CENTAUREA  , in See also:

• BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

botany, a genus of the natural 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 Cornpositae, containing between four and five See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred See also:

• SPECIES

species, and of wide See also:

• DISTRIBUTION (Lat. distribuere, to deal out)

distribution, but with its See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal centre in the Mediterranean region . The See also:

• PLANTS

plants are herbs with entire or cut often spiny-toothed leaves, and ovoid or globose involucres surrounding a number of tubular, oblique or two-lipped florets, the See also:

• OUTER

outer of which are usually larger and neuter, the inner bisexual . Four species are native in See also:

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

Britain . C. See also:

• NIGRA, COSTANTINO, COUNT (1828-1907)

nigra is knapweed, See also:

• COMMON

common in meadows and pastureland; C . Cyanus is the bluebottle or cornflower, a well-known cornfield See also:

• WEED, THURLOW (1797—1882)

weed; C . Calcitrapa is See also:

• STAR

star-See also:

• THISTLE

thistle, a rare plant, found in dry See also:

• WASTE (O. Fr. wast, guast, gast, gaste; Lat. vastus, vast, desolate)

waste places in the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, and characterized by the See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose-See also:

• PURPLE

purple See also:

• FLOWER (Lat. flos, floris; Fr. fleur)
• FLOWER, SIB

flower-heads enveloped by involucral bracts which end in a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, stiff spine . Besides cornflower, a few other species are See also:

• WORTH
• WORTH, CHARLES FREDERICK (1825-1895)

worth growing as See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden plants; they are readily grown in See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary See also:

• SOIL

soil: C . See also:

• CINERARIA

Cineraria, a See also:

• HALF

half-See also:

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

hardy perennial, native of See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, is remarkable for its 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 downy foliage; C. babylonica (See also:

• LEVANT

Levant) has large downy leaves and a tall spike of small yellow See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers; C. dealbata (See also:

• CAUCASUS

Caucasus) is a See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low-growing plant with larger rose-coloured heads; C. macrocephala (Caucasus) has large yellow heads; C. See also:

• MONTANA

montana (See also:

• PYRENEES [Span. Pirineos, Fr. Pyrenees]

Pyrenees) large handsome See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue heads; and C. ragusina (S.E . See also:

• EUROPE

Europe) beautiful See also:

• SILVER

silver-haired leaves and yellow flowers .