| 单词 | aster |
| 例句 | But here and there small purple flowers shone iridescently, and in the upturned earth and ragged dunes a few delicate asters grew; for some reason, hundreds of tiny fuzzy caterpillers were chewing on the asters. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He would utter something simple, like “aster,” or something odd, like “Calopogon,” and I would go, much like a setter after a duck, to fetch it for his basket. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The flower garden, as always, was thriving and well tended, with late roses in bloom and fall asters fat with bud. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Along the edge of the path is a thicket of weeds: goldenrod, ragweed, asters, burdocks, deadly nightshade, its berries red as valentine candies. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z When he paints inside, he paints flowers of all kinds—roses, zinnias, gladioli, asters, and sunflowers, his favorite flower. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z So are the daisies, black-eyed Susans, Queen Anne’s lace, golden- rods, and fall asters which lend grace and beauty to the landscape. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z There was a spray of pink wild aster in it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z They stand among the asters and goldenrod, waiting as I go toward them. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Harry drove the two goats, on whose necks he had hung garlands of goldenrod and wild aster to make it “a royal procession.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Mama’s flowers were poked into every corner and onto every surface—bachelor’s buttons, snapdragons, asters, Shasta daisies, and huge buckets of sunflowers. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Across from the school, it was practically open country—a meadow with goldenrod, wild asters and clover growing in it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I squat, listening behind me for bears, aster leaves rough on the tops of my legs, then bury the toilet paper under sticks and bark and dried bracken. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z As a result the community lost the blue and golden beauty of its autumn roads, where asters and goldenrod would have made a display worth traveling far to see. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z They were a tiara of woven silver leaves and a silver chain on which hung an aster made of lapis. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Francie picked a bunch of goldenrod and wild asters to take home. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Beyond the trellis, on tall stalks, tiny aster blossoms, deep pink with golden centers, trembled in the dawn breeze. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Another gap can be plugged in late summer with the planting of the helianthus species — the hardy, perennial cousins of the giant sunflower and the wood aster. New survey offers a glimmer of hope for declining native bee populations 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z Late-season perennials such as asters, caryopteris and chrysanthemums can be trimmed back by as much as half in late spring to promote bushier growth and increased blooming. Perspective | Whether custards, cobblers or clafoutis, fruit desserts make a perfect finale 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z In the heart of the garden, there are towering shrubs of buttonbush and bayberry amid lower drifts of lobelia, aster, swamp mallow, goldenrod and winterberry. In deer territory, good fences make good gardens 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z But under the shimmering dragonflies and a still-warm September sun, the slope I long ago slid down seemed only a steep meadow, overgrown with late-season blooms of chicory and white wood aster. Leaf Peeping Is Not Canceled: 6 Drives and Hikes to Try This Fall 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z In September and October, they will be replaced with chrysanthemums, salvia, sunflowers, asters, sages, dahlias and other fall flowers. NYC exhibition evokes Claude Monet's flower garden 2012-06-02T17:01:17Z Calico aster is tall, too, but with the tiniest daisies on arching stems. 3 ways to create a honeybee haven at home 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z She wanted to see the purple asters that grew plentifully down there at this time of year. Dinner with Georgia O’Keeffe 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z Most asters are for September and October, but the flat-topped white aster, which grows to about two feet, is a summer bloomer. The sudden heat and humidity of summer has gardeners dancing a seasonal salsa 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z Yes, asters are part of the clan, but no single species projects its bold iconography more than the annual sunflower, outlandish in its size but plain and honest in its form. Sunflowers: The garden’s late-summer stars 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z Shades of maroon, purple and rose fill smoke trees, cut-leaf Japanese maples and kousa dogwoods, as well as asters, stonecrop and annual coleus. Three stunning gardens that will change the way you think about fall 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z Then he leads the children to the Italian garden, around the wood and the asters and the fountain. “The Boxcar Children” and the Spirit of Capitalism 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z Pinon says she steers clear of dahlias, daisies and asters for fragrance-sensitive people, too. How to enjoy fresh flowers at home, without the sneezing and wheezing 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z They will use the sun to figure out the direction, and they will fill up on nectar from aster, ironweed and daisy flowers. Weather and wildfires may threaten painted lady butterflies’ migration 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z The monarchs gathered on the Japanese black pines to migrate, and the asters blossomed purple and white, and the sea turned grayer, and a chill came in, followed, some days, by waves of heat.” ‘The End of the Point’: a family and their seaside retreat 2013-03-13T21:43:32Z These would include native willows and dogwoods and plants within the daisy family, such as asters, rudbeckias and goldenrods. A quarantine project that’s a win for you, your garden and pollinators: A bee house 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z A native aster that I cut back in May — and again in June — for late-season bushiness grew lanky anyway, then was pummeled by a swarm of tiny insect pests I can’t identify. Surveying the garden after a soggy summer 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z This flowering might be followed by generous plantings of asters and goldenrods, which bloom until frost and beyond. New survey offers a glimmer of hope for declining native bee populations 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z With imagination, the palette is boundless and includes such things as lavender, catmint, poppies, thyme, coneflowers, liatris, salvias, baptisias, wild quinine, asters, goldenrods, agastaches, sedums, dianthus, phlomis and certain irises. After the flood, a certain smugness 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z A few splashes of color remained; paintbrush, aster and brilliant yellow arnica sprung up around windblown spruce. Explorer: In Utah, a 100-Mile Trek With a 4-Year-Old Boy 2013-06-14T20:06:25Z We tramp the gravel, level the asters, and sedge grass on the roadside. The Cost of Defying the President 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z Now, the meadow is brightened by joe-pye weed, sunflowers, asters and goldenrod. At Longwood Gardens, a new meadow for the ages Mountain mint, asters and goldenrod are a few of his suggestions. Help butterflies, bees and birds with a pollinator garden in your yard 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z One stumbling block was the prevalence of a disease named aster yellows, which killed almost a quarter of all the plants in the trial and interfered with the long-term evaluation. Coneflower options abound. A recent trial sought to find the best ones. 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z You will find lists of deer-resistant plants, including members of the mint family as well as asters, goldenrods, grasses, ferns and sedges. In deer territory, good fences make good gardens 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z Some perennials considered tough in garden beds suffered leaf scorch on the roof, including mountain mint, several asters, wild bergamot and a coneflower, Echinacea pallida. Green roofs are no easy feat, but the list of viable plants is growing 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z We logged more than 20 species, including a sedge, the shade-tolerant stonecrop Sedum ternatum, the wild cranesbill Geranium maculatum, spring beauties, phlox, a yellow flowering violet and the wood aster. What you can learn from a walk through the woods 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z Most important, he created a landscape design featuring plants that are deliberately low, so as not to distract from McKim’s architecture, including geraniums, anemones, asters, foxgloves, and viburnum. Manhattan’s New Green Space Was J.P. Morgan’s Side Yard 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z When you replace it with other plants, you create a kaleidoscope of seasonal interest, ranging from ephemeral spring flowers to sturdy, vibrant asters in the fall. We're rethinking our lawn design (and you should, too) 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z Just like mums, asters are best planted in the spring, but you can buy fully grown plants at nurseries or garden centers in the fall. The very best flowers to plant in the fall 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z The poetic plant list ranges from asters to zinnias, from wallflowers and cosmos to gillyflowers, tree mallows, trailing lobelias, globe amaranths, toadflax and perennial sage. At New York Botanical Garden, Time to Smell the Impressionists’ Roses 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Five goldenrod species that planted themselves around the yard have just staged their big show, and so have about as many volunteer asters. Gardening isn't always sunshine and roses 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z At a gated agricultural plot on the Penn State Berks Campus, pollinators hum to and fro through rolling fields of aster and goldenrod. Inside the race to stop lanternflies—before they get to a town near you 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z Others include showy milkweed, Douglas aster and Canada goldenrod. The easiest (and safest) ways to welcome the birds, bees, butterflies and bats | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z For example, at Klickitat Trail, you’ll see mock orange, blue aster, gentian, buttercups and desert parsley starting in late April into early June. Where to find the best wildflower blooms across Washington | Provided by Western Washington Toyota Dealers 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z Some too-energetic edits from the formal areas, including the Silphium and Tatarian aster, are also finding homes in the nearly wild garden. If you slow down and pay attention, there’s much to be learned during a fall garden cleanup 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z The neighborhood helps cultivate the space on the corner of Roosevelt and Garfield streets with black-eyed Susans, blue wood asters and other flowers that grow naturally in the state. Residents take pride in Huntington Terrace’s community spirit 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z Potted asters are widely available in late summer and early fall, which is when they begin to bloom. Plants (beyond pansies) that will thrive in cooler weather 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z “Some of the asters are very cute, little, tiny daisies, and then you get the bigger, bolder ones,” Carey said. Why ‘September is the new May’ when it comes to planting flowers 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z The scientists next grew the aster near some sprightly rye seedlings. This Pushy Plant Is the First Proved to Shove Its Neighbor 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z Their graves were almost bare, but for a bunch of roses and a bunch of asters laid by the church and marked with designation of their unit. Ukraine war: The lonely funeral of a young soldier in Ukraine 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z In the pollination garden, Whitacre showcases plants you can find at your local garden center, including native sunflowers, asters and goldenrods. Taking a Mid-Atlantic road trip? Stop at these native plant gardens along the way. 