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PBACTICAL GUIDE TO GABDEN PLANTS 



ASTEB 



A. laevis. — A beautiful species varying 

 from 2 to 6 ft. high, with somewhat stem- 

 clasping, oblong entire or sHghtly 

 serrated, shining leaves. Flowers from 

 August to October, various shades of 

 lilac and purple, There are many 

 varieties, of which the best are Ariadne, 

 Apollo, Arachne, Arctums, Calliope, 

 decorus, floribundus, Harvardi, Pygma- 

 lion, Vesta, and Virgil. 



Culture de. as above. 



A. linarifolius. — This species rarely 

 exceeds 2 ft. in height, and has the stems 

 clothed with narrow hnear Flax-like leaves 

 all the way up to the flower-heads. The 

 latter are rather small, wdth deep violet 

 ray florets and a yellow centre. 



Culture ic. as above. This species 

 must not be confused with the variety of 

 A. Amelias having the same name. 



A. lindleyanus. — A showy perennial 

 1-2 ft. high. Lower leaves ovate and 

 somewhat heart-shaped with winged 

 stalks ; upper ones sessile, serrate, and 

 tapering at each end. Flowers pale 

 violet, about 1^ in. across, produced in 

 loose panicles in autumn. 



Culture do. as above. 



A. Linosyris {CJirysoooma Lino- 

 syris ; Linosyris vulgaris). — Goldilocks. 

 A distinct native plant about 2 ft. high, 

 with linear Flax-like leaves, and showy 

 yellow flowers produced in August and 

 September. 



Culture dc. as above. 



A. long'ifolius. — About 3 ft. high, with 

 very long, smooth, linear-lance-shaped 

 leaves, rarely toothed. Flowers in 

 October, white, 1 in. across, in dense 

 panicles. The variety formosus has 

 pink flowers. 



Culture dc. as above. 



A. Michelli. — A pretty dwarf her- 

 baceous perennial abotit 1 ft. high, native 

 of Austria. Leaves in a rosette, shortly 

 stalked, obovate, wavy-edged. Flowers 

 in June, white, solitary. This plant was 

 formerly known as BelUddastrum. 



Culture dc. as above. Easily grown 

 in loam, leaf soil and peat, and increased 

 by division in early spring or autumn. 



A. multiflorus. — A free-flowering spe- 

 cies 3-4 ft. high, with much-branched, 

 downy stems, and smooth linear leaves. 

 Flowers in September, white, small, borne 

 in large corymbs. 



Culture dc. as above. 



A. Novae-Angliae. — This fine species 

 grows from 4 to 6 ft. high, with simple 

 hairy stems, and linear lanoe-shaped, 

 hairy, stem-clasping leaves, lobed at the 

 base. Flowers in September, purple. 

 The variety pulchellus has large, deep 

 violet flowers; prcecox, purple flowers; 

 roseus, pale rose, and rubra, deep rose 

 flowers ; Wm. Bowman, rich rose- 

 purple, and Woolston, fine blue shade. 

 Culture dc. as above. 

 A. Novi-Belgii. — A handsome species 

 3-6 ft. high. Leaves somewhat stem- 

 clasping, lance-shaped, smooth, rough- 

 edged, slightly serrated. Flowers from 

 August to October, pale blue. 



Like A. IcBvis, this species also has 

 many forms, some very fine, among them 

 being: — Archer-Hind, flowers 1-2 in. 

 across, pale rose-lilac; Argus, Aurora, 

 Berenice, densus, Harpur Crewe, flowers 

 1-2 in. across, white, tinged with rose 

 when old ; Jamus, white and rosy-purple ; 

 John Wood, white ; Icevigatus, deep 

 rose ; Minerva, deep rose-lilac ; nanusy 

 dwarf grower with rose flowers ; Proser- 

 pine, rose-lilac ; Purity, white ; Bavennce, 

 rosy-lilac ; Bobert Parker, lilac-purple. 

 Culture dc. as above. 

 A. paniculatus. — A pretty species 

 about 4 ft. high, with ovate lance-shaped, 

 somewhat serrated, stalked leaves. 

 Flowers in August and September, light 

 blue. The variety W. J. Grant has blush- 

 white or pale mauve flowers, very free, 

 useful for cutting. Dot has small white 

 flowers tipped vidth rose. 

 Cidture dc. as above. 

 A. patens. — A fine plant with procum- 

 bent stems, 1-2 ft. long. Leaves oval- 

 pointed, with a broad clasping base. 

 Flowers in autumn, about 1 in. across, 

 purple-blue. 



Culture dc. as above. 

 A. peregrinus.— A pretty little species 

 about 1 ft. high, suitable for the rookery. 

 Leaves lance-shaped, acutish, entire. 

 Flowers in July and August, bluish- 

 purple, 2 in. across. 

 Culture dc. as above. 

 A. Pseudamellus.— A beautiful bushy 

 Himalayan species 6-18 in. high, with 

 oblong blunt and obscm-ely toothed leaves. 

 The bluish-purple flower-heads, each 1-2 

 in. across, are borne in August and Sep- 

 tember in corymbose clusters at the top 

 of the stems. 



Culture dc. as above. In many 



