I&.ITCHE*! «*AR>q£N DISPLAYED, 3-77. 



blanched, or in F&bruary dig up fpmc, ■> ut 

 down the top:, of the leavci, and platit thcja 

 in rows two feet diftaiice; they will llioot, 

 and, produce abundance of feed in Autunm. 



X A R D O O N. 



'fipHE Cardoon Is a large biennial plant of 

 the family of the artichoke, and of 

 fimilar growth ; but different for ufe, the 

 blanched lUlks of its large leaves are the parts 

 ufed for ftewing, foups, fallads, Sec. in Au- 

 tun\n, and Winter; is always raifed from 

 feed every year in the iipring for tranfplan:- 

 ing in Summer, in order for earthing up a 

 confiderable height to whiten, an4.rend£* thp 

 ilalks tender, and mild flavored. ■ 



This plant is of large upright grcwch, 

 three to four, or five feet high, U .bql in 

 fjnall requeil^only.in fome particular families. 



It being ra>iied annually from feed, fow it 

 irj March or April in fmall portions, in a bed 

 c>f common earth, moderately thin, and rake 

 i^. evenly into. the. ground; whsn the plants 

 are up, thin them three or four inches dif- 

 tance to have room to obtain proper ilrength 

 Ipr tranfplantjng, wbich ihould be performed 

 in Mzy or June, when they are eight, or ten 

 inches to a foot high ; allot an. open com- 

 partment of ground, taking oppojftunity of 

 rain falling, draw up the plants, pruni^ 

 the -long Ibaggliqg tops of the leaves, and, 

 plaat them by dibble, eiiUer. in the level, 

 K.k 3 groundj 



