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about the famous City of London ; they be more 

 plentifull than profytable, and more noysome than 

 nourishinge to manne's nature." It appears that they 

 were used thirty years before this date at the table of 

 Henry VIII. Gerard informs us that he cuUivated 

 three varieties of radishes in the reign of Ehzabeth. 



He tells us, that " the root stamped with honey and 

 the powder of sheep heart dried causeth the hair to 

 grow in a short space." He also states that when 

 boiled in broth a decoction of this plant was thought 

 good for an old dry cough by " making thin the thick 

 flegni which sticketh in the chest." 



Fig. io6. j^cldiuin dcpau/ermis. 



A, Runners of Viola cornuta alba, showing habit of the y^cidium (nat. size ; b, Fragment of bract, showing cells of leaf 

 and JEcidium in different st.iges of growth, x 40 diam. ; c. Transverse section through runner, showing the fungi 

 bursting through the epidermis, X diam ; D D, Section through an yKcidium cup, showing chains of spores and 

 transparent Cells of peridium (outer coat), x 160 diam. ; E, Viola leaf attacked by ^■Ecidium Vicl(e, Schum. (nal 

 size), showing difference in habit. 



