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would deferve 5 the happy efFeds it has 

 oil every conftitution being fufficient to 

 exalt its praife more than all I can fay 

 in its recommendation. But there is al- 

 fo another kind, caird carduus Maria 

 'Vulgaris, or common ladies thiftle 5 

 which whether it was fo named by the 

 votaries of the Roman church, or on 

 any other account, I am not at prefent 

 able to determine 5 but is, on account 

 of its laftefcent quality, as well as its 

 fine variegated leaves, admitted into the 

 mofl: curious gardens j as is alfo another 

 of this kind, with white flowers, called 

 in the Oxford catalogue, p,i%, carduus 

 Maria 'Vulgaris laEieiis flore albo, white 

 flower'd ladies thiftle 5 to which may be 

 added, the carduus lafleus fyriacus Cam. 

 Bauhinus in T^inace^ p, 381. the carduus 

 mofchata, or musk thiftle, Ger. p. 1 1 74, 

 "^ark.p.g 5 8. carduus folftitialis ^DodoneuSy 

 Ger. p. 1 1 66. Tark, /. 989. St. Barnabfs 

 thiftle 5 the carduus aculeatus, being the 

 chardon j the carduus ftellaris vulgaris j 

 7 ark. ibid. Ger. ibid, and carduus polya" 

 canthoSy or thiftle upon thiftle, are alfo 

 admitted into the garden for variety j 

 tho' we chiefly raifc the firft kinds, on 

 account of the extraordinary cffeds it 

 has^ as before mention d. Thefe 



