. 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. Gardening. 338 CLOVES COBBETT like odor, and it has become the type of the great order Caryophyllacese, which, however, is far removed botani- cally from the Myrtaceae. The word " gUliflower" is a corruption of caryophyllus, and, until Shakespeare's time. 500. Clove. Spray of leaves and flowers (1); an unopened
. 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. Gardening. 338 CLOVES COBBETT like odor, and it has become the type of the great order Caryophyllacese, which, however, is far removed botani- cally from the Myrtaceae. The word " gUliflower" is a corruption of caryophyllus, and, until Shakespeare's time. 500. Clove. Spray of leaves and flowers (1); an unopened bud or clove (3); tlie 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 I/ycopodium, CB'tCUS (Greek, knizein, to injure). Comp6sit(e. Thistle. A genus of perhaps 200 species, containing many much-hated weeds, especially the common Thistle, C. lanceolatus, and the Canada Thistle, C. arvensis, Fig. 501. About a dozen species have been slightly culti- vated in rockeries and wild gardens. The genus Ohamse- peuce, now referred to Cnicus, contains 3 plants slightly used abroad in subtropical and carpet bedding: , C. Oasabonce, and O. Diacantha, which are cult, for their rosettes of prickly Ivs. The lis. appear the second year. C. henedictus is an old name of the Blessed This- tle, for which see Carbenia. COBBETT, WIIiLIAM (1762-1835). The once famous English author had two periods of en- forced residence in America, and wrote "The American Gardener," which is one of the spiciest books in the whole history of American horti- culture. Plate II. 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 endan- gered by the publication of "The Soldier's Friend " (an appeal for an increase of pay), and he came to P
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