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but free-flowering and pretty. The Spreading Aster of the Eastern 

 States. 



218. Perle Lyonnaise (Barr).— Two and a half feet; infl. sub- 

 corymbose, densely flowered ; fl. 1£ inches across, white suffusing pink, 

 flat, very full-rayed. Flowering for five weeks from August 31 (Novi- 

 Belgii). 



219. Perry's Pink (Barr, Notcutt). — Three and a half feet ; habit thin 

 and wiry, dark-stemmed, but denser and stronger than Edna Mercia, 

 which it much resembles ; fl. 1 inch across, pink, full-rayed, Flowering 

 for four weeks from September 6 (Novi-Belgii). 



220. Perseus (Barr), XXX 1892.— Two feet. A fine variety of 

 oorymbosus, with darker, firmer, and more wrinkled foliage; infl. more 

 densely flowered, with brown wiry stems ; later ; fl. 1 inch across, white, 

 stellate, with nine or ten broad rays. Flowering for five weeks from 

 August 31. 



221. Peters' White (Peters), A.M. September 26, 1907.— Three and a 

 half feet ; infl. a loosely branched, bushy panicle, clothing the plant with 

 flower almost to the base ; fl. 2 inches across, white, full-rayed ; rays broad 

 but pointed, giving a stellate appearance ; bracts squarrose. Flowering 

 for five weeks from September 13. A magnificent variety, the best white 

 in the collection. 



222. Photograph (Barr, Jones). — Four feet. A variety of cordifolius. 

 This name was originally applied to Diana, but the varieties received 

 under these names at Wisley were distinct. Fl. J inch across, whitish- 

 lilac, stellate. Flowering for three weeks from September 30. 



223. Phyllis (Chiswick collection). — Five feet ; infl. a broad, loose 

 pyramidal panicle, with the terminal flowerhead curiously distant from 

 the rest ; fl. 1^ inches across, lilac, very full-rayed. Flowering for three 

 weeks from September 13. 



224. Pink Gem (Jones). — Failed. 



225. Pleiad (Barr), XX 1892.— Failed. 



22G. Pluto (Chiswick collection), XX 1892.— Three and a half feet ; 

 infl. a rigidly branched, leafy, long-pointed panicle ; fl. H inches across, 

 light mauve, full -rayed and flat. Flowering for two weeks from October 5 

 (laevis, Novi-Belgii). 



227. poly phyllus (Barr, Chiswick), XXX 1892. — Five feet; panicle 

 loosely pyramidal ; habit vigorous and rampant ; fl. 1 inch across, white ; 

 rays loose, with a noticeable and persistently yellow disc. Flowering for 

 three weeks from September 30. Faxon's Aster of the Eastern States, 

 on moist clifl's. 



228. Pr6cocite (Jones). — Six feet. A variety of Novae- Angliae, near 

 N.-A. praecox. Fl. 2 inches across, rich rose-purple, very full-rayed. 

 Flowering for four weeks from September 21. 



229. prenanthoides (Chiswick collection), XXX 1892. — Two and a half 

 feet; infl. much branched, loosely sub-corymbose; fl. 1 inch across, pale 

 lilac (typically violet), stellate ; rays reflexed a little. Flowering for seven 

 weeks from August 10. Lower leaves spathulate, upper stem-clasping, 

 thin, light green, sharply serrate. The Crooked-stem Aster of the 

 United States, in moist soil. 



