SCOLYMUS 



I HAVE seen this plant grown in this country under the 

 name of Golden Thistle doubtless that appellation applied 

 to its golden coloured flower heads. These are large, and 



GOLDEN THISTLE 

 (One-twelfth natural size ; root, one-ihird natural size) 



the growths attain a height of 3 feet. The genus is a small 

 one. There are three species, and the variety, Hispani- 

 cus, or the Spanish, is the form grown as a vegetable; it is 

 often known as the vegetable Oyster plant, as the flavour 



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