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The herball, or, Generall historie of plantes (1597)

Gerard, John, 1545-1612, Bollifant, Edmund, -1602, printer, Norton, John, -1612, bookseller, Norton, Bonham, 1565-1635, bookseller, Rogers, William, approximately 1545- illustrator, Dodoens, Rembert, 1517-1585. Cruydenboeck · Imprinted at London : By [Edm. Bollifant for Bonham Norton and] Iohn Norton · leaf 1023

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HISTORIE OF PLANTS, 591 Of the <*A rtickofy. Chap.\6i. & Thekindes. THcrc be three forts of Artichokes5two tame or of the garden;and one wildeyvhich the Italian cfteemeth greatly of3as the beft to be eaten rawe , which he caileth Cardme. 2 Cinaramaximaalba, I Cina ra maxima Anglic a. The great… … # The description . I '"T"1 He leaucs of the greate Artichoke called in Latine Cinara, 'are broade, great, long, fet with I deepe gafhes in the edges, with a deepe chanell or gutter alongft the middle , hauing no prickles at all or verie few , and they be of a greencalh colour: theftalkeis…

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