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tip of their Leaves, and earthing 

 them : thefe whitened Plants are 

 boiled, and, by fome Perfon?, are 

 greatly efteemed. The fecond is to 

 be met with upon arable Land in 

 many Places ; and the laft is lefs com- 

 mon than either of the former, be- 

 ing found but in few Places in Eng- 

 land. Thefe, and all the other Sorts 

 of Thirties, may be cultivated by 

 fowlng their Seeds in the Spring in 

 almoil any Soil ; and will flower and 

 feed the fecond Year, and foon after 

 erifh ; mo ft of them being biennial 

 Jams. The fifft Sort is fometimes 

 ufed in Medicine, and is called in the 

 Difpenfatory, Carduus Maria. 



The fourth Sort grows in Spain, 

 Italy, and the South of trance \ but 

 will not endure the Cold of ourWin- 

 ters, unlefs in a dry Soil, and a warm 

 Situation. 



The fifth Sort is a Native of Si- 

 cily; but if once planted in a Gar- 

 den, and fuffered to fhed its Seed, 

 will maintain its Place. 



The fixth Sort is very common 

 upon the Sides of dry Banks, and 

 other uncultivated Places, in divers 

 Parts of England. Of this Kind there 

 are a great V ariety in France, Spain, 

 Italy, and other warm Countries ; 

 many of which have been introdue'd 

 into the Botanic Gardens for the fake 

 of Variety ; but are not allowed a 

 Place in rmy other Gardens. 



The feventh Sort is found on 

 Dunghils, and the Sides of Banks, 

 in feveral Parts of England. This 

 Plant is greatly ufed in France, as a 

 medicinal Herb ; and is judged febri- 

 fugous, vulnerary, and aperitive : of 

 late Years it has been introduced 

 among the medicinal Plants in Eng- 

 land ; but the Virtues are not fo ge- 

 nerally known, as in France, where 

 it has been long in Ufe. 



A1) thefe Plants delight to grow 



on barren uncultivated Places : fo 

 whoever hath a mind to cultivate 

 any of the Species, Ihould fow their 

 Seeds on a Bed of light undunged 

 Earth in the Spring of the Year, 

 where they are defigned to remain ; 

 for they do not thrive fo well when 

 they are tranfplanted. When the 

 Plants are come up, they Ihould be 

 thinned, fo as to leave them eighteen 

 Inches or two Feet afunder ; and if 

 they are kept clear from Weeds, it 

 is all the Culture which they will re- 

 quire. The fecond Year they will 

 flower in June and July, and in Au- 

 gujl they will perfect their Seeds, and 

 the Roots will foon after decay : fo 

 that to have a Succemon of thefe 

 Plants, their Seeds mull be fown 

 every Year. 



The ninth Sort is fomewhat ten- 

 derer than the others; fo Ihould have 

 a warmer Situation ; otherwife it will 

 be deftroyed, if the Winter Ihould 

 prove fevere. This doth not fpread 

 fo much as the other Kinds ; but 

 will grow upright to the Height of 

 four or five Feet ; and having Leaves 

 regularly placed on the Stalks, from 

 the Ground to their Heads, makes 

 an agreeable -Appearance, and me- 

 rits a Place in a Garden for the fake 

 of Variety. 



CARDUUS BENEDICTUS. 

 Vide Cnicus. 



CARDUUS FULLONUM. 

 Vide Dipfacu?. 



CAR LIN A, The Carline-thi- 

 ftle. 



The Characlers are ; 

 It bath for the moft part radiated 

 Flowers, from ivbofe Dijk arife many 

 Florets, which reft upon the Embryo s j 

 but the plain Petals, which arife from 

 the Crown, . ha<ve no Embryo's fixed 

 to them : the Viewer -cup is large and 

 prickly, iriclojing the Embryo's : thefe 

 Embryos aft award become Seeas, 



