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Salmonr Herbal. Lib. J. 
HI. Ihe Kinds of the Manured. It is threefold- 
1. Cnicus Sat ivies , velVrbanm , Cnicus vel Cartha- 
mus vulgaris, our molt common ot Manured 
Ballard Saffron, or Carthamus ; which is alio cal- 
led Saff'-blouter. , and is a peculiar Name, diftinguilh- 
ing it from all the other kinds. i. Cnicus fatgula- 
ris Alpini , Cnicus alter Creticus , Ballard Saffron 
of Candy. 3. Cnicus alter Cceruleo flora Clufi] , 
(as molt Authors call it) and Cnicus alter peren- 
nis Clufl], Clufius his Evetlafting Ballard Saffron. 
Thefe are the chief Manured Kinds yet taken 
notice of. t .'x . 
IV. The Kinds of the Atraaylis, nr Wild Cnicus. 
Of this there are three forts. 1. A i&Avuh u 
«T oalMK «”>«* Atraaylis Atraaylis flare Luteo 
Cnicus alter Cluft, (hecapfe it is fo like the nrlt 
Cnicus Sativus j Cnicus caruleus Camerarij, Lobe- 
lij, Lugdunenjis, aliorumque : The yellow Wild 
Carthamus, or Cnicus, or Dilfaff Thiftle. 2. A- 
traflylis flore Purpurea, Purple Diftaft Thiltle-. 
a. Atraaylis purpurea Cypr.a, Purple Diltaft 
Thiltle of Cyprus. 
' the Defcriptiotir: 
I. Garden Cnicus, Carthamus, or 
Saff - Flower. 
V. The fir/}, or our tttojl Common Manured 
Ballard Saffron, or Carthamus Sativus, called alfo 
SpaniH) Ba itard Saffron, and Saff-Hower. It has a 
Root which it long, great and. woody, pcriflttng 
quickly with the flrji prop, or after Seed time. 
Saffron Bafiard Garden. 
4 feet high, with /barter Leaves thereon up to the 
top, and towards the lop branching it felf forth, 
which bear yet Jhorter Leaves, Jborp pointed, ana 
fometimes prickly about the Edges ; bearing at the 
end of each Branch, a great open fealy H out 
of which come forth a great many Gold J. o 
Threads, of a mod Orient and Shining color id ■ 
being gathered in a warm dry time, and kept di\ -, 
will abide in the fame Delicate color, (which tir. 
had whi/Jl frefh) for a long time : And this bleu a 
is that which is called Saff-Hower, and Sold for 
the fame every where by our Druggitts and Dry- 
Salters. It is Manured in Spain for the , prop 
which is made of it, for the Dying of Silks and 
other things, and for the Merchunafe thereof , 
Tranfporting great Quantities of it into fever..: 
other Countries-, but the blowers which grow o tub 
us here in England in our Gardens, are of a fairer 
and more lively color. When the blowers are pap . 
the Seed comes, which when it has attained its 
Maturity, is white and hard, fomewhat long and 
round, and a little corner’d. 
VI. Thefecond or Baltard Saffron of Candy. Its 
Root is thick, long and black, from whence rtfes up 
one firait round Stalk, half a Cubit high , or fame- 
what more fet here and there with long Jharp 
pointed Leaves, thick fet with Trickles at the 
Dents of the Edges : At the top of this Stalk grows 
a fealy Head, encompajjed with prickly Leaves, of 
the bignefs of the Atra&ylis of Diituff Thililcj 
out of which fpring forth a great many thick, 
yellow Saffron like ' Threads , cloje thruft together ; 
after which comes the Seed, which grows therein , of 
a white color , and as large as the Seed of the 
Greater Centory. 
VII. The Third, or Clufius his Everlaitmg 
Ballard Saffron. Its Root runs down deep into the 
f heina thttrp irirreafed. does VUfl and 
U hat fever a l large broad Leaves , lying next tie 
Ground , without any P tickles upon them in our 
Country , or z::tb very few. white ones , at the Cor- 
ners of the Leaves and Divifions ^ from among 
which , rifes up a (Irong hard and round. Stalky 3 or 
Safron Bajlard Everlafting. 
