CENTAURE'A DEPRES'SA. 
DEPRESSED CENTAURY. 
3 
Class Order. 
SYNGENESIA. FRUSTRANEA. 
Natural Order. 
COMPOSITE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Iberia. 
1 foot. 
June, Sept. 
Annual. 
in 1818. 
No. 704. 
The Centaurea, at least the name, has close 
connexion with ancient fable, on which it has been 
founded. See No. 95, and 462. 
This gay annual bears considerable resemblance 
to the Centaurea cyanus of our gardens, but, as is 
observed by Sir W. J. Hooker, it is of much hum- 
bler growth and far brighter coloured flowers; in- 
deed, says he, ‘^we doubt if any species of this 
extensive genus presents more lively blossoms than 
the one now before us.” It is equally well calcu- 
lated for filling whole beds, or for mingling with 
other herbaceous plants in the borders or mounds, 
where it produces a very gay effect. 
For bedding out, as gardeners term it, seeds 
should be sown in March, or early in April, on a 
gentle hotbed, or on an open border at the foot of 
a wall having a southern aspect, where the young 
plants may be weeded, watered, and thinned, as 
occasion requires. In May they will have become 
strong, and should be planted out, in showery 
weather, seven or eight inches apart, for flowering. 
In the borders seeds may be sown where they are 
intended to remain. 
Bot. Mag. 3662. 
