. Familiar flowers of field and garden;. Botany. 230 FAMILIAR FLOWERS OP FIELD AND GARDEN. centers. The wavy-edged leaves have a variety of forms as they grow along the reddish stem ; the lowest ones are heart-shaped, and the upper ones have singularly flaring stems which clasp the main stalk of the plant; and those which adjoin the flower stems are small and sharply pointed. This variety flowers early in August. A. spectabilis is one of the prettiest of the Aster family, although its flower heads are few. It grows along the coast between New Hampshire and New Jersey, where the sandy soil is q
. Familiar flowers of field and garden;. Botany. 230 FAMILIAR FLOWERS OP FIELD AND GARDEN. centers. The wavy-edged leaves have a variety of forms as they grow along the reddish stem ; the lowest ones are heart-shaped, and the upper ones have singularly flaring stems which clasp the main stalk of the plant; and those which adjoin the flower stems are small and sharply pointed. This variety flowers early in August. A. spectabilis is one of the prettiest of the Aster family, although its flower heads are few. It grows along the coast between New Hampshire and New Jersey, where the sandy soil is quite to its liking. The flower rays are bright purple and nearly an inch long; although A. undulatue. , in many instances much shorter, these beautiful rays, perhaps sixteen to twenty in number, bring the diameter of the flower to a size equivalent to that of a silver dollar. This is a late variety, and flowers from September to 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 Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938. New York, D. Appleton and Co
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