AS TER TENEL'LUS. 
SLENDER ASTER. 
O 
Class. Order. 
SYNGENESIA. POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. 
Natural Order. 
CORYMBIFERjE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
C.G Hope. 
9 inches. 
June, Sept. 
Annual. 
in 1774. 
No. 238. 
Aster is from the Greek, and denotes a star. Te- 
nellus, from the Latin, in allusion to its tender or 
delicate stems. 
This species, as indicated by our date of intro- 
duction, has been long- cultivated in England. Curtis 
published it as a greenhouse perennial ; and in later 
works it is noticed as biennial by some authors, and 
by others as annual. We really are unable to deter- 
mine the correctness of one or other of these opinions, 
nor does it materially concern us to do so ; for, as a 
hardy plant, it can only be cultivated as an annual, 
and as such we have found it a suitable variety in the 
flower border, though not of splendid character. 
It may be sown as early as the month of March, 
in a pot of light rich soil, which should be placed in 
a hotbed, till the plants are sufficiently strong to 
transplant into the borders, which will not be earlier 
than the beginning of May. It will succeed very 
well in a light dry soil, and open exposure to the 
south. If planted in the mingled flower border, 
one or two plants will be sufficient in each situation, 
where it will generally blossom till destroyed by the 
autumnal frosts. 
Hort. Kew. 2, v. 5, 49. 
