E. Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower & kitchen garden for 1880 efredwashburnsam1880wash Year: 1880 Smateuk #ULTIVATOK'S ^^.UIDK. NO. pa 37 Aster Dwarf Chrysanthemum-flowered. A valuable late variety, coming in after maDV other varieties are gone. They grow very uniform in height, blooming so profusely as to completely hide the foliage; mixed . 38 Pyramidal. A veiy popular variety, growing very uniform in height and shape. The form of flower resembles an inverted pyramid. Some are quilled, others not; a fine mixture 39 Globe-quilled. This is a fine variety. The flowers
E. Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower & kitchen garden for 1880 efredwashburnsam1880wash Year: 1880 Smateuk #ULTIVATOK'S ^^.UIDK. NO. pa 37 Aster Dwarf Chrysanthemum-flowered. A valuable late variety, coming in after maDV other varieties are gone. They grow very uniform in height, blooming so profusely as to completely hide the foliage; mixed . 38 Pyramidal. A veiy popular variety, growing very uniform in height and shape. The form of flower resembles an inverted pyramid. Some are quilled, others not; a fine mixture 39 Globe-quilled. This is a fine variety. The flowers are formed in the shape of a half-ball. Mixed 40 Giant Emperor. The flowers are very double, and of immense size. It does not flower so freely as many other varieties. In favorable c«ses i( produces four to six flowers, of which the chief blossom is often four inches in diameter. Mixed 41 â Imbricated Pompon. One of the most pleasing styles; of p^Tamidal growth, with medium-sized flowers of the most perfect form, very double, and densely imbricated. Six colors mixed 42 Porcupine, or Hedgehog. The flowers are composed of long, quilled, curious-looking petals: hence the name. Mixed 43 Ranunculus-flowered. A small flowered variety, double, imbricated, suiTouuded by a range of gi-een leaves; valuable for bouquets. Finest mixed 44 Rose-flowered. A class of great merit; robust growth, fine habit, and pro- fuse bloomers. The flowers are as large as Pseonv Asters, beautifully im- bricated, of oval form, and very double. In habit, laeight of plant, and foiTQ of flower, intermediate between the tall Chrysanthemum and'Pgeony Perfec- tion Asters; a favorite class. Ten colors. Mixed . . . ' . 45 Reid's Improved. An improved variety taller than the preceding, and the finest of the quilled varieties 46 Victoria. This beautiful kind forms a new class, allied to the Giant Empe- ror, but superior to that in habit of plant and form of flower. The plant is very robust, bearing itself wit
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