

 Cusickii, Gray; diffusus, Ait., and 

 var.horizontdlis;Douglasii,LmdL ; 

 Drummondii, Lindl.; dumbsus, 

 Linn.; ericoldes, Linn.; falcatus, 

 Lindl.; Fendleri, Gi'ay; foliaceus, 

 Lindl.; Fremonti, Gray; grandi- 

 flbrus, Linn.; Hdllii, Gray; Her- 

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

 fblius, Nutt.; Icevis, Linn.; linarii- 

 fblius, Linn.; Lindleyamis, Torr. 

 & Gray (G.F. 2:449); longifblius, 

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

 macrophyllus, Linn. (G.F. 4:89); 

 Menziesii, Lindl.; multiflbrus, Ait.; nemordlis, Ait.; 

 Nbvce-AnglicB, Linn. (Fig. 163. A.F. 9:283), and var. 

 rbseus ; Nbvi-B6lgii,~L\rm.; oblongifdlius,l$\itt.', panic- 

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

 phylhis, Willd.: Pbrteri, Gray ; prenantholdes , Muhl.; 

 ptarmicoldes, Torr. & Gray (G.F. 3:153); pulchellus, 

 Eaton ; puniceus, Linn. (Fig. 164;, and var. Icevicaulis 

 and var. lucidulus ; radullnus, Gray; sagitifblius , 

 Willd.; salicifblius, Ait.; sericeus, Vent. (G.F. 5: 473); 

 Shdrtii, Hook. ( G.F. 4 : 473) ; spectdbilis, Ait. (Mn. 5:41); 

 surculbsus, Michx. (G.F. 5:521); tanacetifblius , HBK.; 

 Tradescdnti, Linn.; turbintllus, Lindl. (G.F. 6:17); 

 unduldtus, Linn. (G.W.F. 4); versicolor, Willd. 



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

 dealers: *A. coccineus Nevadensis=l*A.Datschi='i*A.hd- 

 bridus nanus = ? "Rosy color, only 6 in. high " *A. lancifb- 

 lius Calif ornicus = 1 *A. lilaclnus Nevadensis= ? *A. 



