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high. Branches spreading and bearing flowers upon the upper 

 side. October. 



An early and late flowering aster, being one of those found 

 in dry, open woods. From Connecticut and Rhode Island 

 southward and westward. 



Dense-flowered Aster 



A. multiflbrus — A bushy plant, with stiff, spreading branches, 

 very leafy, i to 7 feet tall. Flowers, crowded, terminating the 

 main and side branches. Leaves, small, bract-like above, sessile, 

 thick, rigid, mostly pointing upward, rough on the edges. August 

 to October. 



Sandy soil in open fields and roadsides from Maine to 

 Georgia and westward. 



Calico Aster 



A, laterif torus. — Color, white or pale purple (see p. 477). Leaves, 

 long, broad below, narrow above, toothed in the middle, pointed 

 at both ends. The lower leaves with short petioles, the upper 

 sessile. 



One of the smaller asters. Common and variable. Sev- 

 eral varieties are enumerated, known by small or large 

 leaves. It is a much branched, hairy species, and the 

 blossoms are crowded upon one side of short branchlets. 

 Dry, open places, common in all the Eastern States. 



Michaelmas Daisy 



A. Tra.desca.niu — Color, white, sometimes tinged with pink. 

 Leaves, lance-shaped upon the upper branches, sharply pointed 

 above, sessile where joined to the stem. Those below are broader, 

 but linear, about 3 to 6 inches long. Heads of flowers numerous, 

 racemose on the branches, sometimes the terminal one being a 

 little larger than the others. Stem, smooth and slender. August 

 to October. 



A softly blooming species found in low or moist grounds, 

 even in swamps, from Maine to Virginia and westward. 

 (See illustration, p. 135.) 



Panicled Aster 



A. paniculktus. — Color, white, but sometimes pale violet. The 

 smooth stem of this species reaches a height of 7 or 8 feet, and 

 is therefore one of our tallest. Leaves, long, narrow, sharply but 

 distantly serrate, sessile, those below clasping the stem; those 



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