Archive image from page 38 of Curtis, Cobb & Washburn's amateur. Curtis, Cobb & Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower and kitchen garden for 1878 curtiscobbwashbu1878curt Year: 1878 ( NO. piacE. 37 Aster Dwarf Chrysanthemmn-flowered. A valuable late variety, coming in after many other varieties are gone. The}' grow verj' uniform in height, blooming so profusely as to completely hide the foliage; mixed . 38 Pyramidal A verj- popular variety, growing very uniform in height and shape. The form ot flower resembles an inverted pyramid. Some are quilleJ, others not; a fine mixture 39
Archive image from page 38 of Curtis, Cobb & Washburn's amateur. Curtis, Cobb & Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower and kitchen garden for 1878 curtiscobbwashbu1878curt Year: 1878 ( NO. piacE. 37 Aster Dwarf Chrysanthemmn-flowered. A valuable late variety, coming in after many other varieties are gone. The}' grow verj' uniform in height, blooming so profusely as to completely hide the foliage; mixed . 38 Pyramidal A verj- popular variety, growing very uniform in height and shape. The form ot flower resembles an inverted pyramid. Some are quilleJ, others not; a fine mixture 39 Globe-quilled. This is a fine variety. The flowers are formed in the / ) shape of a luilf-ball. Mixed 10 jfi 40 Giant Emperor. The flowers are very double, and of immense size. It does not flower so freely as many other varieties. In favorable cases il produces four to six flowers, of which the chief blossom is often four inches in diameter. Mixed . . . 15 r 41 Imbricated Pompon. One of the most pleasing styles; of pyramidal i growth, with meclium-sized flowers of the most perfect form, verj- double, and densely imbricated. Six colors mixed 10 42 Porcupine, or Hedgehog. The flowers are composed of long, quilled, curious-looking petals: hence the name. Mixed 10 I 43 Ranunculus-flowered. A small flowered variety, very double, imbricated, surrounded by a range of green leaves; valuable for bouquets. Finest mixed .10 44 Rose-flowered. A class of great merit; robust growth, fine habit, and pro- fuse bloomers. The flowers are as large as Pseony Asters, beautifully im- , bricated, of oval form, and very double. In habit, neight of plant, and' form 1 i of flower, intermediate between the tall Chrysanthemum and Pteony Perfec- tion Asters; a favorite class. Ten colors. ' Mixed 16 45 Reid'8 Improved. An improved variety taller than the preceding, and the fiiiest of the quilled varieties 10 46 Victoria. This beautiful kind forms a new class, allied to the Giant Empe- ror, but superior t
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