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Astrological Botany 



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stars under which the herb should be gathered (Text-fig. 

 in). 



After the manner of the ancients, Thurneisser describes 

 plants, according to their qualities, as either male or female. 

 He also adds a third class, typified by a child, to symbolise 

 those whose qualities are feeble. It may perhaps be worth 



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Text-fig. in. Astrological Diagram relating to the gathering 

 of "Cervaria fcemina" [Thurneisser, Historia sive Descriptio 

 Plantarum, 1587]. 



while to translate here a few sentences of the first chapter 

 of the 'Historia 1 ,' to show how far such writers as Leonhardt 

 Thurneisser had departed from the pursuit of the subject 

 upon legitimate lines. When discussing the planting of 



1 The edition of 1587 was used in making this translation. 



