■On the Genus K'&ter. 685 



French white, which is now 12 ft. in height, and the other 

 kinds are in proportion fine. The under-mentioned sorts are 

 in flower from the 12th of August, and continue to the middle 

 of September. I grew one clump of them, and have inserted 

 the height each sort attains for the information of any one 

 who may be disposed to bloom them in a similar manner ; of 

 course, the highest in the middle, the second highest next, and 

 so on, and the shortest outside. 



■ Asters in Bloom in August. 



Height in feet. 



Cordatus, small white flower, red stamina - 4* 



Bellidifolius, small white flower - - 3 



Latifolius, bluish white - - 2J 



Sibiricus, azure blue - - - - 2 



Punctatus lilac colour, small blossoms indivi-1 y handsome » 



dually, but forms a perfect umbel "J 



Corymbosus, large reddish blue flowers - 1 



Solidaginoides, small curled white flowers ; singular and pretty OJ 



But August presents a meagre collection ; nor is it of much 

 consequence, for, as before observed, there are then plenty of 

 flowers in bloom. But I presume, when I come to describe 

 the asters in bloom from the first of October, and during the 

 month, I think I shall be able to point out such beauties in 

 the flower, and to convince (I am myself convinced) the lovers 

 of the flower-garden, that there is no herbaceous flower during 

 the month of October to be compared Avith the ^ster, its spe- 

 cies and varieties. 



Asters in Bloom in September. 



Height in feet. 

 Floribundus, large white flower, - - 4 to 5 



Blandus, bluish white - 4 



Cyaneus, fine dark blue - - - 3 



Rigida, lilac - - - - 2 



Patens, fine large dark blue - 1§ 



Pulchellus, or globosus, small white flower, red stamina 1 



The 10th of October, this season (1829), we had a killing 

 frost. On Michaelmas day, on surveying the numerous tribes 

 of flowers which the day before shone with resplendent beauty, 

 behold the melancholy appearance ! The splendid georgina, 

 king of autumnal flowers, turned black and withered, and 

 pretty well all the annuals had shared the same fate. I would 

 ask what flowers the borders produce to ornament the month 

 of October. None but the ^'ster, the only hardy perennial 

 which blooms at the beginning, and continues throughout the 

 whole month ; and why should one month, and that rather a 

 dreary one, be left unornamented with the beauties of Flora ? 