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z They grow assorted milkweeds, asters, elderberry, mountain mint, joe-pye weed, goldenrods, white snakeroot and ironweed. Meet an Ecologist Who Works for God (and Against Lawns) 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z The first plants we may think of to bolster the garden’s late show are classic fall perennial combinations, such as asters and goldenrods. Why ‘September is the new May’ when it comes to planting flowers 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z The plant is an aster that sends out long, flat leaves from a central stalk in a circular pattern known as a rosette. This Pushy Plant Is the First Proved to Shove Its Neighbor 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z Now, it is a larger and maturing display that includes towering shrubs of buttonbush and bayberry amid lower drifts of lobelia, aster, swamp mallow, goldenrod and winterberry. In deer territory, gardening liberation takes the form of a fence 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z Often dubbed daisy look-alikes, asters come in hundreds of colorful varieties. 7 fall flowers to brighten up your patio, porch or table | Provided by Koelsch Communities 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z “We just had an endangered sedge pop up. And we had a state-threatened saltmarsh aster appear that we relocated to our salt marsh,” she said. Why you should do your spring planting in the fall 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z Holding it in the autumn means the show will have a different look, featuring blooms such as asters and dahlias, trees full of fruit and berries, grasses and seed-heads, and autumn bulbs such as nerines. RHS Chelsea Flower Show returns for autumnal one-off 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z From 21 September, Royal Hospital Chelsea will show harvest fruit and vegetables along with seasonal asters. Chelsea Flower Show: Pumpkins as event held in autumn for first time 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z Partner with fall-blooming asters, ornamental grasses and late summer lilies. Amid a fall garden brimming with autumn colors, add a bright splash of rosiness 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z Because they bloom easily in late summer to the middle of fall, asters make lovely additions to autumn bouquets and container gardens. 7 fall flowers to brighten up your patio, porch or table | Provided by Koelsch Communities 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z But the winterberries you see at the garden center now may look like little more than a nursery pot of sticks and tiny leaves, as will powerful late-season native perennials like asters and goldenrods. Visiting a Garden Center This Spring? Be Strategic. 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z And so do other aster family members, including sunflowers, Rudbeckia, Coreopsis and zinnias, by attracting beneficial predatory insects. Why Diversity Is an Advantage in a Vegetable Plot 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z It prefers to feed on yellow-flowered members of the aster family. Meet a Bee With a Very Big Brain 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z Ward also assists with measuring the threatened Heller’s blazing star, a type of aster that grow on rocky balds and mountain tops. North Carolina teen wins National Park Service award 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z The Spruce offers the following growing tips: You can start asters in the spring from seeds. 7 fall flowers to brighten up your patio, porch or table | Provided by Koelsch Communities 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z Fill the spaces jasmine tobacco will leave bare by day by combining it with other tall flowers such as large delphiniums or large zinnias and asters. Gardener’s Notebook: How to plant for fragrant summer nights 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z “Think about summer and fall-blooming plants to plant around the bulbs,” said Ms. Roper, who uses various asters to good effect. Yes, It’s Already Time to Buy Bulbs for Fall Planting 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Whereas the fleabanes generally bloom in spring and early summer, the asters bloom from late summer into fall. Daisies bring a sunny look to the garden 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z As summer comes, white wild indigo, prairie dock and sky blue aster will hug the landscape. Nature preserve will honor Quinney family farm 2020-05-23T04:00:00Z “I told him I wanted flowers every day of the year,” vanEngelsdorp said, but mainly what he insisted on were native plants: spiderwort, aster, bee balm. White House coronavirus task force leader says D.C. region has highest rate of positive test results in U.S. 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z The Army helped preserve the haha plant, Hawaiian mint and tree aster as part of its ongoing management of more than 120 endangered and threatened native species in Hawaii, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Wednesday. Army program helps save native 3 Hawaiian plant species 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z Although she grows nearly 200 other flower species, supplying designers with sweet peas, delphiniums and China asters, it is tulips, she insists, that embody our inchoate longing for novelty and surprise. The Tulip Revivalist 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z Plants like goldenrod, asters, sunflowers, violets, evening primrose and native willows are best at supporting native bees, and they attract generalist pollinators like honeybees and bumblebees as well. Perspective | Welcome bugs into your yard. You might just save the world. 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Fragrant nicotiana; tall, pale-yellow red hot pokers; cosmos; Japanese anemone; asters; spiked purple hyssops; lilies; and rose mallow. Pathways wind through flowers, fruit, vegetables and chickens in a couple’s purposefully nonlinear garden 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z Among flower seeds, the shortest-lived are delphinium, aster, candytuft and phlox. Are your old seed packets worth planting? Here’s how to tell | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z The word is so common that it’s easy not to see its Latin roots hiding in plain sight: Dis as in negative, aster as in star. What Separates Ordinary Bad News From True ‘Disaster’? 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z Meanwhile mountain bouquets of aster, fireweed, lupine and glacier lily enthrall at every turn. 4 Bellingham hikes: Water, wildflowers, rainforest and raptors | Provided By Hotel Bellwether 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Though the landscape was planted only 18 months ago, a cloud of meadow flowers—beebalm, Joe-Pye weed, New England aster—hovers around his chest. Aby Rosen Restores a Modernist Landmark in Old Westbury 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z When the oil price plunged two years ago, it sparked the present economic disaster. Venezuela, A Failing State 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z While dahlias and coneflowers continue flowering, asters and tall sedums like ‘Autumn Joy’ come into their own. Graceful ornamental grasses will add motion and texture to your garden 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z It’s possible to plan a border to bookend the gardening year, starting with bulbs and finishing with dahlias and asters in autumn. If you want color, it’s flowers over foliage for your garden border 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z Only a decade ago, a photographer and three male models could trespass on the abandoned New York Central Railroad freight viaduct and work without interruption among the asters and Queen Anne’s lace. From Decaying to Gleaming: Rapid Change for Hudson Yards’ Neighborhood 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z I followed his path north on rolling country roads along fields splashed with wild asters and black-eyed-susans, past white-steepled Episcopal churches, red farmhouses and cottages hidden in tall pines. Road-Tripping Through Edward Hopper’s Maine 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z In particular there are large swaths of huckleberries, goldenrod, pearly everlasting, aster and milkweed. Guest: The citizen wildlife steward and the return of the Western bumblebee 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z McLaughlin has timed his survey for the peak butterfly season, with midsummer warmth coaxing open the alpine-meadow wildflowers: purple asters, blue lupine, magenta paintbrush. Scientist on Rainier chases climate change’s butterfly effect 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z In 2001, he and his colleagues showed how individual interactions between microtubules and motor proteins could result in the emergence of different structures, such as vortices or star-shaped 'asters', at the ends of the spindle. Systems ecology: Biology on the high seas 2013-09-04T17:20:24.237Z A pretty pink aster grew here in great clusters, and a few blue poppies were still out. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z But do not forget to rejoice in this wealth of bloom, purple and blue, these asters along the wayside. A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 2012-04-02T02:00:24.090Z The achromatic figure, formed in mitotic cellÐdivision, consisting of two asters connected by a spindleÐshaped bundle of rodlike fibers diverging from each aster, and called the spindle. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z The china aster is now one of the most popular of summer and fall plants. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z Our spider has now reached the asters twenty feet away, and is doubtless busying himself by further securing the anchorage at this terminus. Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things 2012-02-24T03:00:23.760Z The tiny garden, as immaculate as ever, wore the paler shine of asters and Michaelmas daisies; and the casement above, being open, revealed Davy watching for us through the twilight. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z But our gardens owe to this family innumerable beautiful and showy plants such as the China aster, the chrysanthemum, the cosmos, zinnia, dahlia, ageratum, gaillardia, coreopsis, sunflower, etc., etc. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z What then is the derivation of aster as a termination? Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 103, October 18, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-02-15T03:00:31.720Z They passed a pool of water and saw reflected there the purple asters blooming above it. The Story of a Doctor's Telephone?Told by His Wife 2012-02-05T03:00:11.420Z New York. a, Leucocyte from a Salamander, showing permanent aster and centrosome. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z Elegiac purples of the aster beckon, and the butterfly sleeps long upon the thistle, but she would not go now, in the month of the first bittersweet and the last sweet pea. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z In autumn it often seems inspired to a special luxuriance of blossoming, and it lingers to greet the asters and mingle its pink flowers and brilliant scarlet hips with their delicate lilacs. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z As I went back to my asters, I could not help reflecting on the scene I had witnessed. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z Let me remember you, voices of little insects, Weeds in the moonlight, fields that are tangled with asters, Let me remember you, soon will the winter be on us, Snow-hushed and heartless. The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z Not only may the sperm centrosomes totally disappear before reaching the egg-nucleus, but in the latter type the definitive centrosomes appear while the last traces of the sperm asters are still visible. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z Speaking October and our own purple East, the tall asters, darkening from lavender to the ultimate shadowy violet, join the goldenrod. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z We may know them by their resemblance to the China asters of our gardens, though they are not so large. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z One morning last summer I got up rather earlier than usual to transplant some asters before the sun should come out hot. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z The asterworts, that is, such flowers as the daisy, aster, golden rod, dandelion and thistle, are particularly full of beauty. Through a Microscope Something of the Science Together with many Curious Observations Indoor and Out and Directions for a Home-made Microscope. 2011-12-29T03:00:20.733Z In the south, in the Julianehaab district, even flowering plants, such as aster, nemophilia and mignonette, are cultivated, and broccoli, spinach, sorrel, chervil, parsley, rhubarb, turnips, lettuce, radishes grow well. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z I will make it up to her aster, but it is Jean who must have the land. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z White wood aster, a native wildflower common in the city. City Room: The City Comes Into View 2011-12-02T15:53:36Z Her favorite asters bloomed all about, and the pines sang overhead. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z A shadow straightened itself up behind a bed of massed asters, deepened, grew thicker and resolved itself into the solid form of a man. An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West 2011-11-17T03:00:31.330Z "Mrs. Crane promised to give us some aster plants," said Mabel. Dandelion Cottage 2011-10-29T02:00:16.960Z —Can any of your correspondents tell me why the termination aster is used in a depreciatory sense in Latin, as poetaster, a bad poet; oleaster, the wild olive; pinaster, the wild pine? Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 91, July 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-10-19T02:00:23.307Z "What beautiful mountain asters!" was her response, her face lighting with pleasure. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z Haunting the hills, the stream, the wild, Swallow and aster, lake and pine, To him grew human or divine,– Fit mates for this large-hearted child. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z Our craggy summit is home to few wildflowers, mostly shade-tolerant asters and goldenrods. City Room: Autumn Unfolds, With Birdsong and Crackling Leaves 2011-10-14T21:23:28Z The roses had withered in the pretty little garden, and the autumnal asters raised their many-coloured heads, overtopped by the tall and brilliant sunflowers. For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. II (of II) A Romance of the Present Time 2011-10-13T02:00:49.420Z Probably other examples may be found where the terminal aster is used in a similar sense. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 91, July 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-10-19T02:00:23.307Z Already, the room was decorated with mountain asters of brilliant colors. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z They smiled and continued down slope, past a bank of lowbush blueberries and white wood asters. City Room: Autumn Unfolds: Yellows Enter the Forest's Palette 2011-09-30T16:11:15Z It grows in the same habitats as the white wood aster we saw last week. City Room: Autumn Unfolds, With Birdsong and Crackling Leaves 2011-10-14T21:23:28Z Norma, Mrs. Tompkins promised me some petunia plants, and asters, and sweet-peas, and other slips, if I wanted to use them in the flower gardens. Natalie: A Garden Scout 2011-09-18T02:00:30.203Z Wild asters and golden rod colored the roadside, and the stillness of Indian summer pervaded the whole country. The Motor Maids' School Days 2011-09-17T02:00:33.303Z All day long wagons of roses and asters had stood before the doors, and aproned men had staggered into the hall with pots of flowers and stands of palms. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z The foliage on the banks of the little stream was brilliant, and here and there were clumps of asters and other late flowers. Brenda's Bargain A Story for Girls 2011-09-09T02:01:09.477Z There are geraniums, asters of all sorts, heliotropes, lobelias, and so many sorts and varieties of lovely twining vines and beautiful ferns that I give up all hope of ever recording one-half of them. Yankee Girls in Zulu Land 2011-08-31T02:01:39.710Z In the well-kept gardens across the way, scarlet sage and cosmos, asters and dahlias made riots of color. The Turner Twins 2011-08-28T02:00:36.990Z The dry fields are now thickly covered with the white asters. Woodcraft or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good 2011-08-24T02:00:22.913Z Chrysanthemums, asters, Iceland poppies, gaillardias, pansies, bedding calceolarias, zonal pelargoniums and other plants are cultivated in immense quantities. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z A few weeks later the females lay their eggs upon the aster leaves, the eggs being deposited in clusters of twenty or more on the under side of the leaf. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z Trim borders of familiar things blossom within their box-hedges before the entrance, and at this autumn hour fat dahlias, spiring hollyhocks, and rainbows of asters and pansies wind a girdle beneath the walls. A West Country Pilgrimage 2011-08-05T02:00:48.947Z “You’ll start to get some wildflowers, things like asters,” he said. In the Garden: Finding the Potential in Vacant Lots 2011-08-03T23:06:38Z “The Chinese gather gingko, and I’ve talked to Koreans who are gathering white wood aster.” Enjoy Park Greenery, City Says, but Not as Salad 2011-07-30T01:55:42Z The trees are dark with ripened leafage; out of the twilight of the woodside glow the declining disks of wild sunflowers and shine the rising constellations of asters. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z Here they hibernate, to come forth the following spring and feed again upon the new growth of the aster plants, often doing considerable damage by denuding the young shoots of their leaves. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z From the motionless trees the long clean shadows swept over tangles of 13 underbrush brightened by the purple coronets of asters, feathery plumes of goldenrod, and the burning glory of the scarlet sumac. Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls 2011-07-17T02:00:32.837Z Once only in a hollow, girt with trees, A-dream amid wild asters filled with rain, I glimpsed her cheeks red-berried by the breeze, In her dark eyes the night's sidereal stain. Kentucky Poems 2011-07-11T02:00:07.060Z In Paris the exhibition comes with the violets—in Berlin with the asters. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z This also the wafted thistledown and the blooming asters tell us, and, though the woods are dark with their latest greenness, in the lowlands the gaudy standard of autumn is already displayed. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z The spring form of the adult appears in May and lays eggs upon the aster leaves. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z All around the garden I had flower beds about 4 feet wide filled with marigolds, zenias, bachelor buttons, asters, and phlox. The Teaching of Art Related to the Home Suggestions for content and method in related art instruction in the vocational program in home economics 2011-06-24T02:00:19.850Z Along the roadside stood the simple, hardy wild aster, which blossomed on and on, although the autumn winds and rains destroyed everything else. Top of the World Stories for Boys and Girls Translated from the Scandinavian Languages 2011-06-21T02:00:28.070Z Here were the asters and golden-rods already finishing their course in glory, while the tupelo was still barely getting under way in a race which, however prolonged, was all but certain to terminate in failure. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z How sharp the dark shadows are cut against the sunlit fields, and in their gloom how brightly shine the first fallen leaves and the starry bloom of the asters. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z These eggs hatch into caterpillars that feed upon the aster leaves for several weeks and then change to chrysalids, remaining in the latter stage ten days or two weeks. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z The golden rod pines in the forest, The aster pales by the brook. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z She went now slowly down the gravelled drive, filling her hands as she went with asters, chrysanthemums, late honeysuckles, and bits of green from box and cedar and feathery larches. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z In setting down such a list one feels it a pity that so few of the golden-rods and asters have any specific designation in English. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z "He said Margaret was the name of a flower," I persisted,—"of the China- aster." Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z In the very difficult group of asters which has caused endless confusion to human botanists these insects seem always able to select the one species—Aster umbellatus. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z Outside of this, successive rings of orange marigolds, purple asters, scarlet geraniums and candytuft, with a final fringe of blue cornflowers. The Cinder Pond 2011-05-17T02:00:20.320Z Along the road the profuse golden-rod waves its bright spray, and the cool, scentless asters gleam like pallid stars. From the Easy Chair, series 3 2011-05-14T02:00:12.237Z It was impossible not to sympathize admiringly with some of my belated asters and golden-rods. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z During the season of harvest also, when the trees are arrayed in their greatest splendour, the ground is yellow with golden-rods or purple with asters. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z It has been repeatedly found that the caterpillars would starve rather than eat the leaves of other kinds of asters, and so far as known they have never been found feeding outdoors upon any other. