February 25, 1891.] 



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Fig. 18. — Aster macrophyllus — See page 



leaves, the uppermost becoming sessile by a broad base. 

 The flowers are produced in corymbose cymes, and have 

 white or bluish purple rays. 



Aster macrophylhis, which is one of the most variable of 

 our Asters (see figure above), is distributed from Canada 

 and Manitoba to the mountains of Carolina and Georgia. 



There are several species with showier and more beautiful 

 flowers, perhaps, and, therefore, better worth a place in 

 the garden. None of the American Asters, however, are 

 more useful than this species to naturalize in the wild gar- 

 den under the shade of trees or by the borders of woodland- 

 walks or in forest-glades. 



