CONTENTS
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| History of the Cries of London | [xi] |
| Introduction | [1] |
| Of the Chief Herbs used in the Present Time | [7] |
| Anise — Balm — Sweet Basil and Bush Basil — Borage — Bugloss — Burnet —Caraway — Celery — Chervil — Ciboules, Chiboules or Chibbals — Cives, or Chives, or Seives — Coriander— Cumin — Cresses — Dandelion — Dill — Endive — Fennel — Goat’s Beard —Horse-Radish — Hyssop — Lamb’s Lettuce or Corn Salad — Marjoram — Mint — Mustard — Parsley— Sage — Savory — Sorrel — Tarragon — Thyme — Viper’s Grass or Scorzonera —Wood-Sorrel. | |
| Of Herbs chiefly used in the Past | [47] |
| Alexanders — Angelica — Blites — Bloodwort — Buck’s-horne — Camomile —Cardoons — Clary — Dittander — Elecampane — Fenugreek — Good King Henry — Herb-Patience —Horehound — Lady’s-smock — Langdebeefe — Liquorice — Lovage — Mallow — Marigold —Pennyroyal — Purslane — Ram-ciches — Rampion — Rocambole — Rocket — London Rocket — Stonecrop— Saffron — Samphire — Skirrets — Smallage — Sweet Cicely — Tansy — Thistle. | |
| Of Herbs used in Decorations, in Heraldry, and for Ornament and Perfumes | [102] |
| Bergamot — Costmary — Germander — Gilliflower — Lavender — Lavender Cotton —Meadow-Sweet — Rosemary — Rue — Southernwood — Wood-ruff — Wormwood — Bay. | |
| Of the Growing of Herbs | [145] |
| Of Herbs in Medicine | [158] |
| Of Herbs and Magic | [175] |
| Of Herbs and Beasts | [188] |
| Tusser’s List | [201] |
| Authors referred to | [207] |
| Index of Plants | [209] |
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 | page | 16 |
| [3.] | Sweet Cicely and other Herbs | „ | „ | 22 |
| [4.] | Pot Marjoram (from a drawing by Ethel Roskruge) | „ | „ | 32 |
| [5.] | The Lavender Walk at Strathfieldsaye (Photograph by F. Mason Good) | „ | „ | 40 |
| [6.] | Angelica | „ | „ | 48 |
| [7.] | A Field of English Rhubarb at Messrs Stafford Allen & Sons, Ampthill | „ | „ | 60 |
| [8.] | Title-page of Gerard’s “Herbal” | „ | „ | 86 |
| [9.] | The Arms of Saffron Walden | „ | „ | 100 |
| [10.] | Old Stills at Mr Hooper’s, Covent Garden | „ | „ | 102 |
| [11.] | Bergamot | „ | „ | 120 |
| [12.] | Rosemary | „ | „ | 130 |
| [13.] | Plantation of Lavender at Messrs Stafford Allen & Sons, Ampthill | „ | „ | 150 |
| [14.] | Chelsea Physic Garden | „ | „ | 158 |
| [15.] | Plantation of Poppies (P. Somniferum) atMessrs Stafford Allen & Sons, Ampthill | „ | „ | 166 |
| [16.] | Plantation of Aconite at Messrs Stafford Allen & Sons, Ampthill | „ | „ | 172 |
| [17.] | Rampion | „ | „ | 180 |
| [18.] | Fennel (Photograph by Dr Banfield Vivian) | „ | „ | 194 |
HISTORY OF THE CRIES OF LONDON
Here’s fine rosemary, sage and thyme.
Come, buy my ground ivy.
Here’s featherfew, gilliflowers and rue.
Come, buy my knotted marjoram, ho!
Come, buy my mint, my fine green mint.
Here’s fine lavender for your cloaths,
Here’s parseley and winter savory,
And heartsease which all do choose.
Here’s balm and hyssop and cinquefoil,
All fine herbs it is well known.
Let none despise the merry, merry cries
Of famous London Town.
Here’s penny royal and marygolds.
Come, buy my nettle-tops.
Here’s water-cresses and scurvy grass,
Come buy my sage of virtue, ho!
Come, buy my wormwood and mugworts.
Here’s all fine herbs of every sort.
Here’s southernwood that’s very good.
Dandelion and houseleek.
Here’s dragon’s tongue and wood sorrel,
With bear’s-foot and horehound.
Let none despise the merry, merry cries
Of famous London Town.
Roxburghe Ballads.