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Others hang the hollow Claws 

 of Crabs and Lobfters upon Sticks 

 in divers Parts of the Garden into 

 which thefe Vermin get j and by 

 often fearching them, you will de- 

 ftroy them without much Trou- 

 ble ; which will be of great Ser- 

 vice to your Wall Fruit, for thefe 

 are great Deftroyers thereof. 



EBULUS i five Sambucus Hu- 

 milis. 



ECHYNOMELOCACTUS i vi- 

 de Meloca6tus. 



ECHINOPHORAi Prickly- 

 headed Parfnip. 



The Characters are 5 



The Cup of the Floiver confifis of 

 one Leaf -which is divided into five 

 FartSy and expands in Form of a 

 Star, in which is included the Foot- 

 fialk of the Umbel : The Fruit con- 

 fifis of one prickly VeffeU in vehich is 

 contained one long Seed. 



We have but one Species of this 

 Plant, which is, 



EcHiNOPHORAj pafiinacAfoUo. C. 

 B. Echinophora, with a Parfnip- 

 Leaf. 



There is no great Ule or Beauty 

 in this Plant j but it is preferv'd in 

 curious Botanick Gardens, for Va- 

 riety-iaker It may be propagated 

 by lowing the Seeds foon after they 

 are ripe, or very early in the Spring j 

 and when the Plants are come up, 

 they fhould be fmgled out, ib as 

 to rem.ain about eight or ten Inches 

 afunder. The fecond Year after 

 fbwing they will produce ripe 

 Seeds. 



ECHINOPyS J Globe-Thiftle 5 

 vulgo. 



The CharaBers are ; 



It hath the -whole Appearance of 

 A Thiftle: The Leaves are produced 

 alternately: The Florets confifi of 

 one Leaf, which is divided into five 

 Segments, and is hollow ; and each 

 fmgle Floret has a fcaly Cup: The 



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Flowers are collected into a> fpherk^l 

 Head, which has one common Cup 

 or Covering. 



The Species are j 



I. EcHiNOPus i major. J. B, 

 Greater Globe-Thiftle. 



z. EcHiNOPUs ; major, humilior, 

 floribus albidis. Flor. Bat. Greater 

 Dwarf Globe-Thiftle, with whitifh 

 Flowers. 



3. EcHiNOPus ; minor, annuus^ 

 capite magno. Tourn. Leller an- 

 nual Globe-Thiftle, with a large 

 Head. 



The firft of thefe Plants hath 

 been an old Inhabitant of the Fng- 

 lifij Gardens, where it hath had a 

 Place more for Variety, than any 

 particular Beauty. 



The fecond Sort is a Variety 

 which hath been obtain'd from 

 Seeds of the former. Thefe Plants 

 may be propagated ' by fowing 

 their Seeds in the Spring of the 

 Year in a light Soil : and when 

 the Plants are ftrong enough to 

 remove, they may be tranfplanted 

 into the Middle of large Borders, 

 or in any abjedt Part of the Gar- 

 den i for they are too large to ftand 

 amongft nicer Plants, which would 

 be greatly injured by their large 

 Leaves. The fecond Year after 

 fowing, they will produce Flowers ; 

 and if the Autumn is not too cold 

 or wet, will perfc6l Seeds : but 

 the Roots of thefe will abide three 

 or four Years, and produce Flow- 

 ers and Seeds annually. 



The third Sort is an annual Plant, 

 and requires to be Ibwn early, as 

 alfp to have an open warm Situa- 

 tion ,• otherwife it will not pro- 

 duce good Seeds in this Country. 

 This Plant is of fmall Growth, and 

 fo may the better be preferv'd in a 

 warm Border amongft other curi- 

 ous Plants. 



ECHIUMj 



