A Book of fruits and flowers : shewing the nature and use of them, either for meat or medicine : as also, to preserve, conserve, candy, and in wedges, or dry them : to make powders, civet bagges, all sort of sugar-works, turn'd works in sugar, hollow or frutages ... and for meat ... for medicines.

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A Book of fruits and flowers : shewing the nature and use of them, either for meat or medicine : as also, to preserve, conserve, candy, and in wedges, or dry them : to make powders, civet bagges, all sort of sugar-works, turn'd works in sugar, hollow or frutages ... and for meat ... for medicines.