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CHAPTER III 



TURNER'S HERBAL AND THE INFLUENCE OF THE FOREIGN HERBALISTS . 75 



William Turner Cambridge with Nicholas Ridley Travels abroad 

 Bologna Luca Ghini Conrad Gesner Cologne Appointed chaplain 

 and physician to the Duke of Somerset His early writings on herbs 

 Turner's Herbal Illustrations Characteristics of the book Descrip- 

 tions of herbs North-country lore Old country customs Influence 

 of the foreign herbalists on the later English herbals Leonhard Fuchs 

 Rembert Dodoens Charles de 1'Escluse Matthias de 1'Obel Lyte's 

 translation of Dodoens' Cruidtboeck Illustrations Ram's little Dodoen. 



CHAPTER IV 

 GERARD'S HERBAL . 98 



Popularity of Gerard's Herbal Its charm Gerard's boyhood Later 

 life His garden in Holborn Friendship with Jean Robin, keeper of the 

 royal gardens in Paris Origin of Gerard's Herbal Illustrations Old 

 beliefs in the effects of herbs on the heart and mind Use of herbs as 

 amulets Other folk lore Myth of the barnacle geese Origin and 

 history of the myth Old English names of plants Wild flower life of 

 London in Elizabeth's day " Master Tuggie's " garden in West- 

 minster Shakespeare and Gerard. 



CHAPTER V 

 HERBALS OF THE NEW WORLD 120 



Herbals written in connection with the colonisation of America by the 

 Spaniards and English Early records of the plant lore of the Red 

 Indians English weeds introduced into America and first gardens in 

 New England Joyfull Newes from out of the newe founde worlde 

 Gums used by the Red Indians " Mechoacan " " The hearbe tabaco " 

 First account and illustration of this plant Its uses by the Red 

 Indians in their religious ceremonies and as a wound-herb Origin of the 

 name " Nicotiana " Sassafras Use by the Spanish soldiers Root 

 used as a pomander in Europe in time of plague New England's 

 Rarities discovered Weeds introduced into America with the first 

 Colonists First list of English plants grown in New England gardens 

 The American Physitian The " Maucaw " tree Use of the seed 

 by the Red Indians Cacao and the making of chocolate Cacao 

 kernels used as tokens James Petiver The South-Sea Herbal. 



CHAPTER VI 

 JOHN PARKINSON, THE LAST OF THE GREAT ENGLISH HERBALISTS . 142 



John Parkinson The Paradisus Myth of the vegetable lamb 

 Origin of the myth Characteristics of the book An Elizabethan 

 flower-garden Lilies, anemones, gilliflowers, cucko-flowers, etc. 



