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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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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Gerard, John, 1545-1612.
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London :: Printed by Adam Islip Ioice Norton and Richard Whitakers,
anno 1633.
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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 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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A01622.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 29, 2025.
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¶ The Vertues.
Wilde Garlicke, or Crow-Garlicke, as Galen saith, is stronger and of more force than the gar∣den [ A] Garlicke.
The leaues of Ramsons be stamped and eaten of diuers in the Low-countries, with fish for a [ B] sauce, euen as we do eate greene-sauce made with sorrell.
The same leaues may very well be eaten in April and May with butter, of such as are of a strong [ C] constitution, and labouring men.
The distilled water drunke breaketh the stone, and driueth it forth, and prouoketh vrine. [ D]
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