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ONOPOEDON. 



lanes ; it grows freely in sandy vege- 

 table soil. Division. 



Onopordon Acanthium (Scotch This- 

 tle). A stout, vigorous, and stately 

 native biennial, quite silvery from 

 cottony wool ; 6 to 8 ft. high. Flowers, 

 in late summer; light purple, in 

 large globular heads. Leaves, very 



prickly; of root sessile, deeply sinuated 

 and of noble outline ; stem - leaves 

 smaller and decurrent ; stems much- 

 branched and winged to the top. 



Europe and Asia. Margins of 



shrubberies, or naturalized in rough 

 places ; also in groups of fine-foliaged 

 plants and in large borders. Comes 

 up readily from self-sown seeds. 