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z Early goldenrod and asters filled their arms, feathery green boughs waved over their heads, and long vines of clematis trailed behind them. Ethel Morton at Chautauqua 2011-05-04T02:00:16.097Z So Lucian had contented himself with buying three or four bouquets of the brightest flowers,—dahlias and garden asters chiefly,—and with both hands thus filled he made the procession more brilliant. Amy in Acadia A Story for Girls 2011-04-29T02:00:08.307Z The greater part of the asters and golden-rods, I think, were plants that had been broken down by one means or another, and now, at this late day, had put forth a few stunted sprays. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z The garden furnished an ample supply of stocks, roses, carnations, holly-hocks, china asters, sweetwilliams, wallflowers, and the like old-fashioned blossoms with homely names. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z Late in June the females lay their eggs in clusters of a hundred or less on the under surface of the leaves of various composite plants, notably sunflowers, asters, and a common species of Actinomeris. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z Cecilia appeared promptly, having in fact been gathering fall flowers for some time, I judged, from the considerable armful of chrysanthemums, asters, dahlias and marigolds, which we found her arranging for the table. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z Tawny golden-rod and purple asters stuck their tops through the fence rails, and many kinds of creeping vines, some already scarlet and yellow, helped bind the angles together. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z Fuchsias and asters and scarlet geraniums make a glory about our door. One Year Abroad 2011-03-27T02:00:18.457Z Above the mass of frost-nipped foliage rose the rounded belfry of the old church, and underneath lay the double rows of pretty gardens all glowing with their asters and chrysanthemums. Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z At that time Scudder had reason to believe that the Pearl Crescent laid its eggs exclusively upon the New England aster. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z There was no remembrance of the housewife's hand but the self-sown lilies and marigolds that mingled their strange bloom with native asters and goldenrods above the graves of forsaken homes. Vermont A Study of Independence 2011-03-17T02:00:13.130Z Before me lay the eternal flower-carpet, with its innumerable asters, tuberoses, and mimosas—that delicate plant which, when approached, lifts its head, seems to look at you, and then droops and shrinks back in alarm. Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 2011-03-13T03:00:21.980Z It was near the end of August, and the asters were beginning to bloom. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z Crimson and white and purple asters stand calmly gazing towards the sky; here a flaming fuchsia droops its head, and there, apart from all the rest, smiles an enchanting rose. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z Now the asters as a group have been a source of much trouble to the botanists who have attempted to classify them as to species and variety. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z He, too, looked away from her beyond the crosses and marbles of the church-yard, where the autumn asters were blooming and a few belated white butterflies were fluttering. The Eichhofs A Romance 2011-02-19T03:01:37.327Z Around their resting-place there is a brave show of all shades of brilliant colour, dahlias, cannas, China asters, roses. War 2011-02-10T03:00:52.487Z She decorated the basket with pink asters, and hurried out of the back door, intent upon playing the part of beneficent fairy. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z Fleischer found smaller genetic traces that may be a carrot relative named angelica, as well as willow, aster, the common bean and nasturtium. Ship wreck reveals ancient secrets of medicine 2011-01-31T22:31:01Z These lay eggs upon the aster leaves again and the little caterpillars that hatch from them feed for a few weeks or until about the last of September. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z Yet, nodding, luring, laughing o’er The tired world’s pain and scars, Joyous I find between my hands Your face—in aster stars. Sonnets and Songs 2011-01-29T03:00:22.093Z I intended to wear asters----" "Then why not sunflowers? The Sign of Flame 2011-01-27T03:00:43.087Z The asters and chrysanthemums, nipped by the first frost, hung their heads, and among all the autumnal decay the poor mother wandered about, seeking a few fresh flowers to lay in her dead child's coffin. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z The sunflowers in the tenants' gardens were already sinking their singed heads and the asters showed signs of having suffered from the murderous blows of Jack Frost. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z The butterflies appear on the wing in early summer, lay their eggs upon the aster leaves, and die. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z What honey in the year's last flowers can hide, These little yellow butterflies may know: With falling leaves they waver to and fro, Or on the swinging tops of asters ride. The Two Twilights 2010-12-25T03:00:12.393Z Aromatic aster would form daisylike lavender florets just before the first frost. In the Garden: Conquering the Strip Between Sidewalk and Street 2010-05-26T23:24:00Z His advice is to avoid daisy-related flowers such as daisies, gerbera, chrysanthemums, asters, dahlias, and sunflowers. Sneeze be gone 2010-05-24T14:22:00Z Crown asters have a white centre, and dark crimson or purple circumference, and are very beautiful. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" At due door of the vestry he dropped his aster's arm and avoided speaking to her again. The Undying Past Haunting the hills, the stream, the wild, Swallow and aster, lake and pine, To him grew human or divine,— Fit mates for this large-hearted child. Little Women Letters from the House of Alcott There a tattered marigold And dead asters manifold, Showed him where the garden old Of time bloomed: Briar and thistle overgrew Corners where the rose once blew, Where the phlox of every hue Lay entombed. The Cup of Comus Fact and Fancy But the wild asters and the long convolvulus vines were choking the blossomless pinks and the sweet-williams and the few shy English flowers that were left. Dick's Desertion A Boy's Adventures in Canadian Forests Where phlox and asters grew, A leafless thornbush stands, And shrubs that never knew Her tender hands... Challenge Did you know they gave you some asters? The Jonathan Papers She climbed the mountain side and gathered a whole armful of beautiful yellow golden-rod and purple asters and red Indian pinks. In Story-land September is adorned with golden rod and purple asters. Suppers Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions The wild asters showed their buds, and presently opened into golden-hearted stars, filling the forest glades with a mist of delicate purple. Dick's Desertion A Boy's Adventures in Canadian Forests She had come from the garden, and had a bunch of white asters at her bosom, and her eyes shone with delight. A Sister's Love A Novel "Don't you think I could plant my cosmos and asters now?" The Jonathan Papers He tied his horse to the garden-railings, and strode with heavy, noisy tread up the small flight of steps, on the parapet of which, in wide-bellied urns, half-faded aster plants mournfully drooped their heads. The Wish A Novel To clean glass vases, tea-leaves moistened with vinegar will remove the discoloration in glass vases caused by flowers, such as asters. The Kitchen Encyclopedia Twelfth Edition (Swift & Company) But there was a fresh bouquet of flowers on the sill, tall dahlias and asters whose bright colors mingled as if they wished to conceal the dull grey of the bare wall outside. The Children of the World The asters and the fall leaves were flaunting their gay colours in the garden, and the vines on the walls, freshened by late rains, fluttered in the sun. Cinderella Jane In September the river-banks and the brooks glowed for us with cardinal-flower and the blue lobelia, and then, until the frosts settled into winter, there were the fringed gentians and the asters and the goldenrod. The Jonathan Papers In tardy atonement, he covered the grave in the churchyard with flowers—the goldenrod and purple aster that marched side by side over the hills to meet the frost, gay and fearless to the last. The Master's Violin Shall we not grow with the asters— Never reluctant nor sad, Not counting the cost of being, Living to dare and be glad? Later Poems "The thistles show beyond the brook Dust on their down and bloom, And out of many a weed-grown nook The aster flowers look With eyes of tender gloom." Bee and Butterfly A Tale of Two Cousins Some confounded new fangled bug is eating up all my choice aster plants. Penny Nichols and the Black Imp "No—I know—but I thought—you see, sweet peas are over by August, and asters go on all through October—don't you remember what lovely ones Christabel had?" The Jonathan Papers In the courtyard there is a border of hollyhocks and snapdragon and asters. The Unveiling of Lhasa Some of the novi-belgii asters are also very good and easy to grow. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them He was dressed in gala attire and, observing a bed of purple asters that were growing near his path, stooped to gather one of the flowers. The Loves of Ambrose Garden asters are now in full bloom and come in great variety of colour, and these will make a beautiful centrepiece, massed in a large bowl. Gala Day Luncheons A Little Book of Suggestions The next summer Mrs. Stone sent me over some of her hardy little fall asters—"artemishy," she called them. The Jonathan Papers Above the leathern carpet of last year's leaves shone the lilac disks of autumn asters, and the brown, bee-like heads of self-heal, set with tiny, purple trumpets. Shadows of Flames A Novel We took our earth-loving collie out from his dark hospital-nook in the house and laid him down among the asters and goldenrods on the wild land at the rear. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road The lindens on the Bastion were already turning yellow, the asters bloomed in the beds surrounding the spring, the sparrows were besporting themselves in the trellis-work, and were fighting over the ripening grapes. Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle There were the roses by the porch and the goldenrod and aster, bits of bright weed, growing in the sand. The Shadow The principal nectar-secreting plants are the clovers, sumac, buckwheat, cranberry and blueberry blossoms, goldenrod, asters and mallows. A Living from the Land There were not many flowers, only wild asters on the hillside, and meadow saffron in the valleys, and under the beeches, ferns and ivy. The Shoemaker's Apron A Second Book of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales and Folk Tales Ah, but there is still plenty, or at least there are asters. The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington Last autumn we made asters a specialty, and succeeded in collecting and analyzing fourteen species and two varieties. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 8, May 1878, No. 7. An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks Cool blows the evening wind from out the west, And bows the flowers, the last sweet flowers that bloom,— Pale asters, many a heavy waving plume Of golden-rod, that bends as if opprest. