. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 188 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [May 11, 1899. name is derived from echinos, hedgehog, and ops, appearance, referring to the globular and spiny character of the flower. The English name is Great Globe-thistle. It belongs to the order Gomposito'-, com- posite flowers. The plant is bushy, with stems from four to six feet, and alternate leaves, green and slightly hairy above, whitish and downy benf ath. They are large, pinnatifid {ie., divided half-way to the midrib in seg- ments in a feathery manner), sinuate (with a curved margin), with unequa
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 188 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [May 11, 1899. name is derived from echinos, hedgehog, and ops, appearance, referring to the globular and spiny character of the flower. The English name is Great Globe-thistle. It belongs to the order Gomposito'-, com- posite flowers. The plant is bushy, with stems from four to six feet, and alternate leaves, green and slightly hairy above, whitish and downy benf ath. They are large, pinnatifid {ie., divided half-way to the midrib in seg- ments in a feathery manner), sinuate (with a curved margin), with unequal segments, and slightly spiaose (hard-pointed lobes). The stems are erect, branched, and streaked with. THE CHAPMAN HONEY PLAKT. (Ech ino'ps Sph oeroeeph a I us.) Ijngitudinjl lines. The flowers are globular, of a very pale blue, and the plant continues in bloom from July to September. The lowest florets expjind first, and the others continue to do so in succession, so that each flower is a considerdble time before it is fully blown. It is commonly grown as an ornamental garden plant, and at a distance resembles a gigantic and handsome thistle. It grows without care, and any waste place will do, although it thrives better in a light calcareous soil. It is visited by the honey-bee as well as by humble bees and wasps. We have grown it as an ornamental plant for some years, and it is easily cultivated in shrubberies, and, where hoeing is frequent, as in well-o!dered gardens, can be easily kept within bounds The seed can b) sown from April to June in a bed, and then pricked out in October, from 2 ft. to 2 fc. 6 in. apart. When the plants are fully established they can be propagated by division of the roots in the spring. It is a perennial, and is sometimes called Echinan- thus.'' ' Another perennial plant, much handsomer, belonging to the same family, is Echinops ritro (Small Globe-thistle), which grows only from two to three feet high, and has smaller heads of flowers of a
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