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tings made of the young growths in spring. The 

 plants flower best when they are fully established, so 

 it is wise not only to plant them in good soil, but 

 where they can remain for a few years. Some of the 

 varieties are weaker growers than the others, and it 

 is recommended that they be renewed by means of 

 cuttings or root-di^dsion every two or three years. 

 The different varieties vary both in the size of their 

 flowers and 

 the colom^s of 

 the same, but 

 blue, purple, 

 and lavender 

 shades pre- 

 ponderate. 



A very se- 

 lect collection 

 can be found 

 in the Nur- 

 series of Mr. 

 Thos. S.Ware, 

 the Hale 

 Earm, Totten- 

 ham, and 

 other places. 

 Mr. Ware has 

 made a selec- 

 tion of the 

 very best 

 varieties, and 

 we give a list 

 of the finest 

 found in his 

 collection, 

 which is gene- 

 rally taken as 

 the standard. 

 They repre- 

 sent the entire 

 genus, and 

 contain a 

 number of 

 first - class 



sorts, remarkable either for colour, size of flower, or 

 abundance of bloom, and can be recommended for 

 general cultivation : — for the decoration of the open 

 border, for massing, &c. Some few make fine rock 

 plants, while the dwarf compact-growing varieties 

 are very pretty ia pots, and they are also found very 

 useful for cutting from. 



Our selection is as follows : — 



Alpimis, pale lavender- blue, orange centre, flowers 

 two inches in diameter, from six to nine inches in 

 height, fine for the rockery or border. 



Amellus, large violet blossoms with yellow centre, 

 very free flowering ; height two feet. 



Aster Amellus bessarabicus, 



Amelhis Bessarabicus, a fine variety of preceding, 

 with rich purplish-blue flowers with orange centres ; 

 height two feet ; one of the finest. 



CJiapmanni, bright lavender flowers, one and a 

 half iaches in. diameter; a distinct and beautiful 

 species. 



Ct/aneus, bright mauve flowers, xery abundant; 

 four feet bigh, one of the latest in flower. 



Discolor, 

 white flowers, 

 changing to 

 rosy - pink, 

 about one foot 

 in height ; 

 very distinct. 



D u rn s u s, 

 flowers bright 

 purple ; two 

 and a half 

 feet high, 

 flowering in 

 Septemb er ; 

 one of the 

 best. 



£ r icoides, 

 white, with 

 yellow cen- 

 tres, flowers 

 small, but 

 very abun- 

 dant ; three 

 and a half 

 feet ; flower- 

 ing in Octo- 

 ber ; one of 

 the most ele- 

 gant of this 

 genus. 



Formosissi- 

 mus, a distinct 

 and beautiful 

 species; height 

 four f eet ; 



flowers rosy-purple, very large, and exceedingly free 

 blooming, a fine variety. 



Grandiflorns, one of the latest and most beautiful 

 of this family, flowers large, of a rich purplish-blue. 



Lcevis, bright hlac, yellow centres, flowers large 

 and abundant ; a distinct species ; four and a half feet. 



Longifolius var. formosus, a prett}' dwarf-growing 

 variety, forming s\Tnmetrical bushes about two feet 

 high, covered for a long time with bright rose- 

 coloured flowers. 



Multiforus, small white flowers, but very nume=. 

 rous ; a distinct and useful variety ; two and a haK 

 feet. 



