26 CULTIVATED VEGETABLES. 



these little animals than those of the arti- 

 choke, preserve the latter from these de- 

 predators. 



The French artichoke, Cinara scolymus, 

 grows wild in the fields of Italy, where it 

 often attains the height of a man. 



The bottoms of the Cotton-thistle, Onopor- 

 dum acanthium, are often eaten as artichokes. 



