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 26, 2025.

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¶ The Names.

Catch Flies hath beene taken for Behen, commonly so called, for the likenesse that it hath with Behen rubente flore: or with Behen that hath the red floure, called of some Valeriana rubra, or red Va∣lerian; for it is something like vnto it in iointed stalkes and leaues, but more like in colour: of Lobel, Muscipula and Viscaria: of Dodon. Armerius flos tertius: of Clusius, Lychnis syluestris, Silene Theo∣phrasti, and Behen rubrum Salamanticum: in English, Catch Flie, and Limewoort.

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