Aster, continued 



purple, often quite brilliant. A handsome slender spe- 

 cies indigenous to the mountains of North Carolina and 

 Tennessee. 



A. lowrieanus. Stems 2 to 3 feet tall, usually clustered, 

 hearing ovate or broadly lanceolate leaves which are 

 contracted into winged petioles. Flowers very numer- 

 ous, disposed in broad loose panicles, light blue. A 

 very showy and floriferous species. Distributed from 

 New England to Iowa, southward to South Carolina 

 and Kentucky. 



A. novae-angliae. Stems 3 to 4 feet high, densely 

 clothed with narrowly lanceolate leaves. Flowers 

 violet-purple, very large and showy. One of the best of 

 the native Asters. Distributed from Canada, southward 

 to North Carolina and Arkansas. 



A. palens. Stems 2 to 3 feet tall, bearing oval or 

 oblong, clasping leaves. Flowers deep violet or bluish 

 purple. Very bright and attractive. 



A. puniceus. Stems 3 to 5 feet tall, much branched 

 above, bearing numerous lanceolate or narrowly lan- 

 ceolate leaves. Flowers light violet, sometimes pale or 

 purplish, very profuse. A robust species widely distrib- 

 uted from Nova Scotia to Minnesota, southward to 

 North Carolina and Alabama. 



A. undulatus. Stems 2 to 3 feet high, with ovate or 

 heart-shaped leaves. Flowers numerous, racemosely 

 disposed on the spreading branches, pale violet. Grows 

 naturally from New Brunswick and Ontario, southward 

 to the Gulf States. 



Astilbe 



Astilbe japonica. JAPANESE ASTILBE. A hardy 

 border plant with clustered stems i to 3 feet tall. 

 Native of Japan. Leaves compound, consisting of 

 several bright green serrate leaflets. Flowers white, 

 disposed in a broad racemose panicle. A charming and 

 graceful perennial, perhaps most familiar to us as a 

 greenhouse plant. 



N.C. 



Baptisia 



Biptisia auslralis. BLUE INDIGO. A remarkably 

 showy plant with compound bluish green leaves, con- 

 sisting of three oval leaflets. Stems usually 3 to 4 feet 

 tall, bearing at the summit long racemes of pea-shaped 

 indigo-blue flowers. Distributed naturally from Penn- 

 sylvania to Kansas, southward to Alabama and Texas. 



Aster puniceus 



Aster lowrieanus 



Bellis 



Bellis perennis. ENGLISH DAISY. A dainty border 

 plant with numerous showy double flowers which 

 appear for a period of several weeks in the spring. 

 Native of Europe and naturalized in various places in 

 the United States. Leaves clustered at the roots in 

 rosettes. Flowering stems about 6 inches high, each 

 bearing a large flower variously tinged with pink or 

 rose. Very hardy and floriferous. Frequently grown 

 in cold-frames for the dainty flowers which, under such 

 treatment, are abundantly produced during late winter 

 and early spring. 



Bocconia 



Bocconia cordala. PLUME POPPY. A stately plant 

 with numerous spreading stems 5 to 8 feet high. 

 Native of China and Japan. Leaves large, glaucous 

 green, with the borders variously and deeply lobed. 

 Flowers pinkish, borne in great plumy masses in ter- 

 minal panicles. Splendid for producing bold and strik- 

 ing effects. 



Brauneria 



Brauneria purpurea (Echinacea purpurea). PURPLE 

 CONE-FLOWER. A bushy plant 2 to 3 feet tall, blossom- 

 ing profusely from midsummer until autumn. Grows 

 naturally from Virginia and Illinois, southward to the 

 Gulf. Flowers reddish purple, with a large conical 

 brown center. Leaves ovate or broadly lanceolate, 

 dark green, the borders commonly toothed. 



Callirrhoe 



Callirhoe involucrata. POPPY MALLOW. A handsome 

 plant 9 to 12 inches tall with procumbent stems, widely 

 distributed from Minnesota to Texas. Leaves 5- to 7- 

 cleft or divided, with wedge - shaped incised lobes. 

 Flowers reddish purple, very showy, produced through- 

 out the summer. Thrives in any well-drained soil in 

 sunny situations. 



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