ABSTRACT
Weiss and Knowles commented on spiny types of safflower being employed in India and the Near East as a border planting where its spines helped it act as a fence against children or marauding animals. Other parts of this book refer to the employment of safflower seed and florets in jewelry (see Chapter 1), in the production of dye from the florets (see Chapters 3 and 16), the use of florets as a food colorant (see Chapters 3 and 16), and as a horticultural plant (see Chapters 1 and 3). Three other uses worth noting are its employment as a bird feed, as an ornamental, and as a glaze for pottery or cloth (Roghan).
