234 Compostte—Callistephus. 
fully harvested seed. The garden varieties belong to two dis- 
tinct classes. 
I. Pyramipan Asters, including the Pawony-flowered (fig. 
123), Truffaut’s Perfection (fig. 124), Ranwnculus-flowered 
Pompon, ete. 
II. Anrmone or QuiLLep Asters, including the excessively 
dwarf varieties. 
Both classes have their admirers, and both are equally rich 
in colour; but all things considered, some of those belonging 
to the former are to be preferred where both are not grown. 
Vittadinia australis oy triloba isan Australian annual of 
dwarf habit, bearing solitary terminal Daisy-like fluwer-heads, 
24 first white, ultimately changing to red. 
7. ERIGERON. 
Herbaceous plants resembling the Asters, but the ray-florets 
are in several series. Nearly 100 species are known, from cold 
and temperate regions, but few of them are worthy of cultiva- 
tion. The name is of Greek origin, signiffing early old age, 
from %p, spring, and yijpas, old age. 
1. £. glabéllum.—aA glabrous perennial species about a foot 
high. Leaves linear-lanceolate. Flowers blue; in Summer. A 
native of North America. 
2. E, speciosum, syn. Stendctis spectosu.—f about the same 
stature as the foregoing, but with very numerous narrow ray- 
florets of a lilac-blue, and a yellow disk. The pappus of the 
outer florets is in one row, and of the inner in two. California. 
E. alpinum var. grandi- 
florwit with pink or reddish 
flowers, and EF. Ro jlei with 
pale purple, very dwarf spe- 
cies, especially the latter, 
are grown by some amateurs. 
8. BELLIS. 
To this genus the Daisy 
belongs. The distinguish- 
ing character is founded 
upon the conical receptacle 
Fig. 125, Bellis perennis flore pleno. 
(3 nat, size.) and absence of pappus. 
There are three or four species, in Europe, North Africa, 
