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Updated: August 20, 2024
CARTHAMUS tinctorius. SAFFLOWER. The Seeds. These have been celebrated as a cathartic: they operate very slowly, and for the most part disorder the bowels, especially when given in substance; triturated with aromatic distilled waters, they form an emulsion less offensive, yet inferior in efficacy to more common purgatives. CENTAUREA Cyanus. BLUE-BOTTLE. The Flowers.
Safflower: This vegetable dyeing material, for producing pink colours on cotton without the aid of a mordant, consists of the petals of the flower of carthamus tinctorius. The residue after washing free from acid is treated with a dilute solution of soda crystals, and the liquid is then precipitated by an acid.
COW-PARSLEY. The umbels produce a yellow colour, and the juice of the other parts of the plant a beautiful green. CARTHAMUS tinctorius. SAFFLOWER. The radius of the corolla, prepared with an acid, affords a fine rose-coloured tint. CENTAUREA Cyanus. BLUE-BOTTLE. The juice of the corolla gives out a fine blue colour. COMARUM palustre. MARSH-CINQUEFOIL. The dried root forms a red pigment.
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