See also:

• ASTER (Gr. /MrTI P, a star)

ASTER (Gr. /MrTI P, a See also:

• STAR

star)  , the name of a genus of See also:

• PLANTS

plants, given from the fact of the See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers having a radiated or See also:

• STAR

star-like See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance (see below) . The See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek word also provides many derivatives: e.g. asterism (Gr. avrepw i6c), a See also:

• CONSTELLATION (from the Lat. constellatus, studded with stars; co'n, with, and Stella, a star)

constellation (q.v.); asteroid (Gr. ho-repo-e1Sils, star-like), an alternative name for planetoids or See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor See also:

• PLANETS, MINOR

planets (see See also:

• PLANET (Gr. ssXavirrns, a wanderer)

PLANET) . The genus of composite plants named See also:

• ASTER (Gr. /MrTI P, a star)

aster (natural See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order See also:

• COMPOSITAE

Compositae) is found largely in See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• AMERICA

America, and scattered sparingly over See also:

• ASIA

Asia, See also:

• EUROPE

Europe and See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South America . They are usually herbaceous perennials; their flowers arranged in numerous heads (capitula) recall those of the See also:

• DAISY (A.S. daeges cage, day's eye)

daisy, whence they are popularly known in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England as Michaelmas daisies, since many are in See also:

• BLOOM (from A.S. bloma, a flower)

bloom about that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time . They are valuable plants in a See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden, the various See also:

• SPECIES

species flowering from See also:

• LATE

late summer right on to See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November or See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December . The only See also:

• BRITISH

British species is Aster Tripolium, found abundantly in saline marshes near the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea . One of the species, Aster alpinus, grows at a consider-able height on the mountains of Europe . Some of them, such as Aster spectabilis of North America, are very showy . They are mostly easy to cultivate in See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary garden See also:

• SOIL

soil, and are readily propagated by dividing the roots in See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring . The following are some of the better known forms: A. alpinus, barely 1 ft. high, and A . Amellus, 11 ft., with its See also:

• VAR

var. bessarabicus, have broadish See also:

• BLUNT, JOHN HENRY (1823–1884)
• BLUNT, JOHN JAMES (1794–1855)
• BLUNT, WILFRID SCAWEN (184o— )

blunt leaves and large starry bluish flowers; A. longifolius var. See also:

• FORMOSUS

formosus, 2 ft., See also:

• BRIGHT, JOHN (1811-188g)
• BRIGHT, SIR CHARLES TILSTON

bright rosy See also:

• LILAC

lilac; A. acris, 2 to 3 ft., with See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue flowers in See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August; A. ericoides; 3 ft., with See also:

• HEATH
• HEATH, BENJAMIN (1704-1766)
• HEATH, WILLIAM (1737—1814)

heath like leaves and masses of small See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white flowers; A. puniceus, 4 to 6 ft., blue or rosy-lilac; A. turbinellus, 2 to 3 ft., See also:

• MAUVE, ANTON (1838–1888)

mauve-coloured, are showy border plants; and A . Novae-Angliae, 5 to 6 ft., rosy-See also:

• VIOLET

violet; A .

Novi-Belgii, 3 to 6 ft., See also:

• PALE (through Fr. pal, from Lat. palms, a stake, for paglus, from the stem pag- of pangere, to fix; " pole " is from the same original source)

pale blue; A. laevis, 2 to 6 ft., blue-lilac; and A. grandiftorus, 3 ft., violet, are especially useful from their late-flowering See also:

• HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit . The See also:

• CHINA

China aster (Callistephus chinensis) is also a member of the order Compositae . It is a See also:

• HARDY, ALEXANDRE (1569?-1631)
• HARDY, SIR THOMAS DUFFUS (1804-1878)
• HARDY, SIR THOMAS MASTERMAN
• HARDY, THOMAS (1840- )

hardy See also:

• ANNUAL

annual, a native of China, which by cultivation has yielded a See also:

• GREAT

great variety of forms . Some of the best for ornamental gardening are the chrysanthemum-flowered, the See also:

• PAEONY (botanically Paeonia; Nat. ord. Ranunculaceae q.v.)

paeony-flowered, the See also:

• CROWN

crown or See also:

• COCKADE (Fr. cocarde, in 16th century coquarde, from coq, in allusion probably to the cock's comb)

cockade, the See also:

• COMET (Gr. Koµieiis, long-haired)

comet, and the globe-quilled . Crown asters have a white centre, and dark See also:

• CRIMSON

crimson or See also:

• PURPLE

purple circumference, and are very beautiful . The See also:

• COLOURS, MILITARY

colours range from white and blush through See also:

• PINK

pink and See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose to crimson, and from lilac through blue to purple, in various shades . They should be sown early in See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March in pans, in a See also:

• GENTLE (through the Fr. gentil, from Lat. gentilis, belonging to the same gens, or family)

gentle See also:

• HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat, the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young plants being quickly transferred to a cool See also:

• PIT (O. E. pytt, cognate with Du. put, Ger. Pfutze, &c., all ultimately adaptations of Lat. puteus, well, formed from root pu-, to cleanse, whence gurus, clean, pure)

pit, and there pricked out in See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich soil as soon as large enough, and eventually planted out in the garden in May or See also:

• JUNE

June, in soil which has been well worked and copiously manured, where they grow from 8 to 18 in. high, and See also:

• FLOWER (Lat. flos, floris; Fr. fleur)
• FLOWER, SIB

flower towards the end of summer . They also make handsome pot plants for the conservatory .