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The mallow ( Malva sylvestris ) is mentioned only once and ranked by Sebastian amongst nettles and docks . Fumitory is mentioned twice , but to which species Shakespeare refers it is impossible to say . “ Rank fumiter " amongst the ...
The mallow ( Malva sylvestris ) is mentioned only once and ranked by Sebastian amongst nettles and docks . Fumitory is mentioned twice , but to which species Shakespeare refers it is impossible to say . “ Rank fumiter " amongst the ...
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Holly is mentioned but once yet Blow , blow , thou winter wind ” with its refrain :Heigh - ho , sing , heigh - ho unto the green holly , Most friendship is feigning , most loving mere folly : Then heigh - ho , the holly !
Holly is mentioned but once yet Blow , blow , thou winter wind ” with its refrain :Heigh - ho , sing , heigh - ho unto the green holly , Most friendship is feigning , most loving mere folly : Then heigh - ho , the holly !
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Radishes and parsley are two other salad herbs mentioned in the plays . The only reference to parsley is in The Taming of the Shrew ( Act iv , Scene 4 ) :Biondello . “ I cannot tarry : I knew a wench married in the afternoon as she went ...
Radishes and parsley are two other salad herbs mentioned in the plays . The only reference to parsley is in The Taming of the Shrew ( Act iv , Scene 4 ) :Biondello . “ I cannot tarry : I knew a wench married in the afternoon as she went ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Shakespeare's Wild Flowers: Fairy Lore, Gardens, Herbs, Gatherers of Simples and Bee Lore |
| Author | Eleanour Sinclair Rohde |
| Publisher | Medici society, Limited, 1935 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 4 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 235 pages |
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