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‘ The (jarden of p leaf ant Flowers. 
then abide your cenfurc, ifthey be not worthy of forae place, although it be but a cor- 
ner of the Garden, where fomethingmuftneedes be to fill vp roome. Some of them 
arefmooth and without prickes at all, forne at the heads onely,and fornc allouer ; but 
yet not without fome efpeciall note ormarke worthy of rcfpedl : Out of this difeourfe 
Ileauc the Artichoke, with all his kitides, and referue them for our Kitchin Garden, 
bccaufe (as all know) they are for the pleafurc of the talk, and not of the Imcll or fight. 
all bearing from the middle toth? top many flowers one aooue anouitr, .ipncc-iamion 
round abouttheftalke , withfmallcr but notdiuided greene leaues at euery flower, 
which is white, andfafnioned fomewhat like vnto a gaping mouth ; after which come 
broad flat, thicke, round , brownilh yellow feede(as I haue wdl-abfcrued by them 
haue beenc fent me out of Sparac,an.d which hauefprung vp, and doe grow with me • 
for in our Countrcy I could neuer obferue any feede to haue growne ripe) the rootes 
arc compofed of many great and thickdoog firings , which fpread farre in and vnder 
the ground, fomewhat darkifh on the outfide, and wliitilh within, full of a clammy 
moiftuce (whereby it (heweth to haue much life) and doe endure our Winters, if they 
be not too much eitpofed tothe lharpe violence thereof, which then it will not en- 
dure, as I haue often found by experience. 
r This prickly Thiftle hath diuers long grecnifh leaues lying on theground , much 
narrower then the former, blit cut in on both fides, thicke fee with many white prickes 
and thornes on the edges: the ftalkc rifethnot vp fo high, bearing diuers fuch like 
thornie leaues on them, with fuch a like head of flowers on it as the former hath : but 
the feede hereof(as it hath come to vs from Italy and other places, for I neuer faw it 
beare feed here in this Country) is blacke and round, of the bignefle of a fmall peak : 
the rootc abidethrcafonable well, ifit be defended fomewhat from the extremity of 
our Winters, or elfe it will perilh. 
3 . Er'wgittm Pannonicum fine ,M<w/a/»*w.Hungary Sea Holly. 
The lower leaues of this Thiftle that lye on the ground, are fomewhat large, round, 
and broad, hard in handling, and a little fnipt about the edges, euery one (landing vp- 
on a long foote-ftalke : but thofethat growc vpon the ftalke , which isftiffe, twoor 
three footc high, haue no foote-ftalke, but cncompalTe it, two being fetat euery loynt, 
the toppe whereof is diuided into diuers branches, bearing fmall round rough heads, 
with fmaller and more prickly leaues vnder them, and more cut in on the fides then 
thofebelowe: oucof thefe heads rife many blew flowers, the foote-ftalkes of the 
fiowers, together with the toppes of the brunches * are likewife blew and tranfparentj 
We haue another of this kindc, the whole toppes of the ftalkes, withthe heads and 
branches, are more white then blew : the feede contained in thefe heads are white, 
flat and as it were chaffie : the roote is great and whitifh, fpreading farre into many 
branches, and fomewhat fweete in talk, like the ordinary Sea Holly rootes. 
The leaues of thisfoft and gentle Thiftle that are next vnto the ground, are greene 
I . Acanthus fatmus. Garden Beares breech. 
The leaues ofthiskindeoffmooth thiftle (as it is accounted) are almoft as large as 
the leaues of the Artichoke, but notfo (harp pointed, very deeply cut in and gaflied on 
,h rtf .1 kd Breen & Ihinina colour on the vpperfide, and ofa yellowifli green 
Acanthus flutpis. Wilder prickly Beares breech. 
4. Carduus moBis. The gentle Thiftle. 
