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The leaves are oblong, very broad, dented and sinnated at 

 the edges, and very prickly. The flowers grow in small 

 heads at the tops of the stalks, and among the upper 

 leaves, and they are of a pale red. 



Place. — It is usually found on ditch-banks in loamy soils. 



Time,— It flowers in August. 



Oovemment and Virtues, — The Thistles in general are 

 under Jupiter. Their medicinal properties are very few. 

 They are celebrated by German physicians as stomachic 

 and sudorific, but are not esteemed by our physicians. 



THISTLE (WILD CARLINE.)-((7ar^ina Vulgaris.) 



Descrip. — The root has numerous fibres connected to a 

 large head. The stalk is upright, firm, branched towards 

 the top, seven or eight feet high. The leaves are large, 

 long, and very broad, of a fine deep green, and divided in 

 the spear- pointed manner at the sides and ends. The flow- 

 ers terminate the branches : they are very large, of a fine 

 purple, and when quite open, have a grand appearance. 



Place, — It is common m our northern counties, and ia 

 also found in the neighbourhood of Bristol. 



Time,— It flowers in July and August. 



THISTLE (WOOLLY.HEADED.H(7nun«.EHopAorM#.) 



Detcriv. — The root is fibrous. The stalk upright, thick, 

 brancheo, and five feet high. The leaves are long, and ra- 

 ther broad, beautifully divided, like Spear Thistles, but 

 with more numerous and more regular segments. Their 

 colour is deep green. The flowers grow at the tops of the 

 branches in large woolly heads ; of a fine deep purple. 



Place, — It is found in our western counties, but is scarce. 



Time, — It flowers in August. 



THORN-APPLE.— (Z)flrfMra Stramonium.) 



Descrip, — It has a large divided and fibrcus root ; the 

 stem is tnick, firm, upright, branched, and two or three 

 feet high : the leaves are large, broad, sharp- pointed, sup- 

 ported on short, firm leaf-stalks, a little indented at the 

 edges, of a firmish texture, and a dark green colour. The 

 flowers come out at the divisions of the stem and branches; 

 large and white ; the seeds are many and kidney-shaped. 



P/ace, — It is a native of the southern parts of America, 

 but flourishes very well in our gardexuu 



Tims, — It flowers in April. 



