ASTEK 



DAISY OBDEB 



ASTER 503 



gardens this species does not succeed very 

 well. 



A. ptannicoides. — A pretty plant 

 about 2 ft. high, with linear roughly 

 toothed leaves, and small white flowers 

 in September. This does not grow well 

 in all places. 



Culture dc. as above. 



A. puniceus. — A graceful plant 4-6 

 ft. high, with stem-clasping, lance-shaped, 

 serrate, roughish leaves. Flowers in 

 August and September, blue or rosy- 

 lUac, about 1 in. across, in large pyramidal 

 panicles. The variety lucidulus has 

 pale Hlac flowers 1^- in. across ; pulcher- 

 rimus has white flowers tinted with 

 lilac ; ray-florets deflexed. 



Culture dc. as above. 



A. pyrenseus. — A Pyrenean species 

 1-lJ ft. high, with roughish, oblong lance- 

 shaped acute leaves without stalks and 

 serrated towards the apex. Flowers in 

 July, large, lilac - blue, with a yellow 

 centre. 



Culture dc. as above. 



A. Reeversi. — A pretty species 9-12 

 in. high, with linear acute leaves, and 

 dense panicles of small white flowers, 

 with a yeUow centre, produced in 

 autumn. 



Culture dc. as above. 



A. sericeus. — A greyish, slender- 

 stemmed plant 1-2 ft. high. Leaves 

 lance-shaped, siliy, 1-3 in. long. Flowers 

 late in summer and autumn, deep blue, 

 about IJ in. across. 



Culture dc. as above. 



A. Shorti. — ^A pretty species 2-4 ft. 

 high, with more or less lance-shaped 

 tapering leaves 3-5 in. long. Flowers in 

 autumn, purple-blue, about 1 in. across. 



Culture dc. as above. 



A. sibiricus. —A Siberian species 

 about 2 ft. high. Leaves lance-shaped, 

 serrate, hairy, rather stem-clasping. 

 Flowers in August, blue, with hairy 

 bracts. 



Culture dc. as above. 



A. sikkimensis. — A native of Sikkim, 

 about B ft. high. Leaves lance-shaped 

 pointed, spiny-toothed, upper ones without 

 stalks. Flowers in October, purple. 



Culture dc. as above. 



A. spectabilis. — A handsome species 

 about 2 ft. high, with roughish, lance- 

 shaped, stem-clasping leaves, lower ones 



more or less serrate. Flowers in August, 

 blue. 



Culture dc. as above. 



A. Stracheyi. — A native of the 

 Western Himalayas. Lower leaves 1-2 

 in. long, oblanceolate or obovate, shortly 

 stalked. Flowers in May, pale lilac-blue, 

 1-1^ in. across, on red- brown scapes 3-6 

 in. high. 



Culture and Propagation. — This is 

 a charming plant for furnishing partially 

 shaded spots in the rookery. It has 

 creeping stems which root at the tips, so 

 that left undisturbed a plant soon spreads 

 ,over a good area, and makes a beautiful 

 carpet of green beneath the lilac-blue 

 blossoms. It may be easily increased in 

 autumn or spring by detaching the runner- 

 like shoots. 



A. Sturi. — This is one of the smallest 

 growing Asters with a dense compact 

 habit. The small Box-like leaves are 

 almost evergreen and make a pretty 

 carpet on the ground. The flowers are 

 large for the size of the plant ; they are 

 pure white, and last for several weeks in 

 early spring. 



Culture dc. as above. An excellent 

 rook plant. 



A. tardiflorus. — A vigorous species 

 about 3 ft. high, with oblong lanoe-shaped 

 leaves. Flowers in autumn, pale rosy- 

 lilac ; centre at first yeUow, afterwards 

 purplish. 



Culture dc. as above. 



A. Thomsoni. — A handsome Hima- 

 layan perennial 1-3 ft. high, the whole 

 plant being more or less hairy and whitish- 

 green in appearance; Leaves 3-4 in. long, 

 oval, with coarsely toothed margins. 

 The lilac flower-heads, with conspicuous 

 yellow centres, appear from July to 

 October, and are borne in loose corymbs, 

 or sometimes solitary. 



Culture dc. as above. Easily increased 

 by division in autumn or spring ; or by 

 seeds. 



A. Townshendi. — A fine species 3-4 

 ft. high, native of the Bocky Mountains. 

 It has somewhat hairy stems and blunt 

 spoon-shaped leaves 8-12 in. long, the 

 upper ones oblong ovate - acute. It 

 bears a profusion of bright violet-blue 

 flower-heads 2-3 in. across in July and 

 August. 



Culture dc. as above. 