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 The gentians, goldenrods, asters, etc., don't seem to feel it; neither petals nor leaves are touched though they seem so tender. My First Summer in the Sierra Presently the officer glanced out of a window in one of the rooms and saw away beneath him the flower garden with the asters and chrysanthemums blooming in the autumn sun. The Tower of Dago Various wood asters were beginning to bloom, golden-rod, balsams, and several fine, white blossoms. Helen Grant's Schooldays Here are pleasing lakelets a-flush with ducks; tall cotton-woods which I name the maidens because of their fluffy hair—these, and lush meadows, over which range regiments of asters, sunflowers, and yarrow. Seeds of Pine The aster consists of two crossed half-hoops of silver and is used to place over the wafer. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" In many places among the sage bushes I saw mentzelia, abronia, aster, bigelovia, and gilia, all of which seemed to enjoy the hot sunshine. My First Summer in the Sierra Big pots of fuchsias and geraniums made a brave splash of colour, and asters, zinnias, pansies, and other florists' favourites displayed their beauties on little paper frills. Loyal to the School But she enjoyed every moment of this brief walk and came home with a great bunch of asters. Helen Grant's Schooldays It may be composed entirely of tubular flowers, as the thistle or bone-set; or entirely of strap-shape flowers, as the dandelion; or of both sorts together, as the aster or sunflower. The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State Neither during lilac time nor when there are hibiscus, sunflowers and asters on the ground am I in the habit of laying myself open to sentimental and romantic mood-swings. German Moonlight He's near me now by the aster, Beneath whose shadowy spray A sultry bee seeps faster As the sun slips down the day. Song-Surf She found the woman house-cleaning and the old man weeding among the abundant crysanthemums and asters in the half acre which still surrounded the old mansion. Ancestors A Novel I shall have some early chrysanthemums," said Bella, looking lovingly at her flowers, "and asters, and a few late roses. Better than Play The forests were gaudy in their painted shrouds of scarlet and yellow leaves, and long, feathery flakes of purple bloom nodded over crimson berries, emerald mosses, and golden-hearted asters. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part As they crossed the campus, they met parties of dusty, disheveled pedestrians, laden with purple asters and autumn branches. Betty Wales Freshman The purple Linaria alpina keeps them company, but it is only farther on, and as we come to green again, that asters, pansies and gentians gem the grass. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. Non-fragrant flowers that yield honey are those of the raspberry, clematis, sumac, bugloss, ailanthus, goldenrod, aster, fleabane. A Year in the Fields All these the first chill of nightfall sends to crevices and with them go the black wasps which have been feeding desperately in the sun on goldenrod and aster. Old Plymouth Trails The black aster beetle is fond of the flowers, and is quite a pest when very abundant. The Gladiolus A Practical Treatise on the Culture of the Gladiolus Everything was there of autumn, even to the goldenrod and purple asters and scarlet creepers in the foreground. Household Papers and Stories There was an old box hedge there, trimmed into balls and squares, and beds laid out in patterns, with asters and marigolds and those little rusty chrysanthemums that stand the early frosts so well. The Strange Cases of Dr. Stanchon I will give him an alpenstock to climb with, and a bunch of asters for a nosegay. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes Slender goldenrod girls and blue-eyed aster children, trooping along the fields and over the hills, holding up the train of summer as she walks so sedately, think him adorable. Old Plymouth Trails The next morning all over the hillside people saw beautiful, waving golden-rod and purple asters growing. Nature Myths and Stories for Little Children It was too late in the fall for flowers, only a few sturdy asters and hardy verbenas being in blossom, and they played tag, hide-and-seek, and chased each other with handfuls of dead leaves. Happy Days for Boys and Girls The blister beetle or aster beetle comes along when the plants are in bloom or in bud. The Mayflower, January, 1905 Yes, and she has asters and sweet peas. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance Crowding up among these have come green sprigs from perennial roots which are to bear on their tops yellow heads of goldenrod and loose panicles of purple asters. Old Plymouth Trails Along the edges of the little wild meadows which bordered the loitering brooks the first thin blooms of the asters began to show, like a veil of blown smoke. The House in the Water A Book of Animal Stories Let him contrast for you roses, asters, tuberous begonias, hollyhocks, dahlias, pelargoniums, before cultivation and since. Little Masterpieces of Science: The Naturalist as Interpreter and Seer The golden-rod is leaning, And the purple aster waves In a breeze from the land of battles, A breath from the land of graves. Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition Aunt Tillie's best tablecloth and family silver—old, by the looks of it—had been brought into requisition and a bunch of goldenrod and purple asters graced the centerpiece. The Vagrant Duke Now it is a veritable mixing pat for the autumn colors to come, yellow with goldenrod, blue with asters, purple with Joe-Pye weed, rosy because of the hardhack, and rimmed with delicate gray-white of thoroughwort. Old Plymouth Trails “My ship is loaded with asters,” she might say, smiling. Four Little Blossoms at Brookside Farm A dozen rambles from May to October will show us all the floral procession, which, beginning with the trilliums and the violets, ends at the approach of frost with the golden-rod and aster. Little Masterpieces of Science: The Naturalist as Interpreter and Seer Usually the roadside is a mass of bloom in the fall, goldenrod, asters and other hardy annuals being especially beautiful. American Rural Highways Sweet peas, and morning glories, A bed of violets blue, And marigolds, and asters, In Annie's garden grew. Pinafore Palace Into the brown furrows troop the goldenrod and asters, the wild grasses and brambles making a first shelter for the seeds of gray birch and wild cherry that magically come and plant themselves. Old Plymouth Trails Off they went through pleasant pathways; Staying longer than they knew, By a russet, leaf-strewn border, With its asters, pink and blue. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad Try to find the elegant golden asters, which are more rare. Harper's Young People, August 10, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly All the golden-rod and asters were alert to see the sight. Harper's Young People, July 13, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly White asters gave a hint of autumn's snow to the third table, and the ingenuity of the hostess found pleasure in decorating the remaining one with the delicate grasses and rich-colored small fruits of autumn. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society These are summer's flowers for remembrance, the goldenrod and asters. Old Plymouth Trails Summer had come in on a carpet of spring green strewn with wild clover, asters, and blazing-star. The Biography of a Prairie Girl Nevertheless, with the French windows of the refectory wide open, and the beds full of hardy flowers—gay geraniums, late roses, innumerable asters, fuchsias, etc.—it appeared as a fresh surprise to the country girls. The School Queens Andrew Johnstone ceased his vicious whacking of Duncan's asters and conveyed his stick to its decorous Sabbath position behind him. Duncan Polite The Watchman of Glenoro Mr. Smith was given to Sunday trips into the suburbs, and he never came back without a bunch of daisies or black-eyed Susans or, later, asters or golden-rod for the little seamstress. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 It bids me go where the asters blow, And the sun-flower waves in the sunset glow. The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse Golden rod and asters and 'moonshine,' filled the little not-too-clean hands, and briars and wild roses combed the 'unkempt' hair somewhat roughly. Say and Seal, Volume I Just outside the gate was a little wilderness of goldenrod and asters. A Bookful of Girls The aster plants should have been raised in the house, or purchased from some grower. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts A little girl in a gray frock stood on the bank, her arms full of golden rod and asters. The Black Buccaneer They had been over to Mondamin Island to gather golden-rod and asters for a party the young lady was to give the next evening. The End of the Rainbow In the windows were pots of fragrant flowers: geraniums, asters, gillyflowers, and violets. Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 Olivia asked of the boy, who by this time was quite hidden behind a perfect forest of asters and larkspur and lobelia cardinalis. A Bookful of Girls Dahlias and asters, rows and rows of them, clumps of feathery cosmos, hedges of flaming gladioli, dazzling golden glow and a dozen others she did not recognise made a glorious array. In Orchard Glen On sunny slopes the golden-rod waved its yellow plumes, the herald of autumn, and near, its companion, the aster, raised its little lavender stars. 'Lizbeth of the Dale And there was a huge bouquet of Aunt Kirsty's asters to be left at Billy Perkins's for the little girl who was sick. The End of the Rainbow Till dull and smoky greys return, Quenching the street with chills and damps— Leaving these asters where they burn, Mellow like evening lamps. Ships in Harbour A twig of oak forms the ground, from among the thin golden leaves of which spring forth asters with chalices of blue enamel, convolvulus, narcissus, ivy, roses, and myrtle, gracefully intertwined. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life The wild asters along the fences glowed softly purple. In Orchard Glen At the foot of the statue hung a wreath of purple asters, dead and dry, but he plucked it asunder and set many blossoms in his breast. A Victor of Salamis The two strolled together into the old flower garden where verbenas and phlox and late asters and early chrysanthemums and a few monthly roses under Miss Jane’s 162 careful covering had weathered the first frosts. Winning the Wilderness The days were bright and warm, but it was fresh in the mornings; the shepherds went out in their sheepskins, and the dew never dried all day on the asters in the garden. The House with the Mezzanine and Other Stories The golden-rods, it will be observed, are absent altogether from my list; and the same would have been true of the asters, but for a single plant. The Foot-path Way I suppose I'll not get a look at the asters when they bloom. Hester's Counterpart A Story of Boarding School Life H. W. Fairbanks Wild asters cover the mountain meadows. Conservation Reader Friendship gardens were rich with Autumn, cosmos and salvia and opulent asters, and on the morning of the two parties this store of sweetness was rifled for the débutante. Friendship Village He gathered a large bunch, poking stalks of aster among the goldenrod, examining the result at arm's-length. