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-of these Peas in a time of extreme scarcity, is still believed among the 

 country people.' Gardener's and Botanist's Dictionary, vol. n, not paged. 



Several other writers mention the same fact. Dr. Bullen, Rector of 

 Blaxhall in Suffolk from 1550 to 1554, wrote in 1562 his " Bulwark of 

 Defence," in which is included ' A Book of Simples,' being a herball in 

 the form of a dialogue. In this he mentions the crop of sea pease on 

 the beach near Orford and Aldborough, which preserved the poor in a 

 time of dearth. Further accounts are to be seen in Johnson's Gerarde, 

 p. 1250 ; Parkinson's Theater, p. 1060 ; and Lobel's Illustrations, p. 164. 

 (Pulteney's Progress of Botany in England, vol. i, p. 81.) 



Dr. William Turner, educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge, 

 afterwards Dean of Wells, published in 1551 the first part of a New 

 Herball in London ; the second part at Cologne in 1562 ; and the third 

 part at Cologne, with a reprint of the other two parts, in 1568. Dr. 

 Pulteney says, ' The true era of Botany in England must commence with 

 him.' He records British plants from many localities ; among them 

 two from Suffolk, namely, the Satyrion of Dioscorides, by which he 

 must mean Epipaclis latifolia, and Euphorbia amygdaloides. The former, 

 he tells us, he had seen twice only in England. The latter he found in 

 my Lord Wentfurthe's Park, beside Nettlestede, Suffolk. 



In 1597 appeared the ' Herball, or General Historic of Plants, 

 Gathered by John Gerarde, Master of Chirurgerie, printed in London. 

 The following species of Suffolk plants are reported by him : Cardaminc 

 pratensis, amara and hirsuta, p. 203 ; Melilotus offidnalis, p. 1034 ; two 

 Astragali, p. 1059 ; Ferrum equinum, i.e. Hippocrepis comosa, p. 1056 ; 

 Parnassia palustris, p. 692 ; Eryngium maritimum, p. 1000 ; Serratula 

 tinctoria, p. 577 ; Spiranthes autumnalis, p. 168 ; two English Matweeds, 

 presumably Psamma arenaria and Elymus arenarius, pp. 38,39. The early 

 mention of the Serratula is interesting, as doubts have been recently 

 entertained as to its being a native in the County. Gerarde's Herball 

 long remained a popular book ; and in 1633 a second edition was called 

 for (London fol.) The title sets forth that it is ' very much enlarged 

 and amended by Thomas Johnson, Citizen and Apothecary of London.' 

 This edition is generally quoted as Ger.em.' (Gerarde emaculatus). It 

 adds to our Suffolk plants Tithymalus, i.e., Euphorbia paralias, Sea Spurge, 

 growing at Langtree (Landguard) point, right against Harwich, where 

 it still may be found, pp. 498-505. 



