Archive image from page 139 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom cyclopediaofamer02bail Year: 1906 338 CLOVKS like odor, and it has become the type of the great order Caryophyllaceje, which, however, is far removed botani- cally from tlie Myrtaceie. The word ' gillifio
Archive image from page 139 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom cyclopediaofamer02bail Year: 1906 338 CLOVKS like odor, and it has become the type of the great order Caryophyllaceje, which, however, is far removed botani- cally from tlie Myrtaceie. The word ' gillifiower ' is a corruption of caryophyllus, and. nntil Shakespeare's time 500. Clove. Spray of leaves and flowers (1): an unopened bud or clove (3); the expanded flower (2). and after, was applied to the carnation, but now-a-days it usually refers to several cruciferous plants of the genus Cheiranthus and Matthiola. CLUB MOSS. See Lyeopodiitm. CNiCUS (Greek, knizein, to Injure). Compdsitce. Thistle. A genus of perhaps 200 species, containing many much-hated weeds, especially the common Thistle, C. lanceolutus, and the Canada Thistle, C. arvensis. Fig. 501. About a dozen species have been slightly culti- vated in rockeries and wild gardens. The genus Chamse- peuce, now referred to Cnicus, contains 3 plants slightly used abroad in subtropical and carpet bedding: , C. Casaboti(e, and C. Diacantha, which are cult, for their rosettes of prickly Ivs. The fls. appear the second year. C. henedictus is an old name of the Blessed This- tle, for which see Carbenia. COBBETT, WILLIAM (1762-1835). The once famous English author had two periods of in- forced residence in America, and wrote 'Tlif American Gardener,' which is one of the spicii-st books in the whole history of American horti- culture. Plate 11. He was of thorough Saxon ancestry, and while a gardener's lad and during eight years of military service, made strenuous efforts at self-education. In 1792 his personal liberty was en
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