50 A LITTLE BOOK OF PERENNIALS 



other flowers are failing and the roadsides are parched after our usual 

 Summer droughts. It is a reflection upon our appreciation of our own 

 native flora to read that there are many selected varieties of Asters, 

 most of which have been produced abroad. In the following table w:iU 

 be found an ample assortment of the commoner Michaelmas Daisies, 

 all of which may be grown: 



ACRis NANUS. 1-13^ fcct. Lavcndcr-blue. Aug.-Sept. Good dwarf. 

 ACUMiNATUs (Sharp-lcavcd A.) 1-3 feet. White. Aug.-Sept. Moist 



locations. 

 Advance. 4 feet. Lavender. Sept. Free flowering. 

 ALPiNus. % foot. Purplish-blue and white. May-June. Rockery or 



front of border; very early. 

 Amellus. 2 feet. Rich violet. Aug.-Sept. 



AMETHYSTiNus. 4-5 feet. Amethyst-blue. Oct. Mass of smaU flowers. 

 Beauty of Golwall. 3-4 feet. Ageratum-blue. Sept. One of best 



doubles. 

 Glimax. 5 feet. Lavender-blue. Sept.-Oct. A superb form of A. 



novi-belgii. 

 coRDiFOLius (Heart-leaved A.) 1-4 feet. Light Ulac. Sept. A common 



wfld sort. 

 ERicomES (Heath A.) 2 feet. White. Sept. SmaU leaves; common, 



wild. 

 Feltham Blue. 2}^ feet. Blue. Aug.-Sept. One of best. 

 Glen Eyrie. 33^^-4 feet. Bright pink. Sept.-Oct. A pink form of 



A. novae-angliae. 

 GRANDiFLORUS. 2-2]/^ feet. Bluish-violet. Oct.-Nov. Late; a large 



flower. 

 L^vis (Smooth-leaved A.) 4 feet. LUac lavender. Oct. Neat habit, 



graceful. 

 LiL Fardel. 4-5 feet. Mauve. Sept. Showy, form of novae-angliae. 

 MACROPHYLLus (Largc-lcavcd A.) 4 feet. Lavender-violet. Sept. 



Dry, shady places. 

 MULTiFLORUS (Mauy-flowcrcd A.) 2 feet. White, smaU. Oct.-Nov. 



Late. 

 Nov^-ANGLI^. (New England A.) 3-5 feet. Purple. Sept.-Oct. 



Common, showy wfld sort. 



NOvi-BELGii (N. Y. Aster). 1-3 feet. Blue. Sept.-Oct. Glimax and 



St. Egwyn are forms of this. 

 Perry's Favorite. 3 feet. Reddish violet. Aug.-Sept. Form of 



A. AmeUus. 

 PTARMicomES. 3^ foot. White. Aug. Stiff stems for cut flower. 

 St. Egwyn. 23^-3 feet. Pink. Sept.-Oct. One of best. 

 suBGCERULEus. l3^ fcct. Bluish-violct. May- June. Large flowers; 



protect plants. 

 TATARicus. 5-6 feet. Violet-blue. Oct. Late sort; one of tallest. 

 WmTE Queen. 4 feet. White. Sept.-Oct. Not as good as some. 



Uses. To see the various sorts of Asters is to suggest a hundred 

 uses for them: tall sorts as backgrounds for lower perennials; tall 

 sorts in front of evergreens; tall sorts for woodlands and roadsides; 