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life Because I speak well of the violet for its humility, I see no reason why I should quarrel with the aster for loving to make a show. The Foot-path Way Debby was proud of her collection of asters which were of every variety known throughout the country. Hester's Counterpart A Story of Boarding School Life No lilac blossoms now, little sister, but asters, and hollyhocks, and goldenrod. Clematis Those fall asters," she said, "and the species of golden-rod are both of northern growth, but I cannot in the least feel sure of our whereabouts. Peak's Island A Romance of Buccaneer Days The asters are usually up first, racing the weeds. Penguin Persons & Peppermints The aster, on the contrary, has a special talent for variation. The Foot-path Way The occurrence and vigor of certain herbaceous plants are especially indicative of fertility of the soil, as, for example, ragweed, bindweed, certain plants of the sunflower family, such as goldenrod, asters and wild sunflowers. The Young Farmer: Some Things He Should Know Close to the edge of the platform stood a great hay-wagon, cushioned with fragrant hay and garlanded with goldenrod and purple asters. The Indifference of Juliet It was September again, and the golden rod and fall asters, that had for seven seasons been Cora's delight, were once more in their yellow and purple glory. Peak's Island A Romance of Buccaneer Days Dainties fished up from another cauldron are strung along a line to dry, soft wool and shining silk, all in shades of grapes, of asters, of heliotropes, telling their manifest destiny. The Tapestry Book While coming down the Cape in the train I had seen, at short intervals, clusters of some strange flower,—like yellow asters, I thought. The Foot-path Way Study of Plants: Class lessons based on a flowering garden plant, as pansy, aster, nasturtium; study of a field plant, as buttercup, goldenrod, dandelion. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study The golden-rod is leaning And the purple aster waves In a breeze from the land of battles, A breath from the land of graves. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 It occurs also in the stalks of the tomato, in those of the dahlia and aster, and other garden flowers. The $100 Prize Essay on the Cultivation of the Potato. Prize offered by W. T. Wylie and awarded to D. H. Compton. How to Cook the Potato, Furnished by Prof. Blot. XX When the aster fades The creeper flaunts in crimson. American Poetry, 1922 A Miscellany At every station I jumped off the car and looked hurriedly for specimens, till, after three or four attempts, I found what I was seeking,—the golden aster, Chrysopsis falcata. The Foot-path Way Of flowers, mixed asters and Shirley poppy are to be recommended, the poppy being an early blooming flower and the aster late blooming. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study “Well, what if we are!” laughed Mollie, leaning over to add a cluster of wild asters to her great bunch of golden rod. The Automobile Girls in the Berkshires The Ghost of Lost Man's Trail The fat red roses, out the summer long on the stand of the old flower woman at the corner, had given place to dahlias and purple asters. A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays The next moment she darted across the room, plucked a great pink aster from the vase on the table, hurried to the window and threw up the screen. The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch The sunlight falls in gold upon the golden fields, The ruffling wave gives back the sky in blue; The asters fringe the meadow's skirts in purple pride, And proud the goldenrod is standing, too. The Merryweathers By means of questions based upon the pupils' knowledge of a few common annuals, such as the oat, sweet-pea, and garden aster, develop the following points: 1. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study The roses were dead, now, but a bank of purple asters glowed by the laurel-bushes, and in the garden plucky pansies withstood the chill. The Innocents A Story for Lovers These secondary asters, or satellites, follow the planets in their course, and revolve round them in an ellipse, just as the others rotate round the Sun. Astronomy for Amateurs The next moment, plump into Tilly's lap, fell a huge pink aster. The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch For a moment she felt as if she could not go on; Jed and the garden and the scarf of late asters whirled around her dizzily. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 Some are half-hardy annuals, such as asters, balsams, stocks, and nasturtiums. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study The two girls were in the Embree garden, where Pauline was preparing to take a photograph of Ada standing among the asters, with a great sheaf of them in her arms. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 She opened the gate and carried the asters over to the buggy. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 Cecily could see the beds of purple and scarlet asters, making rich whorls of color under the parlor and sitting-room windows. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904 There was a soft whisper of wind in the trees, and the pale purple asters that feathered the orchard grass swayed gently towards each other. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 The pupils in this Form might select for special study the milkweed, worm-seed mustard, wild aster, and goldenrod. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study Don't smile too broadly—I want you to be looking over the asters with a bit of a dream on your face and in your eyes. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 Miss Hannah snipped her white and purple asters off ungrudgingly and sang, as she snipped, an old-fashioned song she had learned long ago in her youth. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 When the brief burst of sunset splendour had faded out she turned and went into the garden where late asters and chrysanthemums still bloomed. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 Strong-growing perennials, asters or the biennial Rudbeckia triloba, are good for this purpose. Making a Garden of Perennials But snow-balls, 'flaunting' petunias, double hollyhocks, China asters, and tulips, they certainly are available. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Dr. T. W. Harris states that May 15, 1832, one female laid its eggs in the hollow of an aster stalk. Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses The air is rich with ripening fruit, the pungent odor of drying balsams, chrysanthemums coming into bloom, and asters starring the hillsides. Floyd Grandon's Honor She loved flowers, but to-night the asters seemed to hurt her, for she presently dropped those she had gathered and deliberately set her foot on them. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 Why it received the common name of aster I have never been able to find out. Making a Garden of Perennials The girls had gathered masses of purple asters with which they had filled every available dish to decorate the tables, the mantelpiece, and even the tents where the newcomers were to sleep. The Torch Bearer A Camp Fire Girls' Story The larva hibernates through the winter, and may be found early in spring feeding on the leaves of the aster, the Viburnum dentatum and hazel. Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses Geraniums, scarlet, coral, pink, and white, dahlias of every variegated hue, asters, zinnias, heliotrope, ferns, golden-rod, and a multitude more are entwined around the pulpit or wreathed above windows and doors. Katie Robertson A Girls Story of Factory Life She thought she could see herself coming down the stairs in her white dress with her bouquet of asters. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 Jud does have the best luck with his asters and chrysanthemums. The Lilac Lady And to put a story in the fatal color made it as reprehensible to most people as a yellow aster. A Little Girl in Old New York Marietta came in briskly a few moments later, bringing a bouquet of asters from her own garden. The Squirrel-Cage She had been round the gardens of her friends, and gathered the scarlet and hot yellow and purple flowers of August, asters, red stocks, tall Japanese sunflowers, coreopsis, geraniums. The Lost Girl Beyond, in the garden, she saw the asters tossed about, phantom-like. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 On each side of the bird figure there is a symbol of a flower, possibly the sunflower or an aster. Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 A long fishing pole on which dangled five little nosegays made of ferns and grasses and wild asters was thrust at her. The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp Forget-me-nots, geraniums, harebells, primroses, asters, sunflowers, anemones, roses, and many other plants are abundant. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Are there not clusters of purple and white asters in unexpected places? The Education of American Girls This old fashioned house had sitting-rooms on the ground floor, and on the sills of the windows were flower-pots, in which, on this occasion, some asters and other autumn flowers were growing. The Billow and the Rock What, but a spirit of lustrous love White as the aster he bends above!— Riley Songs of Friendship He'd have taken my hand and run me to the top of the hill and picked a branch of scarlet maple to carry with my goldenrod and asters. Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' There were asters in it, and a torn and woeful carnation. Apron-Strings When autumn lays Her golden wealth upon the forest floor, And all the days15 Look backward at the days that went before, A pensive company, the asters, stand, Their blue eyes brightening the pasture land. The Ontario High School Reader There are borders of blooming chrysanthemums and China asters, and trees with quaint foliage, and flowering creepers about the house. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah This is certainly a very pretty list of flowers, nearly all of which are still loved, though sometimes under other names—thus the Queen Margrets are our asters. Home Life in Colonial Days The wild asters made me homesick for Lancaster County. Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' Thousands of scrub-oaks, in every shade of bronze and russet, massed themselves on either hand, and in among them tufts of yellow asters shone, and here and there a belated gilia tossed its feathery plume. Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book The china asters bloomed; the sun drew out the odours of thyme and rue and tansy. The Long Roll And in front of us Eucharist lilies and China asters drooped their heads and slept. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah There was a bewildering variety of flowers, but mostly I remember stocks and pinks, Iceland poppies, marguerites, asters, marigolds, verbenas, hollyhocks, pansies and petunias, growing in glorious profusion. