THE MICHAELMAS DAISY AS A GARDEN PLANT. 



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prevalent ; good clear blue is almost unknown ; pure white is 

 scarce, and in most cases soon becomes tinged with purple ; the 

 tints to be found are seldom gay and bright. 



As the subject of these notes is Michaelmas Daisies, wo 

 must try to define the name. The same plant may flower in 



Fig. 3. — Aster aceis. (From the Gardeners' Magazine.) 



August in the warm gardens of the South or West of England, 

 whilst in the North it will not open a bud before October. I pro- 

 pose then to fix no limits of lateness, but to exclude early kinds 

 of Aster which in the Midland Counties are generally over before 

 thejniddle of September. I need_not say that perennial Aster 



