. The Gardener's monthly and horticulturist. ng de-scription from Haage & Schmidt : Triumph Aster,deep scarlet.—This nov-elty is undoubtedly the most beautiful andmost perfect of all dwarf-Asters, not onlyconcerning the habit of the plants, but alsorelative to the form and beauty of the flow-ers. It forms an entirely new class, repro-ducing itself true from seed and attains aheight of but 7 to 8 inches. At the timewhen it shows its buds it resembles inhabit somewhat the Dwarf ChrysanthemumAster, but in developing its large, hand-some and beautifully shaped flowers itassumes quite another aspec
. The Gardener's monthly and horticulturist. ng de-scription from Haage & Schmidt : Triumph Aster,deep scarlet.—This nov-elty is undoubtedly the most beautiful andmost perfect of all dwarf-Asters, not onlyconcerning the habit of the plants, but alsorelative to the form and beauty of the flow-ers. It forms an entirely new class, repro-ducing itself true from seed and attains aheight of but 7 to 8 inches. At the timewhen it shows its buds it resembles inhabit somewhat the Dwarf ChrysanthemumAster, but in developing its large, hand-some and beautifully shaped flowers itassumes quite another aspect. The flowersbend, on account of their weight, a littleat varying angles, but do not droop so as to im-pair their beauty, each plant forming an elegantbouquet of itself, as may best be seen by the an-nexed illustration which is accurately engravedfrom a painting we had made of a medium sizedplant. The individual flowers measure from 2j^to 3 inches across and are of the most faultlessPceony-form, all petals being beautifully in full bloom it changes to a magnificent satinydeep scarlet, presenting thus with these two bril-liant colors a lovely sight. It produces its flowers
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