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance The asters, often wrongly called daisies, are represented by several species, some of which blossom early, and are at their best along with the spring flowers. The Mountain that was 'God' Being a Little Book About the Great Peak Which the Indians Named 'Tacoma' but Which is Officially Called 'Rainier' Her sense of color was delighted at the play of sunshine on George Washington's gray overcoat which had caught a warm glow from the red asters. Mary Rose of Mifflin Tom sat in the sun on the porch, and the big yellow cat slept beside him, and the china asters bloomed in the tiny yard. The Long Roll At least Lavinia firmly believed so, and often beguiled the watches of the night, imagining the old soul placidly slumbering with the perennial asters encircling her aged brow like a halo. Shawl-Straps A Second Series of Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag I have to hurry and milk my cows— The aphid herds on the aster boughs.” The Peter Patter Book of Nursery Rhymes This afternoon, with its shaded windows and its autumn decorations of goldenrod and asters, it looked cool and inviting. The Pleasant Street Partnership A Neighborhood Story He looks perfectly beautiful with a fern at his head and a bunch of asters at his feet. Mary Rose of Mifflin He came back to his split-bottomed chair on the porch, the tobacco box for the toll, the tin box with Allan's letters, and the view across the china asters of the road. The Long Roll There are shaggy asters blooming in the bed that lines the fence, And the simplest of the blossoms seems of mighty consequence. The Path to Home The angel laughed at the honeysuckle's quaint conceit, but made no reply, for yonder he saw a purple aster he fain would question. Second Book of Tales The flower in the cup beside him was only a half-withered aster, yet it seemed to him to perfume the room. A Dog with a Bad Name Or perhaps the picture Mary Rose had described, a sleeping cat with a fern at his head and asters at his feet, was alluring. Mary Rose of Mifflin The aster and goldenrod, the dried ironweed and sumach, the red rose hips and magenta pokeberry stalks looked dead enough now, dead and dreary upon the weary, weary road. The Long Roll All day long the Merry Little Breezes of Old Mother West Wind had romped there among the asters and goldenrod. Mother West Wind's Children "Do not interrupt me," murmured the purple aster. Second Book of Tales You may select from the following list: phlox, petunias, China asters, California poppies, sweet peas, pinks, double and single sunflowers, hibiscus, candytuft, balsams, morning-glories, stocks, nasturtiums, verbenas, mignonette. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition She saw without saying one word the white silk; the blue gauze for the tunic; the beautiful white and yellow asters for the hair, and the other ornaments which Sara, not without vanity, displayed. The Home They rode for a time in silence between fields of dead aster and goldenrod. The Long Roll The bright flame of the painted cup and the purple of the asters still lighted up the aisles of the pines in sheltered places. The Spirit of Sweetwater They were coming up the last lane before the turning where their house was, and Helen said: 'To-morrow we'll weed the aster bed and have tea in the garden.' The Magic City A Window Box Of perennials select bleeding-hearts, pinks, bluebells, hollyhocks, perennial phlox, perennial hibiscus, wild asters, and goldenrods. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition Annuals.—African daisy, ageratum, aster, calendula, calliopsis, balsam, candytuft, cornflower, cosmos, marigold, mignonette, nasturtium, petunia, poppy, stock, sweet alyssum, sweet-pea, verbena, zinnia, annual phlox, red sunflower, cut-and-come-again sunflower. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools The withered goldenrod and gaunt mullein stalks and dead asters by the wayside almost seemed to bloom again, while the winter wheat gave an actual vernal touch. The Long Roll One or two gay, crimson asters nodded in the warm wind, planted there by the same hand that watered and cared for the bit of turf. Culm Rock The Story of a Year: What it Brought and What it Taught He walked with them across the lawn, going between them and guiding them among the empty aster beds. Christmas A Story Grace was arranging a bowl of China asters on the piano in her mother's charming drawing room. Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School The Merry Doings of the Oakdale Freshmen Girls In August, when the flowers fail, the colony breaks up, they desert the nest and pick up a precarious subsistence on asters and thistles till the frosts of October cut them off. The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers Nasturtiums, asters, cosmos, snapdragon, stock, late-blooming cornflowers—up they all come, all the annuals, and the biennials that have had their season. More Jonathan Papers He eyed in turn the kitchen ell, the shed, and the barn, and then gazed out over the "posy" garden, where still bloomed a few late flowers, of which he recognized only the "chiny" asters. The Calico Cat The girls helped us to decorate the wagon attractively with asters, dahlias, goldenrod and other autumn flowers, and they lined the wagon body with paper. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's The golden-rod and the asters were in blossom now, and the road was bordered with waving fringes of blue and gold. Young Lucretia and Other Stories She stooped down, and gathered the few flowers remaining, some asters, and her especial pride, some autumn violets. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag Shears in hand, I cut everything I can—nasturtiums down to the ground,—leaves, buds, and all,—feathery sprays of cosmos, asters by the armful. More Jonathan Papers In the open places manzanita ran riot, its waxy green leaves contrasting with the dust-laden asters and coarse grasses by the roadside. Forty-one Thieves A Tale of California On our way we passed a little stumpy clearing where there was a small, new, very tidy house, neatly shingled and clapboarded, with plots of bright asters and marigolds about the door. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's It the examination leads a step further to a comparison with other composite flowers, there will be an interesting discovery of kinship with dandelions, asters, thistles, etc. The Elements of General Method Based on the Principles of Herbart High up on the terrace, where a few late roses and asters were still in bloom, two figures were leaning over the stone parapet, looking down over the moat. A Book of Quaker Saints Except, indeed, for my brave marigolds and calendulas and little button asters. More Jonathan Papers Joyce sat opposite, and let her clasped hands fall upon the table laid out for the evening meal with the brown bowl of early asters set in the centre. Joyce of the North Woods The dewy freshness of the morning seemed to touch her youth as it did the asters and belated hollyhocks of the quaint garden into which she passed as he watched. The Henchman The temples are overgrown with snapdragons and mallows, yellow asters and lilac gillyflowers, white allium and wild fig. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series Then come the meadow lilies and the painted cup and so on, until in late October you can not see the old fence for the goldenrod, asters and gentians. Green Valley I wonder if the calendulas are so tall that they hide the asters. More Jonathan Papers Goldenrod and asters were puffs of white; the harvest moon shone big and red at the skyline, across miles of rolling farmland; crickets fiddled sleepily and long-tailed magpies chattered. Across the Fruited Plain No, I would return an aster or a witch-hazel bush, opening after the corn is cut, the crops gathered, and the yellow leaves begin to come sighing to the ground. The Hills of Hingham Many of the leaves were already crimson, and the wild asters were blooming in profusion everywhere. The Camp Fire Girls in the Maine Woods Or, The Winnebagos Go Camping There were purple violets, and yellow ones, and white ones, and some wild, purple asters, and some blue fringed gentian, and some lovely light-purple wild geraniums, and several Jacks-in-the-pulpit, and many other kinds of flowers. Bully and Bawly No-Tail And I found after a while that my asters were not running true; queer things were happening among the sweet peas, and in the ranks of the hollyhocks all was not as it should be. More Jonathan Papers The garden, where Mother and Quenrede had been working busily all the afternoon, was gay with nasturtiums and asters, and overhead hung a crop of the rosiest apples ever seen. A Popular Schoolgirl "Ah, yes," said Miss Ruth, nodding her head so that the white asters trembled, "she has never really gotten over that disappointment about young Forsythe." John Ward, Preacher There are about two hundred fifty species of asters, and most of them are found in North America. Some Summer Days in Iowa Or tatters of pale aster blue, descried By the roadside, Reveal whither they fled; Or the swamp maples, here and there a shred Of Indian red. Behind the Arras A Book of the Unseen Mr. Moore: The yellows in asters has been a problem which has been very amusing there at the farm. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 When the last late aster has faded, the last blue blossom of the gentian changed to brown, the green mosses still remain. Some Winter Days in Iowa Like all the rest of them from the East—stuffed full of college chuck—can't tell a daisy from an aster! The Freebooters of the Wilderness Another beautiful aster to be found on prairies and dry banks is the aster sericeus, or silvery aster, with silvery-white silky leaves and large, violet blue heads, the rays sometimes two-thirds of an inch long. Some Summer Days in Iowa What the cloudy asters told the hillside, My lone rainbird in the dusk resumes. Behind the Arras A Book of the Unseen Mr. Ingersoll: Is there anything you can suggest to control the yellows in asters? Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 On the way he stopped to gather an armful of goldenrod for his friend, and also to pick a yellow aster for himself, from Mrs. Cobbler's garden. Autumn The blue jays scream from the roadside oaks, and the last of the blue and purple asters shiver along the wall. Dream Life A Fable Of The Seasons More beautiful is the lovely smooth or blue aster, the aster laevis, with clasping, oblong tapering leaves and sky-blue heads, sometimes violet, fully an inch across. Some Summer Days in Iowa The field was shaggy with blue asters and golden-rod gone to seed, and white tufts of immortelles. The Debtor A Novel One case I know turned out to be a fungous disease, the very next one was due to plant lice on the roots of the asters. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 Then she turned and went down the walk between the rows of marigolds and asters, and the woman stood staring after her for a minute, then ran in, and the windows filled with wondering faces. Jane Field A Novel The cold sunlight came through the golden maple boughs and lay in patches on the undergrowth of drying golden-rod and asters. By the Light of the Soul A Novel Here, among others, may be found the beautiful aster Novae-Anglia, or New England aster with blue or rose-colored rays and a yellow center, the blossoms fluffy and large, often fully two inches across. Some Summer Days in Iowa In the sunlit spaces between the trees grew clumps of blue asters. The Debtor A Novel Another thing, it seems to be a year in which the asters did fairly well, and there was very little yellows. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 The shop was unchanged since yesterday, except for a big bowl of asters, red, white and blue. Maida's Little Shop The trees had scarcely begun to turn, but here and there one flamed out like a gold or red torch among the green, and all the way-sides were blue and gold with asters and golden-rod. By the Light of the Soul A Novel One of the earliest and most common of the asters is the aster sagittifolius, or arrow-leaved aster, with white or pale blue flowers, and its companion, the heart-leaved aster. Some Summer Days in Iowa A frame for Margaret carnations, early asters, and experiments in seedling Dahlias and chrysanthemums will be quite enough. The Garden, You, and I But I brought some white asters from the reserve garden. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 Late-blooming dahlias and asters made spots of starry color in the green. Maida's Little Shop So they filled all the pots they could find with flowers—asters and zinnias, and loose-leaved late red roses from the wall of the stableyard, till the house was a perfect bower. Five Children and It The aster multiflorus, or dense flowered aster, is bushy with small rigid, crowded leaves, and a multitude of small heads crowded on the spreading branches, the rays generally white like big balls of snow. Some Summer Days in Iowa Single violets in frames, lilies-of-the-valley for Easter and spring weddings, sweet peas, in separate colours, peonies, Iris, Gladioli, asters, and Dahlias: three acres in all. The Garden, You, and I Last year we made a point in every case of yellows in asters to send some one to investigate and find out what was going on to produce it. