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 Names.

It is called Aconitum hyemale, or 〈◊〉〈◊〉, or winter Aconite: that it is a kinde of Aconite or Woolfs-bane, both the form of the leaues and cods, and also the dangerous faculties of the herbe it selfe do declare.

It is much like to Aconitum Theophrasti: which he describeth in his ninth booke, say∣ing, it is a short herbe hauing no 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, or su∣perfluous thing growing on it, and is with∣out branches as this plant is: the root, saith he, is like to 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 or to a nur, or els to 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, a dry fig, onely the lease seemeth to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 it, which is nothing at all like to that of Succorie, which he compareth it vnto.

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