. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). The China Asters. 225 a very free and graceful habit for a dwarf. Height about eight or ten inches. I. B. J^lat or Rejlexed Asters. Chrysanthemum-flowered (1 in Fig 48).— Plants of various habit and of various merits. Usually characterized by a free and open growth, although there are semi-dwarf forms, and symmetrical well- formed flowers with the outer rays much reflexed. A very useful class, in many colors. Washington.— An offshoot of the last, of medi


. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). The China Asters. 225 a very free and graceful habit for a dwarf. Height about eight or ten inches. I. B. J^lat or Rejlexed Asters. Chrysanthemum-flowered (1 in Fig 48).— Plants of various habit and of various merits. Usually characterized by a free and open growth, although there are semi-dwarf forms, and symmetrical well- formed flowers with the outer rays much reflexed. A very useful class, in many colors. Washington.— An offshoot of the last, of medium height, with large, rather flatfish flowers, full and symmetrical to the center. Many colors, and little inclined to " run " or sport. Mignon.— A very fine aster, of medium height, close, pleasing habit, the flower full to the center and rather flat, the lower rays not much reflexed. A most interesting feature of one variety is its singular habit of changing color. It opens a white flower with only the faintest tinge of undeHuable azure or flesh color, but grad- ually passes into a delicate light rose pink. Flowers small and more regular in shape than the 44.— Crown A ster. Victoria.—A very popular class of asters, both tall and dwarf. It is commended for its very free blooming, and for the habits of 15. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station. Ithaca, N. Y. : The University


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