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Of Corne-Rose, or Wilde Poppy

  • 1633

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1. Papaver Rhœas. Red Poppy, or Corne-rose.
2. Papaver spinosum. Prickly Poppy.

Illustrations for The Herball, or, Generall Historie of Plantes compiled by John Gerard (1545-1612) from works by Turner, Rembert Dodoens, Iacobus Theodorus, Pena and L'Obel. This English botanical book includes numerous woodcuts of plants. Woodcuts selected for digitization depict varieties of poppy, anemone, dragon fruit, and bananas, as well as cherry, fig, and date trees.

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  • (Beneath illustrations) "The stalkes of red Poppy be blacke, tender, and brittle, somewhat hairy : the leaves are cut round about with deepe gashes like those of Succory or wilde Rocket: the floures grow forth at the tops of the stalks, being of a beautifull and gallant red colour, with blackish threds compassing about the middle part of the head : which being fully growne, is lesser than that of the garden Poppy : the feed is small and blacke."
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Gerard, John, Rembert Dodoens, and Iacobus Theodorus. “Of Corne-Rose, or Wilde Poppy.” In The Herball, or, Generall Historie of Plantes. London, England: Thomas Johnson, 1633. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/fdeq0r8.

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