The herball or Generall historie of plantes. Gathered by Iohn Gerarde of London Master in Chirurgerie very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Iohnson citizen and apothecarye of London

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Title: The herball or Generall historie of plantes. Gathered by Iohn Gerarde of London Master in Chirurgerie very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Iohnson citizen and apothecarye of London
Author: Gerard, John, 1545-1612.
Publication: London :: Printed by Adam Islip Ioice Norton and Richard Whitakers,; anno 1633.
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Subject terms: Botany -- Pre-Linnean works -- Early works to 1800.; Botany, Medical -- Early works to 1800.; Gardens -- England -- Early works to 1800.
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¶ The Names.

The great mountaine Lilly is called of Tabernamontanus, Lilium Saracenicum, receiued by Master Garret aforesaid from Lisle in Flanders, by the name of Martagon Imperiale: of some, Lilium Sara∣cenicum mas: It is Hemerocallis flore rubello, of Lobel.

The small mountaine Lilly is called in Latine, Lilium montanum, and Lilium syluestre: of Dodo∣naeus, Hemerocallis: of others, Martagon: but neither truly; for that there is of either, other Plants properly called by the same names. In high Dutch it is called Goldwurtz, from the yellownesse of the roots: in low Dutch, Lilikens van Caluarien: in Spanish, Lirio Amarillo: in French, Lys Sauvage: in English, Mountaine Lilly.