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stellate. Flowering for five weeks from October 19. The white, pink, 

 and rose fl. of different age on the same plant give it a lively and distinct 

 appearance ; one of the latest varieties to flower. 



127. grandiflorus (Barr), A.M. November 10, 1891. — Two and a half 

 feet. Habit bushy, with rigid, hairy stems ; fl. terminating the branches, 

 2 inches across, rich violet. Flowering for five weeks from October 28. 

 The spreading and leafy bracts of the involucre, the large buds, the small 

 reflexed linear upper leaves, and stiff stems render this one of the most 

 distinct species. Hab. dry soil in Eastern United States. 



128. Grandis (Barr, Chiswick). — Five feet ; fl. distichously arranged 

 on graceful long arching sprays ; stems downy, dark red ; fl. 1 inch 

 across, pale rose-lilac or lilac-white ; rays narrow, stellate. Flowering 

 for three weeks from September 30 (Drwnmondii, but basal leaves 

 lanceolate). 



129. Harpur Crewe (Dobbie), XXX 1892.— Four feet; infl. loosely 

 branched, pyramidal ; fl. 1 inch across, white. Flowering for three weeks 

 from September 21. Habit running at the base (Novi-Belgii). 



130. Herveyi (Barr). — Two and a half feet ; infl. stiffly branched, 

 corymbose ; fl. 1t> inches across, mauve, stellate. Flowering for about 

 three weeks from August 14. Lower leaves ovate, rough, slender-stalked. 

 Habit erect, stiff. An interesting rather than a showy species. Hab. dry 

 soil of Eastern United States. 



131. Hilda (Barr). — Three and a half feet ; infl. pyramidal with dark 

 rigid stems ; fl. J inch across, blush-white ; rays full, reflexed ; disc cream, 

 becoming rosy-crimson, distinct. Flowering for four weeks from 

 September 13. Foliage dark, stiff. 



132. Hilda Morris (Jones), A.M. September 26, 1907.— Four feet. 

 The upper half of the plant a dense pyramid of bloom ; fl. H inches 

 across, lilac, full-rayed, flat. Flowering for two weeks from September 21. 



133. Hon. Edith Gibbs (Notcutt, Chiswick), A.M. October 9, 1900.— 

 Four feet ; fl. arranged distichously on graceful arching, dark-stemmed 

 sprays reaching almost to the ground, f inch across, pale lilac, stellate. 

 Flowering for five weeks from October 5 (ericoides). 



134. Hon. Vicary Gibbs (Notcutt), A.M. October 9, 1900.— Two and 

 a half feet ; infl. weak, scattered ; fl. 1 inch across, pink with an almost 

 white band round the disc, full-rayed. Flowering for four weeks from 

 September 21. 



135. Horace (Chiswick collection), XX 1892. — Four feet ; infl. a loose, 

 wiry panicle ; fl. 1J inches, mauve-lilac. Flowering for four weeks from 

 September 21. Subject to mildew (laevis, Novi-Belgii). 



136. Ianthe (Barr). — Two and a half feet ; infl. an oblong, rather 

 densely flowered, dark-stemmed panicle ; fl. 1 inch across, mauve. 

 Flowering for two weeks from September 13 (Novi-Belgii). 



137. Ida (Chiswick collection). — Two feet ; infl. sub-corymbose, 

 densely flowered ; fl. 1\ inches across, whitish, becoming lilac. Flowering 

 for three weeks from September 13. 



138. Ideal (Barr, Beckett), XXX 1902, 1907.— Four feet ; fl. | inch 

 across, pale blue, stellate, distichously arranged on graceful, broad, arching 

 sprays j disc very small, creamy-yellow, becoming rosy. Flowering for 

 five weeks from September 30. Somewhat similar to Hon. Edith Gibbs 



