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93144 and 93146. ASTER SPP. From Canada. Collected at LePas, Manitoba, by Knowles 

 A. Ryerson, Bureau of Plant Industry, W. H. Alderman, Minnesota Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, and W. R. Leslie, Supt. Experiment Station, Morden, Manitoba. 



93144. ASTER LINDLEYANUS . * Lindley aster. A perennial aster up to 6 feet high, 

 wj th rather thick, sharply serrate, ovate leaves 2 to 4 inches long, and loose 

 panicles of blue or violet flower heads 1 inch across. It is native to the 

 northern part of North America. This is reported as an early summer-blooming 

 strain with purple flowers. In Maryland it flowered from early to late August. 

 For trial throughout the northern states. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



93146. ASTER PANICULATUS . * A perennial, paniculately branched aster 2 to 8 

 feet high, with lanceolate to linear, serrate leaves 3 to 6 inches long. The 

 numerous flower heads, which appear from August to October, are 1 inch across 

 and are usually white or tinged with violet. It is native to the northern 

 part of North America. This is a strain with pink flowers. For trial in 

 the northern states. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



93151. ASTER PANICULATUS . * A pinkish strain but differing slightly from the 

 preceding (P.I. No. 93146.) For trial in the northern states. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



105051-2-3-4. ASTER SPP.* From England. Obtained from Ernest Ballard, Old Court, 

 Colwell, near Malvern. 



105051. Aster. L itt le Boy Blue . An early-blooming very dwarf aster that 

 forms little compact pyramids, completely covered with semi-double deep-blue 

 flowers. This and the succeeding three items are of interest primarily because 

 of their very dwarf habit. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



105052. Aster. L ittle Pink Lad^. A very dwarf, bushy variety with large semi- 

 double deep-pink flowers. For trial in the northern states. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



105053. Aster. Purple Emp ero r. An early blooming, very dwarf variety with 

 numerous large semi-double flowers of a beautiful rich purple. The buds are very 

 dark and the stems are black-purple. For trial in the northern states. (Glenn 

 Dale, Md.) 



105054. Aster. Snow S prite . A type of Novi-belgii aster. It has a very 

 dwarf branching habit and flowers freely when only 1 foot high. The foliage is 

 dark green and the semi-double white flowers, produced in profusion down to 

 the ground, appear in mid-season. For trial in the northern states. (Glenn 

 Dale, Md.) 



105591. BENZOIN SP. Spicebush. From China. Collected in Kwangsi Province, at 1,500 

 feet altitude, by Albert N. Steward and H. C. Cheo, University of Nanking. A moder- 

 ate-sized tree with globose black fruits about two-fifths of an inch in diameter. For 

 trial in the Gulf region and the milder parts of the Pacific coast. (Glenn Dale, 

 Md.) 



