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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1 LAurus Tinus, or the wilde Bay tree, groweth like a shrub or hedge bush, hauing many tough and pliant branches, set full of leaues very like to the Bay leaues, but smaller and more crumpled, of a deepe and shining greene colour: among which come forth tufts of whitish floures, turning at the edges into a light purple: after which follow small 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of a blew colour, containing a few graines or seeds like the stones or seeds of grapes: the leaues and all the parts of the plant are altogether without smell or sauour.

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1 Laurus Tinus. The wilde Bay tree.
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2 Laurus 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉. The Portingale wilde Bay tree.

2 Tinus Lusitanica groweth verie like to Cornus Foemina, or the Dog-berry tree, but the branches be thicker, and more stiffe, couered with a reddish barke mixed with 〈◊〉〈◊〉: the leaues are like the former, but larger, hauing many sinewes or vaines running through the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 like as in the leaues of Sage: the floures hereof grow in tufts like the precedent, but they are of colour 〈◊〉〈◊〉 declining to purple: the small branches are likewise of a purple colour: the leaues haue no smell 〈◊〉〈◊〉 all, either good or bad: the berries are smaller than the former, of a blew colour declining to blacknesse.

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