. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. (is md Mutthiula STOCK STOCK TEN WEEKS See STOCK VIRGINIAN Malio. STOKES' ASTEK bee i>t<jkti STOKfiSIA (Jonathan Stokes, M D , 17')5-183], Eng lish liotimst) Comp6\iUr Stores' Aster is one of the I iitst, choicest TLi<l must distimt ot AnKiRan hiiiU i)ereuuial htili^ li i i hhu pi iiit ih. iit i f
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. (is md Mutthiula STOCK STOCK TEN WEEKS See STOCK VIRGINIAN Malio. STOKES' ASTEK bee i>t<jkti STOKfiSIA (Jonathan Stokes, M D , 17')5-183], Eng lish liotimst) Comp6\iUr Stores' Aster is one of the I iitst, choicest TLi<l must distimt ot AnKiRan hiiiU i)ereuuial htili^ li i i hhu pi iiit ih. iit i hl.'h whl. h It In 1 _l ,1, I, , I HITS m . nun n with ( liim 1st,IS .. n Mil I II I In M ih li i I areiol4in m . ulln it. n lb, iiiii^ ot flowers It, composed ot about 1') rn hie imolHs which hare a verj short tube at the base and aie much broadened at the ipex indent into 5long, niiiow strips Stokes Aster is h-iidj as far noith ns Rorlu st< i, NY and Boston Miss Probiblj ni n. ,.i n li im been deterred from tijing it beciuse it i South Carolina and Cieort,ia, and b i sidered a greenhouse subjeit in sonn ' s on gardening The fact that it is found \ ill m \ i i iin barrens is also deceptive, for the roots is W oolsou ind Keller testify, will decaj if water stands on the soil m winter Moreo\er the plant has been praised bv Meehan for its drought resisting qualities Stokes' Aster should be planted in a well drained, sandy loam, not in cold and heavy clay. It blooms from August until hard frost. According to Chapman, the heads of wild specimens are only an inch across, but the size of heads in cultivated plants is stated by many horti- cultural experts to be 3-4 in. across. J. B. Keller writes that Stokes' Aster is frequently used for cut-Howers. In the wild the heads are few in a cluster or solitary; in cultivation a good branch sometimes bears as many as 9 heads. No double form seems to have appeared. Generic characters: heads many-fld.: marginal fls. much
Size: 1339px × 1866px
Photo credit: © Central Historic Books / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthor, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectgardening
