112 ASTER 



occurs in the Rocky Mts. Valuable alpine or rockwork 

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

 8US, Hort., is taller and stronger, with heads 3-t in. 

 across. Var. sup^rbus, Hort. (Gn. 54: 1193), is a large 

 and showy form. 



HimalMcus, C. B. Clarke {A. Mimalayinsis, Hort.). 

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

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

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

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



diplostephioldes, Benth. 

 Two to 3ft., soft-pubescent 

 or hairy, the St. simple and 

 solitary : ivs. obovate or 

 oblanceolate, entire but 

 ciliate: solitary head large, 

 inclined 2-3 m across 

 blue or pale purple very 

 showr Himalayas B M 



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oblong-spatulate to broad-lanceolate, serrate : heads 

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

 Excellent rockwork plant. 



icris, 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. 



trin^rviuB, Roxbg. About 3 ft., stout, corvmbose at 

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

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

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

 some, variable. 



TatAricuB, 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 Sibeiia GF 4 197- 

 Excellent for the hard\ border particularU for its ver> 

 late blooming 



AA ^ATI^E Asters These plants are one of 



the I harms of the Amer autumn and are amongst 



J tbe best of all hardy border plants The} geuei 



Ms improve greatly in habit when transferred 



1 cultivated grounds Any of these wild Asters 



are likely to come into cultivation 



at any time The number of kiud-- 



islirge The studentwill find them 



all described in Grav s Synoptical 



Flora of North Ameri"a 1 pt 2 



Those of the northeastern states 



and adjacent Canada will be found 



in Britton and Brown s Illustr 



I lora of the U S , and Gray s Man 



uU Tho e of the b aie described 



in Chapman s Flora of the 



s states The following list 



iiiniprises those known to 



1 e in cult Of these onh 



1 ^oup Anqh(p is well 



known in domestication 



^ The species are much con 



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uVii 



Michx 

 itt (G P 

 <n Graj 

 M 6430) 



Liudl 



ihMi 





6718 J H III 3S 2G2 -In th, 

 Amer trade has been mis 

 spelled A Deptostaphides 

 BB Stems usually hranched 

 and seieral- to many-fid. 



Am611us, 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. Besaaribicus, DC. (A. Sessardbiciis, Bernh.) 

 Lvs. oblong and attenuated at base : plant taller and 

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

 sirable. 



Var. Caasilbicus, Hort. (A. Cassiardbicus, Maundf). 

 Fls. larger than in the type, the ravs 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 : lvs. 



C«M ; I (Alt and 



var /( / III Lindl 



Drum I thimdsus 



Linn I I I falcitus 



Lindl J I 1 n fuliiheus 



Lindl , iitmotili Ora> , gtandi 

 fldrus Linn Ealhi Gray, H(r 

 leyi Gray (G F 2 473), tnteqn 

 fdlius Nutt , liciis Linn hnarn 

 folius Linn Zuidleydnus Ton- 

 ers & Gray (G F 2 449) longifoltus 

 Lam (G P 9 507 G W P 10) 

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

 esii, Lindl.; multifldrus, Ait.; nemordlis, Ait.; 

 Angliw, Linn. (Fig. 163. A.F. 9:283), and var. 

 roseiis ; Ndvi-Bilgii, Liinn.; obtnngi fdlius, tiutt.; panic- 

 ulAtus, Lam.; pti^ens, Ait., and var. Meihanii ; poly- 

 phyllus, Willd.: Pdrteri, Gray ; prenanthoides, Muhl.; 

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

 Eaton ; puniceus, Linn. (Fig. 164), and var. laricaiilis 

 and var. lucidulus ; radullnus, Gray; sagitifdlius, 

 Willd.; salicifblius. Ait.; seHceus, Vent. (G.P.5:473); 

 Shdrtii, Ho^k. (G.Py4: 473) ; spectdbilis, Ait.(Mn. 5: 41 ) ; 

 surculosus. Michx. (G.F. 5:521); tanacetifdlius. HBK.; 

 Tradesednti, Linn.; turbinillus, Lindl. (G.F. 6:17); 

 iindH/d^Hs, Linn. (G.W.P. 4); versicolor, VfiWi. 



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

 dealers; *A.coccinmi Nevadensis='.-*A . Ddtschi='.-*A.hd- 

 bridtt^ nanus = ! "Rosy color, only 6 in. high."— *4. lancifb- 

 Uus Oalif6micus= 1 — *A. liladnus Nevadenms= '.—*A. 



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