See also:

• EVERLASTING, or IMMORTELLE

EVERLASTING, or IMMORTELLE  , a plant belonging to the See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division Tubuliflorae 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 See also:

• COMPOSITAE

Compositae, known botanically as Helichrysum orientale . It is a native of See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, See also:

• CRETE (Gr. Kp;rrrr; Turk. Kirid, Ital. Candia)

Crete, and the parts of See also:

• ASIA

Asia bordering on the Mediterranean; and it is cultivated in many parts of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe . It first became known in Europe about the See also:

• YEAR

year 1629, and has been cultivated since 1815 . In See also:

• COMMON

common with several other See also:

• PLANTS

plants of the same See also:

• GROUP

group, known as " everlastings," the immortelle plant possesses a large involucre of dry See also:

• SCALE
• SCALE (1) A

scale-like or scarious bracts, which preserve their See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance when dried, provided the plant be gathered in proper See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief supplies of Helichrysum orientale come from See also:

• LOWER

lower See also:

• PROVENCE (Provincia, Proenza)

Provence, where it is cultivated in large quantities on the ground sloping to the Mediterranean, in positions well exposed to the See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun, and usually in plots surrounded by dry See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone walls . The finest See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers are grown on the elopes of Bandols and Ciotat, where the plant begins to See also:

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

flower in See also:

• JUNE

June . It requires a See also:

• LIGHT

light sandy or stony See also:

• SOIL

soil, and is very readily injured by See also:

• RAIN (O.E. regn; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Regen, Swed. and Dan. regn; it has been connected with Lat. rigare, to wet, Gr. 13pixeav)

rain or heavy dews . It can be propagated in quantity by means of offsets from the older stems . The flowering stems are gathered in June, when the bracts are fully See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed, all the fully-See also:

• EXPANDED

expanded and immature flowers being pulled off and rejected . A well-managed See also:

• PLANTATION (Lat. plantare, to plant)

plantation is productive for eight or ten years . The plant is tufted in its growth, each plant producing 6o or 70 stems, while each See also:

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

stem produces an See also:

• AVERAGE

average of 20 flowers . About 400 such stems weigh a kilogramme .

A hectare of ground will produce 40,000 plants, bearing from 2,400,000 to 2,800,000 stems, and weighing from 51 to 61 tons, or from 2 to 3 tons per See also:

• ACRE
• ACRE, or AQUIRY

acre . The See also:

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

colour of the bracts is a deep yellow . The natural flowers are commonly used for garlands for the dead, or plants dyed See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black are mixed with the yellow ones . The plant is also dyed See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

green or See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

orange-red, and thus employed for bouquets or other ornamental purposes . Other See also:

• SPECIES

species of Helichrysum and species of allied genera with scarious heads of flowers are also known as " everlastings." One of the best known is the Australian species H. bracteatum, with Several varieties, including See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

double forms, of different See also:

• COLOURS, MILITARY

colours; H. vestitum (Cape of See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

Good See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

Hope) has 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 satiny heads . Others are species of Helipterum (See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West See also:

• AUSTRALIA

Australia and See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Africa), Ammobium and Waitzia (Australia) and Xeranthemum (south Europe) . Several members of the natural order Amarantaceae have also " See also:

• EVERLASTING, or IMMORTELLE

everlasting " flowers; such are Gomphrena globosa, with rounded or See also:

• OVAL (Lat. ovum, egg)

oval heads of white, orange, See also:

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

rose or See also:

• VIOLET

violet, scarious bracts, and Celosia pyramidalis, with its elegant, loose, pyramidal inflorescences . Frequently these everlastings are mixed with bleached See also:

• GRASSES

grasses, as Lagurus ovatus, Briza See also:

• MAXIMA

maxima, Bromus brizaeformis, or with the leaves of the Cape See also:

• SILVER

silver See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree (Leucadendron argenteum), to See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form bouquets or ornamental See also:

• GROUPS
• GROUPS, THEORY

groups .