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which it has the habit ; fl. 2 inches across, purple, very full-rayed. 

 Flowering for four weeks from September 21. 



279. Tresserve (Barr). — One and a half feet; panicle broad, pointed, 

 full-flowered ; branches ascending ; habit spreading, bushy ; fl. J inch 

 across, mauve-rose ; rays full, pointed. Flowering for five weeks from 

 October 28. Very distinct and pretty, and one of the latest to flower 

 (salicifolius). 



280. trinervis (Notcutt). — Failed to flower. 



281. Triumph (Barr). — Five feet ; panicle dark-stemmed, wiry, large 

 and loose ; fl. 1J inches across, rosy-lilac, full-rayed, but rather rough ; 

 disc lemon-yellow, becoming rosy. Flowering for four weeks from 

 October 5 (paniculatus, Novi-Belgii). 



282. turbinellus (Barr, Chiswick), XXX 1892. — Four feet ; panicle 

 broad, open, with very thread-like or wiry stems ; fl. few, one to three 

 together, at the ends of the branches, 1 inch across, stellate, typically 

 violet or mauve (white from Messrs. Barr). Flowering for three weeks 

 from September 30. The Prairie Aster of the United States, in dry 

 soil. 



283. turbinellus albus (Barr). — Five feet ; fl. 1 \ inches across, white, 

 becoming pinkish. Flowering for three weeks from September 30. 



284. Ulster Echo (Barr). — Three and a half feet ; infl. a broad, densely 

 flowered, rigidly branched panicle ; fl. 1 J inches across, almost white, 

 pinkish with age. Specimen weak. Flowering for two weeks from 

 September 30 (Novi-Belgii). 



285. umbellatus (Chiswick collection), XXX 1892. — Six and a half 

 feet ; infl. a compound corymb ; fl. f inch across, creamy-white, stellate ; 

 rays a little reflexed ; disc greenish-yellow. Flowering for five weeks 

 from September 13. The Tall Flat-top White Aster of N. America, 

 in moist soil. (Syn. Doellingeria umbellata, Nees, from the distinctly 

 double pappus, with long inner bristles.) 



286. undulatus (Chiswick collection), XXX 1892. — Two and a half 

 feet ; stems stiff, rough, and very downy ; panicle leafy, rigid, dense, 

 pyramidal ; fl. 1 inch across, pale lilac-blue (to violet) ; rays reflexed, 

 narrow. Flowering for four weeks from August 31. The Wavy-leaf 

 Aster of Eastern N. America, in dry soil. 



287. Venus (Barr, Chiswick). — Three and a half feet ; panicle dense, 

 oblong ; fl. 1 inch across, lilac-pink ; rays very full. Flowering for two 

 weeks from September 30 (Novi-Belgii). 



288. versicolor albus (Barr). — Five feet ; infl. a long, oblong, loose 

 panicle ; fl. 1^ inches across, white suffusing with pink, rather stellate. 

 Flowering for three weeks from September 13. 



289. versicolor albus, improved (Barr). — Four feet ; fl. larger, more 

 stellate, finer. Flowering for four weeks from September 13. 



For other varieties of versicolor see Antigone, Charming, and Themis. 



290. Vesta (Barr), XXX 1892.— Two and a half feet ; infl. densely 

 flowered, bushy ; fl. 1J inches across, white, becoming pinkish, rather 

 stellate. Flowering for five weeks from September 13 (laevis, Novi-Belgii). 



291. Vice-President (Barr).— A.M. October 10, 1899, under the name 

 of Robert Parker nanus.— Three and a half feet; infl. sub-corymbose, 

 densely branched and flowered ; fl. 1| inches across, pale mauve. 



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