, 1876-09-02


peIy bsanty; i'ay afst Wny up'"
''o"' INV "''" '"'e"e..e HM-..--- s--
SPARES or SCIENCE,
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THE FLORA ROUND ABOUT GILL
CAGO.
Tur Asrrn FAMlt,y,--The tttpcr[al Order Of
,ie co,nna,ftr. nr Astcrijs, bears regal sway
oycr nj, the w,,ds at This scaso,, Of tic year.
1vhcrevrr t,,c rye /. rast. thu waste places Of,
hi orh ulaiu are a!,tazc with t,,e us,,np and
sn1cntor If crimson, anil purplc, anil goil,-the
fayor,tc color, Of reyalty In the vegetable rs In
The human world, It. Is cs.snntcl that onc-
.,xth Of the p!ants Of North Aucricn avc tacu,-
bcrs of tbts great and su.nptuuus family; and,
the late summer md autumn months being their
chosrn t!u,e fur bosso1nfns, II IL not to lu w1n-
derc.l.at that their brilliant ltvcrics cciipso all
ottars tlnt aupcar III The sanlc arena With them.
E.o,,, t,a Tina thc a,st t,o1jrn.Koi shukca out
=. u.o ,,n's ,,,,,,rn. !" Avrrst nm,I, Tho fro.t,
Ne yello" II"mes' III HsH"sL' ",''" ue ''.4o ~
lase male forest an! ''elu a aeso'atlol, tus
Astcrids hayo no rivals on tho pFarlcs or In thu
&, 1o,nn 1rv ar,l nr frr,ilc so,ls. Tbsy liter.
~ u""P' o.j' "a"'' , =, ,...s',n .1 l., :,1,~s.
any u"urp tle no.aa h'''', "su, ,,, ~ H., .'.ir
gorgeous proceasto,'' seize aud hold tnc e"s,fc
oti,cr. variable urlclQ of the Cloth Of Gold"
o', 49,. 49, 1,s,,,,,1 ynno ~ tha r,o,cs tl,c
FROM t' ssu .., o.u .rt.,anv @ a1,hn',cf, iI hin +,
~" T,nrsro,, rsvnn. ~ i,c Northcrn Ilsmi-
t"e 4ethpora'o resl'nS VI ~. .,a..
% oi.a,.trr. Thrv ron,t{1,,te u1,out one-tcntl, OF
w.. ,',sam,, .nor;s, ~ ,ln,. taking ti,. Whole
trorll nvcr In thc lnr 1T Ltnuaus there Ind
"o1'a ofet -, s"1 "aJ " ,,'..,t ~, smn,,"s
and Of these 1S5 wrrc Composites. In 1913 the
| worlds dora, u then developed, numbered 11,-
o0) apccfe.. and tho proportion of Composites
W., sp : son In isss inward Of y5.N;o spccics
had been aisso'eFea' a"u o,o1s ~ ~, ~eto So'poe.
tics; antl, now tsAt nearly ioo,ooo species arc
known to botanisss. It. is found that 10000 he-
! lono tn this prolific Order II Is by far tic
,o ,"I -" 10 lie shnvcat faniv Vi lcuora.
ia!seSt, ID te,.. ~ 20 .ae ,,,ns,.a 'H' f'N
| NOUS or towering plants
Humboldt calculated that the Asterlds formed NC
one-scvcnsll Of the t'ora of FraHce' onc'elgl'th
- - i',1 nra,"' nnn.a,xth II Horth Amnrica. one
~ ,'aft - T'r,r"i Smrri.a anl ,,ncf.,,1r 1rtrruth.
nr,a,,n,inr ae m N l, snscics u t;rcnt Britain, it
was determined BY I'resl that they constitute
oni hv rsmt,nssrics that The prouortIon ii
"h "hS,t y }tc same in The i]alcartc Islands, In
nr.;,ar,, s ot,n,st.s Tho Hxtcrijs "rc mnstlv her
S%ssoss plaa'SI < isw 5eiag s'aSst,; ;,s lit, Is
areI ~ ic +, haMt IN tbIli lie creater MN;
~ h.r arc w"otiv inshes: willie IN st, Hccla they
nss . iso'. tr,.. md ,,,".t }ic nnlv nnrs NJ,
! tbc tslH,ti Al tllp Cane OF Good Hope tho
a9,.hns :, .n.ii trca II +his fn1niy fi,r,,sl,cs
sr:c won that 1 T. ans.,raintd. hcnyy: and very
hrs,,tti,.l. % IT, 10
n.,t thr A.tcr1ls ar. mora noteworthy for
t,ntr ,',h.rs and t}rr r,,,,lr nnnarcl thn;, fr
thsir ms"f,incss, flnt II tl,c cntirc i0.oW.
tneSa tSea Witt, atIord nutrtmr,t tn ,nnnltful ,Mny
~ sn,n.c mt' on thc ,n.crs If one hun Frst 81
III !. to i" n,"ntinnri the Lettuce. wljct, ia
universally popular Is sa!@ Thsn = !, iGor sS
@ hu g,aa1o,,, rt3ett,tc. H. iSna"l3o1, whcl
III Sn,ia,' u. ~ sr. mi thc t,,rw wbIr
H. usrS in n, sM,sttsntr for roiIce. In Southern
E,roN u1.u ~ ,1" Ilan"sI stems nnt, leaves Of thc
t:ar'isnn. nianl similar t, tbs Articlokr. ,aro
Hn,aoo", u, so}" rI". or ho,,e vrw,tnhe: md
se4 as sa o1 ~ Sonsu ~ setas xav a.i, s'',
a. s"G Ernn nnusI Md ~ hps;a lhn rotta Of twu "r
~ ,,,'or a..u auci.. ,re cct.n v th. natives nj
tn.eI ia,, u'v, t ~ thc ;nnst t1,r vn1c
t9Fe'Isn tnris,s s "A't tn,.,ia,ts "a e|tremeiv
sto,I"n lnv a''e''A' I'D 'o'A' P''''''' 80 ~~~''
hGnus. Ts r, Tim s,raow,r t,o, ,ores.t NJ mn.
ne W. s,s,at ~ I,,vi .xn1s.n" onl uifnr m
"r.lI,',t ~ nl;,nent fnr nntry rncy anl1n,l In
h,ann Ill With Il ,,s.f, for ,n"ry mI'rnosrs,
| uIalI VHt mara 70 tt9%Aot s"t "AAt r"tE11S"'