Card
an instrument for combing, opening, and breaking wool, flax, etc., and freeing it from the coarser parts and from extraneous matter. It is made by inserting bent teeth of wire in a thick piece of oblong board to which a handle is attached. But wool and cotton are CARDAMINE now generally carded in mills by teeth fixed on a wheel moved by machinery. The word is derived through the French fixed on a wheel moved by machinery.
The word is derived through the French carde, a teasel, from L. carduus, a thistle, teasels having been used for cards.
CARDINAL and manufactures of South Wales. Ship- building is carried on, and there are iron and other works on a large scale. and manufactures of South Wales. Ship- It is a rapidly growing town, and the principal outlet for the mineral produce iron and other works on a large scale. building is carried on, and there are Among the chief buildings are the county museum, etc. The docks are extensive and well constructed. As regards tonherbaceous cruciferous plants. Carda- mine pratensis, the Cuckoo-flower or Lady's-smock, is a common but pretty nage entered and cleared, Cardiff is now cruciferous plants. pla Carda-sity college (for S. Wales and Monmine pratensis, the Cuckoo-flower or Lady's-smock, is a common but pretty meadow-plant, with large pale lilac flow- ers. A double variety is sometimes ers. found wild. C. hirsuta is a common weed everywhere, varying in size, ac- cording to soil, from 6 to 18 inches in height. The leaves and flowers of this species form an agreeable salad. This species produces young plants from the leaves, all that is necessary being to place them on a moist grassy or mossy surface. C. amara is also not infrequent.