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Flowering for four weeks from August 81. Habit rather rampant 



(Xovi-Belgii). 



292. vimineus (Barr, Dobbie, Chiswick), XX 1892. — Two and a half 

 feet (2-5 feet) ; habit bushy, stems slender, foliage light green, mossy ; 

 infl. much branched ; branches rigid, divergent ; fl. very numerous, short- 

 stalked, and crowded along the branches, | inch across, creamy-white, 

 stellate. Flowering for four weeks from September 30. The Small 

 White Aster of N. America, in moist soil. 



293. vimincus nanus (Barr). — Three feet. A better white, very free- 

 Howering and pretty, but more vigorous than the last ! 



294. vimiiieus perfectus (Barr, Notcutt, Chiswick), A.M. September 24, 

 1902).- -Two and a half to three and a half feet ; habit light and graceful ; 

 fl. £ inch across, pinkish- white, very stellate ; disc small, becoming rosy. 

 Flowering for six weeks from August 23. Pretty. 



For other varieties of vimineus see Cassiope, Delight (the best), 

 Evening Star, Freedom, and Osprey (lilac). 



295. Virgil (Barr, Dobbie), XXX 1892. Of Barr.— Four and a half 

 feet ; very vigorous, bushy ; fl. 1 inch across, lilac-white, rather stellate. 

 Flowering four weeks from September 13. Of Dobbie. — Six feet ; panicle 

 loose ; fl. \\ inches across, mauve-lilac. Flowering for four weeks from 

 September 21. That from Messrs. Dobbie would seem to be the variety 

 commended in 1892 (laevis). 



296. Warley semiplena (Barr, Chiswick), XXX 1902. — Five feet ; 

 panicle rather oblong, flat-topped ; fl. 1}-H inches across, many fl. 

 double, but many with only two to three rows of ray-florets, mauve-lilac. 

 Flowering for three weeks from September 30. Habit vigorous, rampant. 

 Much inferior to Beauty of Colwall. 



297. W. B. Child (Dobbie).— Five feet ; infl. pyramidal, with rigid, 

 wiry stems ; fl. H inches across, rosy-mauve, stellate. Flowering for 

 three weeks from September 30 (Novi-Belgii). 



298. White Pet (Barr). — Three and a half feet ; weak, subject to 

 mildew; infl. much branched; fl. white suffusing with pink ; disc pale. 

 Flowering for three weeks from September 30 (Novi-Bclgii). 



299. White Queen (Barr), A.M. September 6, 1907.— Three and a 

 half feet; infl. a much branched, bushy panicle, stiff-stemmed; fl. 1| 

 inches across ; rays full, pure white. Flowering for four weeks from 

 August 31. A little subject to mildew, but quite the best early white 

 Aster (Novi-Belgii). 



300. White Queen of the Dwarfs (Barr). — Two and a half feet. 

 Habit and flower of the last. Flowering for four weeks from August 23. 

 A good variety (Xovi-Belgii). 



801. W r hite Spray (Barr, Dobbie), XXX 1907.— Five and a half feet ; 

 panicle loose, oblong, clothing the upper half of the plant ; fl. 1 \ inches 

 across, white, a little pinkish with age ; rays narrow, stellate, a little 

 twisted. Flowering for four weeks from September 13. Habit very 

 vigorous (Novi-Belgii). 



302. W. Bowman (Jones, Notcutt, Chiswick), XXX 1902.— Six feet; 

 a variety of Novae- Angliae, of which it has the habit; branches red ; fl. 

 \ i< >lct-purple, lj inches across. Flowering for three to four weeks from 

 September 80. Very similar to Ryecroft Purple. 



