CALLISTEPHUS

(from kallistos, most beautiful, and stephos, a crown; in allusion to the appendages on the ripe fruit). China Aster. S YN. Call i stemma. O RD. Compos itæ. A hardy annual, requiring an open situation and a rich loamy soil. Involucre of many fringed bracts; receptacle naked, pitted; pappus double. Propagated by seed, sown in a hotbed in March, the seedlings being hardened off and transplanted in May. For culture of these much grown plants and their varieties, see Aster. IMG:7081556231692414330_i_243b.jpg: Chrysanthemum-flowered Aster. Truffaut's Pæony-flowered Aster. Victoria Aster. F IG . 328. F LOWER - HEADS OF C ALLISTEPHUS CHINENSIS VARS .