PURPLE TO LILAC 
SEPTEMBER 
: Botanical 
English 
eke || Nee | wes 
“Bluish |LATE *Aster 
purple” |PURPLE patens 
41 light |ASTER 
“Blue |SHORT’S  |**Aster 
violet” |ASTER Sh6rtii 
44 pinker 
“Violet” SIBERIAN  |*Aster 
47  |ASTER OR SSibiricus 
STARWORT : 
“Purple”, LOW *Aster 
49 \SHOWY spectabilis 
OR SEASIDE 
PURPLE 
"ASTER : 
“Purple”? TARTARIAN |**Aster 
46 ASTER Tatdricus 
“Mauve’,PRAIRIE **Aster 
47 light ASTER turbinéllus 
& pinker 
“Pinkish |BROAD- **Boltonia 
laven- ‘SCALED latisquama 
der” BOLTONIA 
43 pinker 
“Purple” MEADOW — |**Célchicum 
37 deeperSAFFRON = jautumnale 
“Violet” HANDSOME |**Coélchicum 
37 deeper MEADOW __jspecidsum 
SAFFRON 
“Lilac? SAFFRON [Crocus 
bet. CROCUS sativus 
44 & 45 
“Bright [HANDSOME |*Crocus 
lilac” AUTUMN specidsus 
44 or 46 |CROCUS 
Description 
Low spreading plant with slender ; 
stems. Solitary flowers with yellow 
centres. Foliage rather rough. One 
of the weaker and shorter lived species. 
Border plant. There is a pink var. 
Prop. by division. Any soil, N. 
Amer. 
A tall pretty species. Flowers 
abundant in long clusters in late fall. 
Good for the border and in groups. 
Prop. by division. N. Amer. 
See page 404. 
See page 404. 
Late blooming species with large 
flowers. Lance-shaped foliage some- 
times 2 ft. long. Effective in the 
shrubbery or rear of the border. Prop. 
by seed and division. Siberia. 
Graceful plant, valuable for its late 
flowers, which grow in clusters. Ex- 
cellent for the border or for naturali- 
zation. Prop. by division. Easy of 
cultivation. N. Amer. See Plate, 
page 423. 
See page 337. 
See page 407. 
Very large crocus-like flowers, vary- 
ing to pink, appear earlier than the 
leaves. Plant in clumps in grass or 
foliage in rock-garden or border. 
Bulbous. Sandy loamy soil, rich and 
light. Caucasus. 
The commonest fall-blooming spe- 
cies. Fragrant funnel-form flowers 
marked with deeper and lighter shades 
of the same color; sometimes with 
white. Border or rock-garden. Bulb- 
ous. Prop. by offsets. Deep well- 
drained soil. S. Europe; Asia Minor. 
The handsomest kind. Large fun- 
nel-form flowers, with prominent 
orange stigmas, and striped with 
darker lilac, appear earlier than the 
long narrow leaves. Charming 
grouped in the border or rock-garden. 
Bulbous. Prop. by offsets. Deep well- 
drained soil. S. Purp: Asia Minor. 
Situation 
| 
1-2 ft. 
Sun or 
half 
shade 
2-4 ft. 
Sun or 
shade 
7 ft or 
less 
Sun or 
half 
shade 
2-4 ft. 
‘Sun 
6-12 in. 
|Sun or 
half 
shade 
6in. 
Sun 
6-8 in. 
Sun 
Time of 
Bloom 
Sept. 
436 
