ASTERS AT VVISLEY, 1906-07. 



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Flowering for three weeks from September 30. Inferior to Mrs. J. F. 

 Rayner. 



For other varieties of Novae-Angliae see Lil Fardell, Melpomene, 

 Mrs. J. F. Rayner, Mrs. S. T. Wright, Precocite, Ryecrof t Pink, Ryecroft 

 Purple, Treasure, and W. Bowman. 



208. Novi-Belgii. — This is the type from which most of the garden 

 varieties have sprung. Stems slender, branched ; infl. corymbose-pani- 

 culate ; fl. numerous, 1 inch across, violet. Flowering August to October. 

 The New York Aster, of swampy ground in the Eastern maritime States. 



209. N.-B. semi-plena. — See Warley semi-plena. 



210. Ophir (Barr), A.M. October 1, 1902.— Two and a half feet. 

 Habit, bushy, with rigid, spreading branches and rather oblong panicles ; 

 stems and foliage pale green ; fl. very numerous, J inch across, pale lilac - 

 white ; rays narrow, stellate. Flowering for four weeks from August 31 

 (ericoides). 



211. Osprey (Barr), XXX 1907. — Three feet. A variety of vimineus, 

 of which it has the bushy habit, free-flowering qualities, and pale green 

 foliage ; fl. ^ inch across, lilac ; rays narrow, stellate. Flowering for five 

 weeks from October 5. A pretty variety, studded with flower to the 

 ground. 



212. paniculatus (Chiswick collection), XX 1S92. — Three and a half 

 feet ; infl. a densely branched and full-flowered panicle, stems rigid ; 

 fl. | inch across, pale pink-lilac; rays reflexing a little ; disc large. Flower- 

 ing for four weeks from August 31. Very vigorous. Leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, the lower ones 6 x f inches, sub -serrate. The Tall White 

 Aster of the United States, in moist soil. 



213. paniculatus blandus (Chiswick collection), XX 1892. — Four 

 feet ; habit dense ; fl. 1 inch across, lilac-white, stellate. Flowering for 

 four weeks from September 13. 



214. paniculatus laxus (Barr). — Two and a half feet ; infl. a much- 

 branched loosely spreading panicle, with stems and leaves so slight as to 

 give the flowers the appearance of being suspended in air ; fl. 1 inch 

 across, pale lilac, stellate. Flowering for six weeks from August 31. 

 Growth rather rampant, but habit loose, wiry, and pretty. 



For other varieties of paniculatus see Dot, Edwin Beckett, Rev. 

 E. W. Badger, Triumph, W. J. Grant, and W. J. Grant Improved. 



215. Panope (Chiswick collection). — Three and a half feet ; infl. stiffly 

 and densely branched, round-topped ; fl. \\ inches across, lilac-mauve, 

 full- rayed. Flowering for three weeks from September 21. 



216. patens (Barr). — Growth thin and weak ; infl. a sparsely branched 

 leafy panicle, bearing a few fl. at the tips of the loose, wiry branches ; 

 fl. \\ inches across, pale mauve ; rays narrow, stellate. Flowering for 

 about a week from October 5. Leaves thick, downy, netted, oblong, 

 ;stem-clasping. The Late Purple Aster of the United States, in dry open 

 places. 



217. patulus (Dobbie, Chiswick), XXX 1892.— Three and a half 

 feet ; infl. a freely branched, loose, pointed panicle with reddish 

 stems ; fl. 1 inch across, pale rose-lilac (violet-purple typically), stellate. 

 Flowering for four weeks from August 31. Habit rampant at the base, 



