This novelty is undoubtedly the most beautiful and most perfect of all dwarf-Asters, not only concerning the habit of the plants, but also relative to the form and beauty of the flowers. It forms an entirely new class, reproducing itself true from seed and attains a height of but 7 to 8 inches. At the time when it shows its buds it resembles in habit somewhat the Dwarf Chrysanthemum Aster, but in developing its large, handsome and beautifully shaped flowers it assumes quite another aspect. The flowers bend, on account of their weight, a little at varying angles, but do not droop so as to impair their beauty, each plant forming an elegant bouquet of itself, as may best be seen by the annexed illustration which is accurately engraved from a painting we had made of a medium sized plant. The individual flowers measure from 2 1/2 to 3 inches across and are of the most faultless Pasony-form, all petals being beautifully incurved.

The color is peculiarly rich and brilliant, when beginning to bloom it is a pure scarlet, but when in full bloom it changes to a magnificent satiny deep scarlet, presenting thus with these two brilliant colors a lovely sight. It produces its flowers in great abundance, each plant bears at least thirty to forty flowers of exquisite beauty. This novelty, while it was in full bloom, attracted great attention of all visitors to our gardens and was pronounced by all to be the most perfect and most charming of all dwarf Asters cultivated up to this day. As it does not produce a single tall plant it is well adapted for borders, groups, carpet-bedding or for pot culture".

Triumph Aster.

The. large class also has been so far improved as to be striped somewhat as the well known Comet Marigold is marked, and which has been selected for the name of the new race. Introducing a new shade in this race, the same firm says of it: