LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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[1.]John Parkinson (from the statue erected at Sefton Park, Liverpool, by Mr H. Thompson)Frontispiece
[2.]Initial Letters from Turner’s “Herbal”To face page16
[3.]Sweet Cicely and other Herbs22
[4.]Pot Marjoram (from a drawing by Ethel Roskruge)32
[5.]The Lavender Walk at Strathfieldsaye (Photograph by F. Mason Good)40
[6.]Angelica48
[7.]A Field of English Rhubarb at Messrs Stafford Allen & Sons, Ampthill60
[8.]Title-page of Gerard’s “Herbal”86
[9.]The Arms of Saffron Walden100
[10.]Old Stills at Mr Hooper’s, Covent Garden102
[11.]Bergamot120
[12.]Rosemary130
[13.]Plantation of Lavender at Messrs Stafford Allen & Sons, Ampthill150
[14.]Chelsea Physic Garden158
[15.]Plantation of Poppies (P. Somniferum) atMessrs Stafford Allen & Sons, Ampthill166
[16.]Plantation of Aconite at Messrs Stafford Allen & Sons, Ampthill172
[17.]Rampion180
[18.]Fennel (Photograph by Dr Banfield Vivian)194