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Heart-leaved Starwort. Aster cordifoliusl. North 

 America. Herbaceous perennial • 3 to 4 feet ; purplish ; 

 summer ; seed or division. — Open spaces, glades in woods, 

 by wood walks, and on banks, in any soil. 



Spreading Starwort. Aster diffustis: North America. 

 Herbaceous perennial; 3 to 5 feet; white; autumn; seed 

 or division. — Similar uses to the preceding. 



Heath-like Starwort. Aster ericoides. Herbaceous 

 ■perennial ; 3 to 5 feet ; white ; late summer ; seed or divi- 

 sion. — Banks, rough rocky places, fringes of woods or 

 copses, in ordinary soil. 



Many-flowered Starwort. Aster floribundus. North 

 America. Herbaceous perennial ; 4 to 5 feet ; purple ; 

 late summer and autumn; seed or division. — Similar 

 positions to preceding. 



New York Starwort. Aster Novi Belgii. North 

 America. Herbaceous perennial ; 4 to 6 feet; pale blue; 

 autumn ; division. — Association with the most vigorous 

 herbaceous plants, in copses, fringes of woods, or in 

 glades, flowering best in sunny spots. 



New England Starwort. Aster Nova Anglice. 

 North America. Herbaceous perennial ; 6 feet ; purple ; 

 autumn; division. — Similar positions to preceding, and 

 suitable for association with it. 



Pyrenean Starwort. Aster pyrenam. Pyrenees. 

 Herbaceous perennial ; 4 to 6 feet ; violet ; summer ; 

 division. — A very handsome summer-flowering kind, 

 suited for banks, fringes of shrubberies, and rocky 

 ground, in any position, cold or hot. 

 . Australian Daisy. Vitladenia triloba. Australia. 

 Evergreen perennial; i foot; pale lilac; all summer; 



