ASTERS AT WISLEY, 1906-07. 



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disc cream, rapidly becoming purplish-rose. Habit erect, not running 

 at the base ; lower leaves cordate. Flowering for four weeks from 

 September 21 (Drummondii.) 



62. Cordelia (Chiswick collection), A.M. October 13, 1902.— Four feet ; 

 inh\ a dark-stemmed, densely branched pyramid ; fl. 1 inch across, stellate, 

 mauve-lilac, rays broad and loose ; disc small, becoming crimson. 

 Flowering for four weeks from September 13 (laevis). 



63. cordifolius (Barr, Jones), XXX 1892. — Three and a half feet; 

 infl. a dark-stemmed long loose pointed panicle ; ri\ very numerous, 

 stellate, J inch across, pale blue or lilac-white (the wild form varies from 

 violet to white) ; disc small, cream-coloured, becoming crimson. Flower- 

 ing for four weeks from September 21. Leaves thin, more or less hairy, 

 the loWer ones cordate, slender-petioled, finely serrate. Habit light and 

 graceful. The Common Blue Wood Aster of Eastern United States ; 

 enjoys a little shade. 



64. cordifolius albulus (Barr, Jones), XXX 1892. — Four feet ; very 

 similar to the type ; infl. denser ; fl. \ inch across, with few loose rays 

 of the palest blue, almost white. Flowering for four weeks from 

 September 13. 



65. cordifolius clegans (Barr, Dobbie, Jones), A.M. October 13, 1902. 

 Four and a half feet. Habit graceful and loose as in the type ; fl. J inch 

 across ; rays few, but broad, mauve -lilac. Flowering for five weeks from 

 September 13. Very similar to Diana. 



66. cordifolius giganteus (Jones), XXX 1907. — Over five feet. Habit 

 of type ; fl. over 1J inches across, lilac-white. Flowering for five weeks 

 from September 13. Very similar to Dandy, than which it is later and 

 taller, and the fl. are simpler. 



67. cordifolius magnificus (Barr, Notcutt). — Five feet. Habit of type ; 

 fl. 1 to lj inches across, pale lilac-blue. Flowering for three weeks from 

 October 19. The variety Edwin Beckett received an award of merit under 

 this name September 24, 1902, but Edwin Beckett is much earlier. 

 cordifolius magnificus is one of the best late Asters. 



68. cordifolius major (Barr, Dobbie, Jones), XXX 1907. — Four and 

 a half feet. Habit of type ; fl. § inch across, lilac-white, rays broad, 

 stellate, the creamy disc rapidly becoming rosy. Flowering for three 

 weeks from September 21. Very similar to Photograph, but a week 

 earlier. 



For other varieties of cordifolius see Dandy, Diana, Ideal, and Photo- 

 graph. 



69. corymbosus (Barr), XXX 1892* — Two feet ; infl. much branched, 

 spreading, corymbose, with dark slender, brittle stems ; fl. J inch across, 

 stellate, rays few, white. Flowering for three weeks from August 24* 

 Leaves very thin, light green, lower ones slender-stalked, cordate acute, 

 dentate. The White Wood Aster of Eastern North America. 



70. corymbosus paniculatus (Notcutt). — One and a half feet. Similar 

 to type ; infl. much denser ; fl. stellate 1 inch across with eight or nine 

 broad white rays. Flowering for five weeks from August 31. Free and 

 pretty. 



See also Perseus. 



