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Show eee TL heGarden ofpleafant Flaners. The Gardenof pleafant Flowers. on the vpperfide, and hoary vnderneath, broad at the bortome, fomewhat longpoi ted, and wncuenly notched about the edges, with fomefoft hairie prickles,not Pat : the handler, euery one ftanding vpona fhort foote-ftalke; thofe that orowe about x middle ftalke arelike the former, but fmaller and narrower and thofenextthe to aH {malleft, whereit diuidethit {elfe into fmall branches , bearing long and {cal heed our of which breake many reddith purple threads : the feedeis whitith indent ; : moftas great as the feedeof the greater Centory : the roote is blackifh fpreading "i der the ground, with many {mall fibres faftened vantoit, and abideth a great while, "t 5. Carlina humilis, The lowe Carline Thiftle. Thislowe Thiftle hath many iaggedleanes, ofa whitifh greene colour, armed with {mall harp white prickles round about the edges,lying round about the root v fe ground, in the middle whereof rifeth vp a large head, withoutanyftalke aes c a paffed about with many {malland long prickly leaues, from among which chuiowd fhewethit felfe, compofed of many thin, long, whitith, hard fining leaves ftandi i aboutthe middle, which is flat and yellow, made ofmany thrums or threadslike inal flowers, wherein lye {mall long feede, of a whitifh or filuer colour:'the roore isfome and doth fo well'refemble the bald crownof a Frier;not oncly beforeit be inflowe but efpecially aleerit hath done flowrings that thereuponit deferuedly beamedsik name of the Fuitrs Crowne Phiftle : our of thefe headsrifeth forth a purplethiumm ; {ach a8is to bé {eene in many other wilde Thiftles, which when they are ripe. ate fal ofa flockie ot woolly fabftarice, which breakeatthevoppe fhedding ir, and the feed ; which is blackifly, daey and finooth : the roote ‘is’ great and thicke, endurin ; for forme yeares, yet fometimes perifhing, ifit be too muchexpofed to the violence of the frofts in Winter. oThe'firft groweth natutatly.in Spaine,Italy,and France, and in many, mates ther hot Countriesjand gtowe oncly in Gardens im thefe.colder.cli plants arnt and there cherifhied forthe beautifull afped both of the greene foundboth is Thiftle Carline The of thé ftalkes whenthey arein flower. places in fome in Geritiany and Italy in manyplaces, andas.itiisreported, France,-fome fomein, found are ers ‘Theoth . England ofthe Weft parts in : in Spaine. in Hungary,and onthe Alpes, and the laft what aromaticall, blackifh on the outfide, {malland long, growing downewardsi the ground. There1s anotherofthis kinde rhat bearetha higher ftalke flower, but there is 2 manifeft difference betweene them, > and The greateft of thefe beautifull Thiftles,hath at the firft man lying on the ground,very much cut in and divided in many oeete ribbe, fet with {mall fharpe (but not veryftrong )thornes or prickles at every cornerof the edges, greene onthe vpperfid e, and whitifhvnderneath : from the middle of thee Jeaues rifeth vp a1 oundftiffe ftalke, three foote and ahalfehigh, ormore, fet without order with {achlike canes, bearing at the toppe of cucry brancha round hard gredt head, confifting of a number of fharpe bearded huskes, compaé orfet clofe rogethh of ablewith greene colour, out of cuery one ofwhich huskes ftart {rnall whitifh blew flowers, with white threads in the middle of them,andrifing aboue them fothatthe heads when theyare in full flower, makea fine fhew, much delightin >the f} ectators: epee flowers are paft, the feede encreafeth in euery one, or iNecot , the , ose apne:aesk=Hie me round ee > vntill that being ripeit opt all awa e ainine with them along whitith kernell: the a is erat it eeeaoe ina : They doeall flower in the Summer moneths,fomea little thenothets. 6.Carduws Spharecephalusfine Globofus maiorThe greater Globe Thiftle dyeth euery yeare whenit hath bornefeede. The Time. de Al ot 7. Cardnwus Globofus minor, The lefler Globe Thiftle. Thelefferkinde hath lon narrow le j i i gafhed onthe edgesvery ampeh with (omeelie an . _ ane sk m4 halfe foleng,g, northeh eadshalfe ! fo great,but t Ne with flowers astlt as ro und,andee i as blew ‘a ae greater: this feldome giuethripe feede ( ea te, bebut recompenfech tha in that roo perifheth not as the former, but abideth many yeas eseS aad earlier orlater The Names. the other that is prickly,is Thefirftis called Acamthus fativus (becaufe called filuefiris or /pinofus) and Branea urfina ; In Englifh, Branck vrfine, mentanam, Aipinum , and and Beares breceh.. Thethirdiscalled Eréagiam ary SeaHolly. The Hung or aine Mount th, Engli :In livm Pannonicum Latife e T hiftle, becaufe it hathyno.harm- fourth is called cardaws mobs; The gentl hew to bea Thiftle, The fifth is full prickles, althoughit feeme at the firttt Carlina, asif they were bothbutone called of diners Chameleo albus, and mentvery learnedly defcided plant; but Fabius Columnahath in my iudge ofTheophraftus, and ChamaJxise be nato Car/i g makin ie, that controuerf ateth Vernilago., Wecallit tranfl Gaza h whic le, Jesanother differing Thift their names in theirtitles, haue ther in Englifh, The Carline Thiftle. Theo rfe. difcou this for nient conue asmuchasis The Vertues. ly, as a mollifying herbe among The firft hath alwaies been vied Phyfical to openthe body ; yet Lobel ers, matter in Glift others of thelike fl imic both(thatis, the prickly them of e thevf in ce feemeth to make hodifferen tvo bee good againtt hough leist Thift as well as the fmooth.) The Gatline viedby any that know. not poyfons and infe@ion. Thereft are ——$———— Cuar. LXXVIII. 8. Carduus Eriecephalusfine Tomentofus. The Friers Crowne This w i oe aadlensrie eee and long leaves lying on the ground,cut inof 5; inordl ss( edaueiie: haute B ifions, > which= are likewife fome omewhar vnequally cutsmor™ gaine, g fharpe white diuifi fa dest fad grecnebatirieirébe : prickles at ever y corner ofthe diuifions,, of4 vpperfide, and fomewhat w oolly withall, j ith vs and grayith oe : 5 Goeth ftalke is ftrong and tall, foure or fine foore hin at the leatt Becanchil st : toe rs pe pcuery where befet with fuch like leanesas growe below; atti rOPE rae = . a there breaketh out a great whitith round prickly head ffartifi® etoppe, fothicke {ct with wooll, thatthe prickles {eeme bat {mall fpots ot hats The: Place. Fraxinela:Baftard Dittany. more gentle tles, I come to atherplants of Auing finifbed thofe pleafing Thifconfiderarion this baftard Ditrany, whereof g to your Hist, firft brin ciall kindes,the ene with a reddifh,the other with there are found out twoefpe be prefently declared. hathhis diuerfity, as fhall awhitith dower, and each ofthefe Dittany ivith'a reddifh Hower. 1, Fraxinellafore rubente, Baftard ; sasle rs round, hard; brownith fialkes' Foote wes This goodly plant rifech ¥p with diue ‘ |