Traditionally, an herbal combined the folk beliefs and tales about plants, the medicinal properties (and parts used) of the herbs, and their botanical classification. But Mrs. Grieve has extended and enlarged the tradition; her coverage of asafetida, bearberry, broom, chamomile, chickweed, dandelion, dock, elecampane, almond, eyebright, fenugreek, moss, fern, figwort, gentian, Hart's tongue, indigo, acacia, jaborandi, kava kava, lavender, pimpernel, rhubarb, squill, sage, thyme, sarsaparilla, unicorn root, valerian, woundwort, yew etc.- more than 800 varieties in all - includes in addition methods of cultivation; the chemical constituents, dosages, and preparations of extracts and tinctures, unknown to earlier herbalists; possible economic and cosmetic properties, and detailed illustrations, from root to bud. And of the many unique features, perhaps the most interesting are the hundreds of recipes and instructions for making ointments, lotions, sauces, wines and fruit brandies like bilberry and carrot jam, elderberry and mint vinegar, sagina sauce, cucumber lotion for sunburn; and the hundreds of prescriptions for tonics and liniments and bronchitis, arthritis, dropsy, jaundice, nervous tension, skin disease, etc. remedies."There is not one page of this enchanting book which does not contain something to interest the common reader as well as the serious student regarded simply as a history of flowers, it adds to the joys of the country." Soft cover, 6+" x 9+", 443 pages, black and white illustrations. To Order By Phone Call Toll Free: 866-596-9982