Leaves from Gerard's Herball"The Herball or General Historie of Plantes" was first written by John Gerrard and published in 1597. This is the revised edition of 1927 when the book was rearranged so as to form a garden calendar, the plants being grouped according to the time of their flowering or especial appeal. Contents Include: The Herbal The Seasons of the Year Notes and Tables Sundry Virtues Alphabetical Table of Plants. Etc. The contents contain 130 illustrations after the original woodcuts. |
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User Review - d.homsher - LibraryThingExcerpts from the immense and wonderful Elizabethan Herball or General Historie of Plantes published by John Gerard in 1597. A lovely book for gardeners, if only for the woodcuts reproduced throughout ... Read full review