io6o Salmon j- Herbal. Lib. I. 
The Defcriptions. 
Sow-Tbifile broad heav'd. 
I. Of the Smooth Kinds . 
IV. The ttrft, or Our Common Smooth Sow- 
Thillle. Its Root , grows downright , and has ma- 
ny Fibres adjoining to it , pe riffling every year , 
and rai fling it flelj from the Sowing of its own 
Seed every flpring. It is a plant well known , 
and rifles up with a round hollow Stalk , two, 
three , and [umetime even four Feet high , if it 
grows in good ground, or in Gardens, as ufually it 
does, fet with many long and much torn leaves, 
of a whitifh green color, not having that rottghnefs, 
or thofle fharp prickles on them, which are in 
the P richly Kinds. It Branches forth towards 
the Top into divers arms, all which bear pale 
yellow flowers, which pafs away into down, which 
with the Seed are carried away with the Wind. 
The whole Plant being cut or broken, gives 
forth plentifully a White or Milky juice, which 
is more p/cafant than that of the Prickly kinds, 
and not fo bitter. 
V. The fecond, or Our Common letter Smooth 
Sow-Thiltle. The Root of this is like the former, 
and it grows much like it, but not fo high, nor 
has it Jo many Leaves fet on its Stalk, but they 
are long and more torn on the Edges, elfc not 
unlike to the aforegoing. The many Branches of 
the Stalk have fewer and f mailer leaves. The 
flowers are like, but much fl mailer than the flrft, 
Sowtbifile Smooth / mall Common. 
/jji', or like Milky juice with that. 
VI. The third, or Broad Leav’d Sow-Thiftle 
with White Flowers. Ihe Roots, Stalks , and 
Sow-Tbifile narrow Leavd. 
