The herball or Generall historie of plantes. (1597)
Gerard, John, 1545-1612 · Imprinted at London : By Iohn Norton · leaf 172
HE Of white Lillies . Chap. pi. & The kindes. THcre be fundry forts of Lillies whereof fbme be wilde , or of the field ; others tame, or of the garden; fomc white; others red; fome of our owne countries growing; others from beyond the feas,and bicaufe of the variable forts we will deuide them into… … •fy The dejeript ton. j > |-< He white Lilly(which in beauty and brauerie excelled Salomon in his greateft roiaItie)hath I long, finooth, and full bodied leaues,of a gralfie or light greene colour. The ftalkes be two cubits high, and fomtimes more,fet or garnifhed with the like leaues, but growing…
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