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Gardening for Amateurs 



A bed of China Asters. 



incurving flowers, height 1 foot. During 

 recent years Asters with single flowers have 

 increased rapidly in popular favour and are 

 being more extensively cultivated every 

 year ; their golden-yellow centres contrast 

 beautifully with the colours of the petals, 

 and the long stems make the flowers distinctly 

 valuable for cutting. Giant Single, height 

 18 inches ; Southcote Beauty, height 2 feet ; 



and Sinensis, 15 inches, are notable strains 

 of single Asters. The close, compact habit 

 of the dwarf Asters makes them distinctly 

 valuable for bedding and borders where bold 

 groups of colour are required in late summer 

 and autumn. The plants grow from 8 inches 

 to 1 foot in height. Useful selections are 

 Dwarf Victoria, Dwarf Bouquet, Superb 

 Bedding, and Dwarf French. 



The blue annual Larkspur. 



