John Gerard's Elizabethan herbal in its glorious original prose — medow-grasse to the barnacle tree, with the vertues, the folk-lore, and the long s intact.

The Gerard's Herball Quiz

Every answer comes straight from the book. Finish and you'll get a challenge link to send a friend.

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