ASTER, Forcupine or Hedgehog, 



Yz Natural Size. 



ASTEE^ Porcupine or Hedgehog. 



ii-o Natural Size. 



ARTEMESIA. 



A pretty, quick-growing, ornamental plant, with fine, delicate, green foliage 

 of gi-eat beauty ; very interesting. 

 Artemesia annua, 4 or 5 feet high ; hardy annual. 



ASTER. 



No family of plants bears such distinct marks of progress as the Aster, and 

 none are more eagerly sought. An almost endless variety, always reliable, it is 

 not strange that they should become a necessity. The kinds found in the flower 

 garden are usually French or German, and when circumstances for their growth 

 are favorable, present a constant, varying succession of blossoms till frost comes. 

 The taller varieties should be supported by stakes or trellis. 



Aster, new peony-flowered, la SUperbe, the largest peony-formed Aster ; 

 above five inches across. Plants 2 feet ; full blooming. A magnificent 

 novelty. 

 " Trnflfaut's peony-flowered, introduced by the celebrated florist, Mr. 

 Trufl"aut, of France. The flowers are large, measuring four inches 

 across ; oval in form, not showing an open center to the last stage of 

 flowering, in consequence of the many layers of closely set petals. Yields 

 few seeds in the most favorable seasons. 12 distinct mixed colors. 



