Chap. j3&"~" E^^hHerhT^ 477 



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IV. The Defctiptions, The firfl^ <,r Common 

 Great Red Kind, has a Root inhiLh fprcads it felf ir. 



multiplied or tncreafei; ftom this Root'fpring up 

 feveral great, large, and long hollowed Leaves, much 

 ft u"or rick"es°onSem^ofaki'^'*°"^-^-"'' ^'''" 



made at firit^hke a'pl^f-^fp/.^^but^^cr^growTif^ 



the beft'Kinds lying dole, and not Itaring, asibme 

 whitifh, or greenifti color, and m fome broad at the 

 Leates,^ aad"sidns^hichTndofc"he s'talk ] are'ix- 



thc Summer proves kot and kindly, 'inVme 'tht"re 

 will break forth at top a Tuft of blewilh purple 

 Thrums, or Threads, under which grow the Seed, 

 wrapped in a great deal of Downy fubftance, but 

 that Root which yields Flowers will hardly abide 

 well grown, that Downy fubftancc abides clofe in 

 the middle of the Head, having the bottom thereof 



is ufually eaten. ^^ ^ ^ 



V. Tbefecond, or Great White Hartichoke, is in 

 all things like to the former Red Kind, hut that the 

 head thereof a of a whitijh AJh color, like the Leaves, 



alfodi.^eri ftom the tiritk 



3ne\vo''lf ^^'^ M '^ 'i*^'^^'^' ''' ^"^^^^ ^'feong, thjt 



u°'\he'^™ ^Saiu, not being willing they fhoulJ take 

 _ X Jhefevemh, or MuskS Hanichoke. // ,s a 

 'ismuhh'"'^'-'""-^' /'^v the former French, but 



alf^li T' "^^'^' "' "^'^^^ ^"^^ Hartichoke. It it 



prickly head than any'of the former. 



Xlf. T},e ninth, or Pricklv HanichoRe, ^Vich the 

 French f«//Chardon, or Cardon, betauje it isnlmcji 

 ' ■ ' mand nature of a Thiftle , cr Wild Haru- 

 : g'ows high, and tuU of Iharp prickles, of 



