CATANAN'CHE (LERU'LEA. t 



BLUE-FLOWERED CATANANCHE. 



Clans. Order. 



SYNGEIfESIA. POLVGAMIA jEQUALlS. 



Natural Order. 



CICHORACEdi. 



No. 15. 



Catananche is derived from two Greek words, 

 signifying compulsion ; from its supposed power of 

 causing 1 an irresistable impulse to love ; a quality 

 which, formerly, it was ridiculously imagined to 

 possess. Cserulea, from the Latin, blue. 



The blue-flowered Catananche appears to have 

 been an old inhabitant of our gardens, and it is said 

 to be synonymous with the sesainoides parvum of 

 Gerarde ; if so, the figure given of it by that author, 

 is certainly inferior to most of those he has supplied 

 us with. 



Miller observes that it may be propagated by 

 heads taken from the mother plant. This we have 

 never tried, finding it easily raised from seeds, and 

 we judge with much more success than by dividing. 



Sow seeds of the Catananche cserulea in March 

 or April, in rich light soil, and when the young 

 plants come up, they should be thinned, if required, 

 and kept clear from weeds till autumn. The seed- 

 lings may then be planted out, one in a place, in dry 

 situations, where they are intended to remain, and 

 an abundance of flowers will be produced in the fol- 

 lowing summer. 



Hort. Kew. 2, v. 4, 469. 



