Teasels - Part 4

Barbara Worthy concludes the story of teasels, with overviews of the pioneer families who used them and the early industrialists who first cultivated the Teasel for commercial purposes.


 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Sources

Cruikshank, Lieut.-Colonel E. 1908. "DUCIT AMOR PATRIAE.'' TEN YEARS OF THE COLONY OF NIAGARA 1780 T0 1790. NIAGARA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATION NO. 17. Digital version available online at http://www.niagarahistorical.museum/media/NHS17.pdf.

Donaldson, Susan.; Rafferty, Dawn. 2002. Identification and management of common teasel (Dipsacus fullonum). Fact Sheet-02-40. Reno, NV: University of Nevada, Cooperative Extension. 2 p. [73121]

Gucker, C.L. 2009. Dipsacus fullonum, D. laciniatus. In: Fire Effects Information System. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory. http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/forb/dipspp/all.html#DISTRIBUTION%20AND%20OCCURRENCE

Joshua Ellis 1767 (commercial website). Undated. The Art of Cashmere. http://joshuaellis.com/teasels-the-finishing-touch/

Linsteadt, Sylvia. 2012 (June 15). The Indigo Vat: The Magic of Teasel. http://theindigovat.blogspot.ca/2012/06/magic-of-teasel.html

Major, Jack. Undated. Have Teasel, Will Travel. Welcome to Central New York. http://major-smolinski.com/CNY/TEASELS.html

Panth. 2013. In My Lady's Chamber - Teasels for carding - a myth? http://blackcatsews.blogspot.ca/2013/04/teasels-for-carding-myth.html

See also:

Somerset Art Works. 2013. Where the Wild Teasels Grow. http://somersetartworksblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/where-wild-teasels-grow.html

Somerset Art Works. 2013. On The Road . http://somersetartworksblog.blogspot.com/2013/09/on-road_25.html



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