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THE GARDENEEKS’ 
and white " variety. The species was well known to 
American gardeners at the opening of this century. 
In 1806, yin nd Philadelphia, mentioned the 
“China Aster (in sorts)” as one of the desirable 
garden[annuals, Bri ridgeman, a New ag e 
offered the China and German Asters in 1837 “i 
numerous and splendid arcte айе — 
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ties "alba, rubra, ccerulea, striata purpurea, &c.” 
а Eley said that“ China and German Aste га” 
very numerous” in New land, 
"This 1. name German Aster records the fact that 
the firat great advances in the evolution of the 
lant were in Germany, and the seed which ie 
Low use comes largely I that country. The fir 
marked departure from ie AS мрн о on 
great development of the 
teen the 
CHRONICLE. 
entral florets of the head, and the сосе of 
the = quilled " flower, This type of Aster was 
opular 
e Aster * within a few 
— * by the iste aad others,” and 
de that “the - en are the most 
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highly esteemed, having a hemispherical shape, 
either а pure white, clear blue, purple, rose, or deep 
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The quilled, - ted flower o à generation or 
mr ago is too iff io satisfy the tastes of these 
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later days, and — — flat-rayed, loose, and 
fluffy races are in demand, and their 
popularity is —— ee о the nearer they approach 
the form of the uncombed Chrysanthemums 
hina Aster had 
long since varied into a 
he 
wide range of colours of the cyanic — 
not know 
of blue, red, pink, and purple. I do 
DIGBYANA, Bentham (1880): rLowzzs Ga+kN, LIP WHITISH. (sez P 12) + 
what its original colour might have been. 
modern evolution of the plant is in the direction of 
and form of flower. varies—gene- 
rally r suddenly and without 
into some novel form, still retaining its accustomed 
colour. The florist fixes the variation by breeding 
f the best and most plants, and socu 
other appear, until he finally obtains the 
entire range of colour in the species, So it happens 
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