CHICORY 



The llnWL'l'S 



20 1 



t;ill, bloomini. 



in 



The stem is often 3 ft. hi.^li. 1 ne iinwei's arc 

 July up to September. Chicory is a herljaceous perennial plant, pro- 

 pagated by division, coming' up yearly in the :;anie place, and worthy of 

 cultivation. 



In dull weather the 

 flowerheads are closed, as 

 at night also, but in the 

 sun they expand 30 mm. 

 The tube is 3 mm., and the 

 limb 13 mm. long, and b\' 

 this means it is rendered 

 conspicuous in spite of the 

 few flowers. Ihe tlow'ers 

 are similar in plan to those 

 of the Dandelion and 

 Hawkweeds, but the 

 Ijranchcs ot the style are 

 more curved, making two 

 spiral turns. If insects do 

 not \isit it, it pollinates 

 itself The honey bee, 

 Andrena, Hal id 21s, Osiiiia, 

 Diptera. Syrphidce, Syrilta 

 pipiens, Eristalis tenax, 

 Lepidoptera, the Clouded 

 Yellow Butterriy {Colias 

 editsa), and a beetle, Ma- 

 lacJiius bipnsitdatus, \isit it. 



The pappus of the 

 crown ot minute, erect, 

 blunt scales assists in dis- 

 persing the achenes bv 

 the wind. 



Wherever it is found 

 the re(]uirements of Chicory 

 are sand soil, as it is prac- 

 tically a sand-loving plant growing on sand soil or gravel, as well as 

 on chalky soils or Oolite, where it may at least be native. 



A fungus causing Chicory disease, Pleospora albicans, attacks it, as 

 well as Puccini a liicracii. 



Two beetles, Cassida saiiouii/olciila. Lacoii viuriuits; a Thvsanop- 



CriICORY (Ciclii)riititi Inlvbiis, L). 



