Cardoon

[Fr. cardon.] ( IIort.) A kind of artichoke, the Cynara cardunculus, a garden vegetable, native of Canada, the thick, fleshy stalks and ribs of whose leaves are blanched and eaten as an esculent vegetable. They are usually stewed or dre ed with marrow, and have been reckoned to po e aphrodisiacal properties. In this country they are not much esteemed, but they form an important object in the European markets, chiefly in France. They are cultivated somewhat in the manner of celery. The seeds are sown in a hot-bed, and when the plants that they produce have become well established, after two or three succe ive pottings, they are finally planted from three to four feet apart. When they are half-grown, in August, either the stems are -Free from care, trouble, anxiety; - hence, cheerful, unearthed up, or they are blanched by having hay-bands turned round them. They are fit for the kitchen by the middle of November. - See CYNARA. Carele , (kar'les,) a. Having no care; heedle ; incautious; unconcerned; negligent; unmindful; as, a carele servant. "So careful of the type she seems, So carele of the single life." - Tennyson. disturbed; serene; as, carele of grief. "Where once my carele childhood stray'd, A stranger yet to pain." - Gray. tion; heedle of consequences; as, a carele answer. "Carele their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began." -Goldsmith. Card-party, n. A party a embled for card-playing. Card-rack, n. A rack for holding cards, of whatso--Thoughtle ; done or said without care or consider a- ever description. Card'-table, n. A table expre ly adapted for card playing. Carduccio, ( kar - dootch'e - o ,) the name of two brothers, Florentine painters, who resided principally in Spain, method; as, a carele rhyme. -Unpremeditated; conceived or contrived without art or and attained great distinction in the service of kings Philip II., III., and IV. Lived in the 16th century.