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 25, 2025.

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¶ The Description.

1 THe great white Blite groweth three or foure foot high, with grayish or white round stalkes: the leaues are plaine and smooth, almost like to those of the white Orach, but not so soft nor mealy: the floures grow thrust together like those of Orach: after that commeth the seed inclosed in little round flat husky skinnes.

2 There is likewise another sort of Blites very smooth and flexible like the former, sauing that the leaues are reddish, mixed with a darke greene colour, as is the stalke and also the rest of the plant.

3 There is likewise found a third sort very like vnto the other, sauing that the stalkes, bran∣ches, leaues, and the plant is altogether of a greene colour. But this growes vpright, and creepes not at all.

4 There is likewise another in our gardens very like the former, sauing that the whole Plant traileth vpon the ground: the stalks, branches, and leaues are reddish: the seed is small, and cluste∣ring together, greene of colour, and like vnto those of Ruellius his Coronopus, or Bucks-horne.

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‡ 1 Blitum majus album. The great white Blite.
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2 Blitum majus rubrum. The great red Blite.

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