See also:

• ASPHODEL (Asphodelus)

ASPHODEL (Asphodelus)  , a genus of the See also:

• LILY

lily See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order (See also:

• LILIACEAE

Liliaceae), containing seven See also:

• SPECIES

species in the Mediterranean region . The See also:

• PLANTS

plants are See also:

• HARDY, ALEXANDRE (1569?-1631)
• HARDY, SIR THOMAS DUFFUS (1804-1878)
• HARDY, SIR THOMAS MASTERMAN
• HARDY, THOMAS (1840- )

hardy herbaceous perennials with narrow tufted See also:

• RADICAL (Lat. radix, a root)

radical leaves and an elongated See also:

• STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem bearing a handsome spike of See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white or yellow See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers . Asphodelus albus and A. fastulosus have white flowers and grow from 11 to 2 ft. high; A. ramosus is a larger plant, the large white flowers of which have a reddish-See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown See also:

• LINE

line in the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of each segment . See also:

• BOG (from Ir. and Gael. bogach, bog, soft)

Bog-See also:

• ASPHODEL (Asphodelus)

asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum), a member of the same See also:

• FAMILY

family, is a small See also:

• HERB (Lat. herba, grass, food for cattle, generally taken to represent the Old Lat. forbea, Gr. 4op(3i1, pasture, <0p/3Ew, to feed, Sans. bharb, to eat)

herb See also:

• COMMON

common in boggy places in See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, with rigid narrow radical leaves and a stem bearing a raceme of small See also:

• GOLDEN

golden yellow flowers . In See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend the asphodel is the most famous of the plants connected with the dead and the underworld . See also:

• HOMER, WINSLOW (1836-191o)

Homer describes it as covering the See also:

• GREAT

great meadow (& r4x5SeXos Xeiµuw), the haunt of the dead (Od. xi . 539, 573; See also:

• XXIV

xxiv . 13) . It was planted on See also:

• GRAVES, ALFRED PERCEVAL (1846— )

graves, and is often connected with Persephone, who appears crowned with a See also:

• GARLAND, JOHN (fl. 1202—1252)

garland of asphodels . Its See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general connexion with See also:

• DEATH

death is due no doubt to the greyish See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour of its leaves and its yellowish flowers, which suggest the gloom of the underworld and the pallor of death . The roots were eaten by the poorer Greeks; hence such See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food was thought See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good enough for the shades (cf . See also:

• HESIOD

Hesiod, See also:

• WORKS

Works and Days, 41; See also:

• PLINY, THE ELDER
• PLINY, THE YOUNGER

Pliny, Nat .

Hist. xxi . 17 [68); See also:

• LUCIAN (d. 312)
• LUCIAN [Aowaavos] (c. A.D. 120-180)

Lucian, De luctu, 19) . The asphodel was also supposed to be a remedy for poisonous snake-bites and a specific against sorcery; it was fatal to mice, but preserved pigs from disease . The Libyan nomads made their huts of asphodel stalks (cf . See also:

• HEROD
• HEROD (surnamed THE GREAT)

Herod. iv . 190) . Specific gravity at 6o° F . . See also:

• BITUMEN

Bitumen soluble in See also:

• CARBON (symbol C, atomic weight 12)

carbon bisulphide See also:

• MINERAL

Mineral See also:

• MATTER

matter (ash) Non-bituminous organic matter . Portion of See also:

• TOTAL

total bitumen soluble in See also:

• ALCOHOL

alcohol Portion of total bitumen soluble in See also:

• ETHER, (C2H5)2O

ether Loss at 212° F . „ 400° F. in ten See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

hours Loss at 400° on total bitumen See also:

• EVOLUTION

Evolution of sulphuretted hydro- gen at Softening-point Flowing-point . Refined See also:

• TRINIDAD

Trinidad . 1.373 61.507% 92.22 % 34'51 „ 1.50 „ 3'983 „ 1.28 „ 8.24 „ it•66 „ 8o•oi „ 81.63 „ 0.65 „ 1.37 7.98 ,, 17.8o „ 12.811 „ 18.308„ 410° F. none at 437° F .

16o° F . „ 113° F . 192° F . „ 150° F . The following is a comparison of Trinidad and See also:

• VENEZUELA

Venezuela (See also:

• BERMUDEZ

Bermudez) See also:

• ASPHALT, or ASPHALTUM

asphalt: Refined Bermudez . 1.071 C . H . N . 6.3o 80.32 0.50 No satisfactory derivation of the word is suggested . The See also:

• ENGLISH

English word " See also:

• DAFFODIL

daffodil " is a perversion of asphodel," formerly written " affodil." The d may come from the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French fleur d'affadille . It is no See also:

• PART

part of the word philologically . See Pauly-Wissowa, Realencyclopodie, s.v.; H .

O . See also:

• LENZ, JAKOB MICHAEL REINHOLD (1751-1792)

Lenz, Botanik der See also:

• ALTEN, SIR CHARLES [Karl] (1764–1840)

alten Griechen and Romer (1859); J . Murr, See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die Pflanzenwelt in der griechischen Mythologie (1890) .