A modern herbal
the medicinal, culinary, cosmetic and economic properties, cultivation and folk-lore of herbs, grasses, fungi, shrubs, & trees with all their modern scientific uses
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Word Count
222,000 words, Guess
Page Count
888 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL20658033M
- ISBN-100486227987
- OCLC Control Number682034395
- OCLC Control Number11223901
- OCLC Control Numbermodernherbalmedi0001grie
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number72169784
- Goodreads321547
- LibraryThing8128464
Classifications
- DDC581.6/34/03
- LCCQK99.A1 G72 1971
Description
One of the oldest and best reference books for hundreds of botanical herbs and their uses. The book uses common plant names in Old English dialect instead of scientific nomenclature, so it is a little hard to understand if you are not familiar with it.
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- Folklore
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