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possible and later clip off any ends which show after the 

 plants have reached their full height. 



Many varieties of hardy Asters are offered in the 

 catalogues and not all are good some being very weedy 

 in character and poor and dull in bloom. It is a good 

 plan to see them in bloom in some nursery, if possible, 

 before buying, but the following list, while not of the 

 newest, will be found to contain only very good sorts. 



Forms of Aster Amellus are numerous and beautiful. 

 They are among the earliest to bloom and range from 

 one and one-half feet to three feet in height. The type 

 has large purple flowers and grows two feet tall: 



Aster amellus var. Distinction purple-blue two feet. 



" Perry's Favourite reddish-pink three feet. 

 " Onward deep violet one and a half feet. 

 A. acris soft blue lovely three to four feet. August, Sep- 

 tember. 

 A. alpinus bright purple one foot. All summer. 



" var. albus white one foot. All summer. 

 A. ericoides masses of small white flowers three to four feet. 



September, 

 var. Enchantress of small blush flowers three to four 



feet. September. 

 " " Hon. Edith Gibbs of small lavender-gray flowers 



three to four feet. September. 

 " " Hon. Vicary Gibbs of small pinkish mauve two 



and a half feet. September. 

 A. grandiflorus very large purple flowers two feet. October and 



November. 

 A. laevis var. arcturus purple-blue dark-stemmed four feet. 



August. 

 A. novae-angliae New England Aster. Very fine. 