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 The bees in the white asters were humming as they hum in apple bloom. The Mormon Prophet Where phlox and asters grew, A leafless thornbush stands, And shrubs that never knew Her tender hands.... The Haunted Hour An Anthology It was the season in which the rugged landscape appeared most brilliant; when the kalmia bloomed, the gentian, the primrose, the yellow daisy, the woodbine, and the golden-disked aster still lingered in sunny spots. Westerfelt They require light, rich soil, mixed with old manure, as fresh manure breeds many aster ills. The Garden, You, and I In that case I don't think you get quite the distinct yellows of the asters, but rather the plants wilt and become weak and finally die. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 He touched reverently, not the child, but the wilting asters that were still grasped in the baby hand. The Mormon Prophet Here the weeds are breast-high, and in early autumn they burst into purple asters, and white immortelles, and goldenrod, and flaming sumac. Modern Prose And Poetry; For Secondary Schools Edited With Notes, Study Helps, And Reading Lists Lastly the goldenrod, the aster and the gentian, tell us it is evening time, and night and frost are close at hand. A String of Amber Beads The composite flowers—daisies, asters, goldenrod—belong to the class that take naturally to massing, while the blue flag, meadow and wood lilies, together with the spiked orchises, are typical of the second. The Garden, You, and I Any one here that has yellows in asters next year, we would be very glad to hear from him and send some one out to find the cause. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 A few ragged spikes of the purple aster were all that grew under the gray green willows, which with every breath turned the silver underside of their soft foliage to the wind. The Mormon Prophet Finally, one hazy Saturday afternoon, she gathered a great bunch of many colored asters and started off, without telling Lizzie of her destination. Lydia of the Pines And then, in little square patches all round the garden, were planted London pride, blue bachelor's buttons, yellow marigolds, tall larkspur, many-coloured asters, hollyhocks and stocks. Stories to Tell Children Fifty-Four Stories With Some Suggestions For Telling But for specimen stalks to come up to catalogue descriptions, each plant must have individual treatment, like the asters. The Garden, You, and I It wouldn't surprise me that it was something in the treatment of the aster. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 In the garden China asters, zenias, and prince's feather, dahlias, marigolds, and love-lies-bleeding were falling over one another in luxuriant waste. The Mormon Prophet Mrs. Orff had sunk down weakly on a bed of asters, and was staring from face to face. The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul When a few asters and sprays of rabbit-brush were placed in a broken jar on the window-sill, there was a picture worth seeing. Letters of a Woman Homesteader Then turn backward toward the front of the catalogue, find the letter A, and buy, in place of cosmos, aster seeds of every variety and colour that your pocket will allow. The Garden, You, and I Important September blooming flowers are phlox, Japanese anemones; perennial asters, or Michaelmas daisy, so-called because they are supposed to be at their best on Michaelmas Day, September 29th; helleniums, helianthus, hardy chrysanthemum, pyrethrum uliginosum, boltonia. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 The steep ground was covered with the feathery sprays of asters, seen through a velvety host of gray teasles which grew to greater height. The Mormon Prophet In their midst a thin grey smoke rose from a brazen jar, in which smouldered scented wood, spices, lavender, and the fresh blossom of one yellow flower like an aster. Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege The quaking aspens were just beginning to turn yellow; everywhere purple asters were a blaze of glory except where the rabbit-bush grew in clumps, waving its feathery plumes of gold. Letters of a Woman Homesteader For every nodding goldenrod and saucy purple aster was but a bright-winged thought to him to bring back the saucy, lovely face of Gila. The Witness In all the changes which follow these asters lead the way. The Story of the Living Machine A Review of the Conclusions of Modern Biology in Regard to the Mechanism Which Controls the Phenomena of Living Activity Soon they came to a bit of open ground, all overgrown with bronzed bracken, and maidenhair sere and pink, and blue-eyed asters and golden-rod. What Necessity Knows Over the meadow grass Swift as a fairy pass, Blithesome and gay; Toy with the golden-rod, Make the blue asters nod— Off and away! St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 Scribner's Illustrated The rabbit-bush made golden patches everywhere, while purple asters and great pink thistles lent their charm. Letters of a Woman Homesteader The orchards are heavy with harvest apples, the tassels of the corn are dark and rusty, and the dooryards of the country houses riot gorgeously in scarlet sage and marigold, asters and gladiolas. Diane of the Green Van It may occur, as described, at about the time the asters have reached the opposite poles of the nucleus, and an equatorial plate is formed. The Story of the Living Machine A Review of the Conclusions of Modern Biology in Regard to the Mechanism Which Controls the Phenomena of Living Activity The ferns were whitish-gray and brown at the edges of the woods, and the asters and golden-rods which had lately looked so gay in the open fields stood now in faded, frost-bitten companies. Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches Elsie ventured; and presently they were all over the stone wall, Leonora with the rest, right down among the goldenrod and asters. Polly of the Hospital Staff Everything was there of autumn, even to the golden-rod and purple asters and scarlet creepers in the foreground. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 What, but a spirit of lustrous love White as the aster he bends above—! Afterwhiles These two asters and the centrosomes within them have been spoken of as the dynamic centre of the cell since they appear to control the forces which lead to cell division. The Story of the Living Machine A Review of the Conclusions of Modern Biology in Regard to the Mechanism Which Controls the Phenomena of Living Activity We gathered some wild-flowers; bits of pimpernel and one or two sprigs of fringed gentian which had bloomed late in a sheltered place, and a pale little bouquet of asters. Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches The golden-rod and the aster are the characteristic autumn flowers in that zone of our continent in which New England is embraced, and the sunflower is a very common flower at that season. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864 The goldenrod is on the hill, the aster by the brook, and the sunflower in the garden. Reading Made Easy for Foreigners - Third Reader The answer isn't alone asters, but very largely. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers Would he live to see the Indian summer days, the smoky haze, the purple asters? The Day of the Beast "Mother said you were to weed the aster bed." The S. W. F. Club The flutter of yellow butterflies along the road told it, so did the bursting pods of the milkweed, and the golden-rod and asters, wreathing the meadows in royal colors. Mr. Pat's Little Girl A Story of the Arden Foresters When I saw it, there were nine thousand pots of asters, or la reine Marguerite. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century And nothing, I have discovered, is much easier to transplant than a New England aster, the showiest of the family. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers The grasses and wild flowers bordering the pathway were strange to me;—nevertheless, the palings were covered with convolvuli like our own, and I recognized in the gardens, china asters, zinnias, and other familiar flowers. Madame Chrysantheme Patience looked longingly after the two starting gayly off down the path, their cameras swung over their shoulders, then she looked disgustedly at the aster bed. The S. W. F. Club And, darker than April violets Or pallid as wind-flowers grow, Under its shades from hill to meadow Great beds of asters blow.— Memories and Anecdotes Nodding anemones within the wood Shake off the winter's sleep, and haste to greet; Where in the autumn the blue asters stood, The saxifrage creeps out, with downy feet. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Massed with the asters it is superb, and I get it by going through the bars with a shovel and a wheelbarrow. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers There were flowers in a deep green bowl, pale golden asters. The Man Thou Gavest A neighboring border glowed with autumn flowers: ribands of asters, spikes of crimson gladiolus, ranks of dahlias. Ranching for Sylvia He passed into the room, out of her sight, but she still stood there among the asters and the box. Lewis Rand Helen pulled a handful of white and golden asters, and the laird, who had seen them coming, opened the door wide to welcome them. Scottish sketches Within the confines of my own farm or its bordering woods are at least seven varieties of asters, and there are more within half a mile. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers I have only a botanical knowledge of flowers—shall we say something in asters, perhaps, chrysanthemums or dahlias? Queed The grass lost its fresh, green color, and the wild purple asters dropped their lovely heads and slept. Buffalo Roost Now, it so happened, that Ruth's "Surprise Collection" turned out to be pansies, asters, phlox and ragged sailors—all posies of bright pink, purple and crimson in various shades. Dew Drops, Vol. 37, No. 15, April 12, 1914 Golden rod and aster and rose and all the flowers that cover your valleys in the spring and your hills in the autumn: let them be the flowers for your art. Miscellanies I recently dug up a load of asters in bud, on a rainy day, and already they are in full bloom in their new garden places, without so much as a wilted leaf. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers They were a great bunch of snowy white and deep crimson asters, with green ivy leaves, in a tall gray glass vase. Real Folks It was a large grove, sloping gently, carpeted with yellow grass and such a profusion of purple asters as Wade had never seen in his flower-loving life. The Mysterious Rider Patricia paused to rearrange one particularly wobbly aster, too short as to stem and too big as to head. Patricia Elizabeth, in delight, pointed to the beds of wild strawberries crimsoning the slopes, intermingled with stretches of bilberry, and streaks of blue and purple asters. Lady Merton, Colonist But a garden of goldenrod and asters would be somewhat dull from May to mid-August, and somewhat monotonous thereafter. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers In the principal room there was a Connecticut clock in one corner, and the windows were filled with flowers, among which were the morning glory, aster, and verbena. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life The aspen leaves would quiver and slowly gild, the grass would wave in the wind, the asters would bloom, lifting star-pale faces to the sky. The Mysterious Rider |
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