AS'TER HYSSOPIFO'LTUS. 
HTSSOP-LEAVED STARWORT. 
Class. 
SYNGENESIA. 
Order. 
SUPERFLUA. 
Natural Order. 
composite:. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
N. America 
18 inches. 
Sep., Oct. 
Perennial. 
in 1683. 
No. 1092. 
Aster is a word, unaltered, from the Greek, sig- 
nifying star ; the application of which, to all the 
flowers of this extensive genus, is sufficiently evi- 
dent. 
The plant now figured is one of the Asters which 
will efficiently assist in producing autumnal gaiety, 
without becoming intrusive, a recommendation that 
several of its taller brethren cannot claim. To pre- 
sent some species of Aster to a friend, would be too 
mischievous for a joke ; for if once established, the 
labour of their expulsion can only be estimated by 
those who have encountered their migrations — 
their determination to occupy somewhere or other, 
against the will of their landlord. No Irish cotter 
could more resolutely resist the law of ejectment. 
This Aster is known in the nurseries as hyssopi- 
folius, but we doubt its identity with that species 
of Linneus. Like some others of the genus, it in- 
creases freely, hut should be transplanted into fresh 
soil every second year. 
Increased acquaintance with the vegetable world 
does but add to the amazement of the botanist. So 
fertile is the earth in these composite or star-like 
