BOLTONIA 



and is giving an excellent account of itself; but the fields are 

 full of Wild Asters, just as good and, in some respects, better. 

 The White Aster, Aster ericoldes, growing along the roadsides of 

 northern Ohio, coming up almost to the wagon track, blooming 

 at the height of four inches to four feet as conditions permit, 

 is one of the most beautiful of native Asters, and, under favorable 

 surroundings, produces an astonishing wealth of bloom and beauty. 



BOLTONIA 



Boltbnia asteroides. 



Named in honor of James Bolton, English botanist of the eighteenth 

 century. 



Perennial, bushy-branched, smooth herbs, pale-green with the aspect 

 of Aster. Moist places along streams. Illinois to Missouri. August, 

 September. 



Stem. — Three to four feet; in cultivation six to eight. 



Leaves. — Lanceolate, entire, thickish. 



Flower -heads. — Radiate, an inch or more across; rays many, pistillate, 

 white or pink or pale-purple ; disk-florets yellow. 



Involucre. — Hemispherical; bracts imbrica- 

 ted in two rows, appressed, with narrow, mem- 

 branaceous margins. 



Receptacle. — Convex or hemispherical. 



Akenes. — Flat, obovate or inversely heart- 

 shaped, margined with a callous wing; pappus 

 of few or many bristles or two awns or none. 



Boltonia is an aster-like plant that has 

 come into general cultivation. Although 

 only two or three feet high in the wild, it 



„ , . , • r i_ Boltonia. BoUimia asteroides 



can easily reach six and even nme teet. 

 By cultivation the flower-heads have enlarged and the rays in- 

 creased. The plants bloom profusely, stand without staking, 

 and take care of themselves, having once been established. 

 They are often grown for cut flowers. 



