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 May 24, 2025.

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¶ The Names.

The Grecians doe name it of the mountaines 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, which the Latines also for that cause doe call Apium Montanum, and Montapium: in English, mountaine Parsley: in Latine, Apium: but Dioscorides maketh Petroselinum or stone Parsley to differ from mountaine Parsley; for saith he,

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we must not be deceiued, taking mountaine Parsley to be that which groweth on 〈◊〉〈◊〉: 〈◊〉〈◊〉 rocke Parsley is another plant, of some it is called, 〈◊〉〈◊〉: in Latine, 〈◊〉〈◊〉, (in English, much good:) for it is so named because it is good, and profitable 〈◊〉〈◊〉 many things: and this is not alto∣gether vnproperly termed Orcoselinum, or mountaine Parsley; for it groweth as we haue said on mountaines, and is not vnlike to stone Parsley: the seed is not like to that of Cumin, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 if it were so: who would deny it to be Oreoselinum, or Dioscorides, his mountaine Parsley.

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