The (jar den of pie a j ant Flowrs. 
on the vpperfide, and hoary vnderneat h, broad at the bottorae, fome what long poin- 
ted and vneuenly notched about the edges, with fome foft hairie prickles, not hurting 
the handler, euery one {landing vpon a fhort foote-ftalke ; thofe that growe about the 
middle dalke are like the former,butfmaller and narrower, and thofe next the toppe 
(bulled, where it diuideth it lelfe into fmall branches, bearing long and fcaly heads, 
out of which breakc many reddilh purple threads: the feede is whitifh and hard, ai- 
med as great as the feede of the greater Ccntory : the rootc is blackifh, fpreading vn- 
der the ground, with many fmall fibres fadened vnto it, and abideth a great while. 
5 , Ctrlinn humilti. The lowe Carline Thidle. 
This lowe Thidle hath many iagged leaues, of a whitifh greene colour, armed with 
fniall (harp white prickles round about the edges, lying round about the root vpon the 
ground, in the middle whereof rifeth vp a large head, without any dalke vnder it,com- 
paffed about w.th many fmall and long prickly leaues, from among which the flower 
flieweth it fclfe, compofed of many thin, long, whitifh, hard (hining leaues , danding 
about the middle, which is flat and yellow, made of many thrums or threads like fmall 
flowers wherein lyc fmall long feede, of a whitifh orfilucr colour : the roote is lomc- 
what aromaticall, blackifh on the outfide,fmallaad long, growing downewards into 
the ground. There is another ofthiskiodc that beareth a higher dalke, and a redder 
flower, but there is a manifed difference betweene them. 
6.Ctrdum sphartcepbalm fine Globtfus maitr. The greater Globe Thidle. 
The greated of thefe beautifull Thidles,hath at the fird many large and longjleaues 
lying on the ground, very much cut in anddiuided in many places, euen to the middle 
ribbe fet with fmall fharpe (but not very drong)thornes or prickles at euery corner of 
the edges, greene on the vpperfide, and whitifh vnderncath : from the middle of thefe 
leaues rifeth vp a round diffc dalke, three foote and a halfc high, or more , fet without 
order with fuch like leaues, bearing at the toppe of euery branch a round hard great 
head confiding ofa number of fharpe bearded huskes, compad or fet clofe together, 
of a blewifh greene colour , out of euery one of which huskes dart fmall whitifh blew 
flowers, with white threads in the middle of them, and riling aboue them , fo that the 
heads when they are in full flower, make a fine fhew, much delighting the fpedators : 
after the flowers are pad, the feede encreafeth in euery one, orthemod partof the 
bearded huskes, which doe dill hold their round forme , vntill that being ripe it opc- 
nethitfelfe, and the huskes eafily fallaway one from another, containing within 
them a long whitifli kernell : the roote is great and long, blackifh on the outfide , and 
dy eth euery y eare when it hath borne feede. 
7 . Cardam Gldofus mimr. The leffer Globe Thidle. 
The lefferkinde hath long narrow Jeaues, whiter then the former, but cut in and 
gafhed on the edges very much with'-fome fmall prickes on them ; the dalke is not 
halfe fo long, nor the heads halfc fo great, but as round, and with as blew flowers as the 
greater : thisfeldome giueth ripe feede, but recompenfeth that fault, in that the roote 
perifheth not as the former, but abideth many yeares. 
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8. Cardam Eritccphalm fiae Tomcattfm. The Triers Crowne. 
This woolly Thidle hath many large and long leaues lying on the ground, cut in on 
both fides into many diuifions, which are likewife fomevvhat vnequally cut in or di- 
uided againe, hauing fharpe white prickles at euery corner of the diui (ions , ofa dead 
or fad greene colour on the vpperfide, and fomewhar woolly withall, and grayifh vn- 
derneath : the dalke is ftrotrg and tall, foure or flue foote high at the lead, branching 
out into diuers parts , euery where befet with fuch like leaues as growe below ; at the 
toppe of euery branch there breaketh out a great whitifli round prickly head, flattifh at 
the toppe, fothicke fet with wool!, that the prickles feeme but final! fpots orhaires. 
