A Modern Herbal brings the knowledge of herbs up to date, drawing together both scientific and traditional information in a comprehensive encyclopedia. It describes, in alphabetical order, over 1,000 British and American plants, giving details of their cultivation, chemical and medicinal properties, botanical information, appearance, and economic uses, as well as of their significance in folklore. This is the fullest, most exact, most useful compilation of herbal material. The book contains 161 illustrations in one complete volume.
Margaret Grieve founded the Society of Herbalists, and a Fellow of the Royal Horticultural Society.

A Modern Herbal: The Medicinal, Culinary, Cosmetic, and Economic Properties, Cultivation, and Folklore of Herbs, Grasses, Fungi, Shrubs, and Trees with All Their Modern Scientific Uses

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Volume 1 of the fullest, most exact, most useful compilation of herbal material. Gigantic alphabetical encyclopedia, from aconite to zedoary, gives botanical information, medical properties, folklore, economic uses, much else. Indispensable to serious reader. "There is not one page of this enchanting book which does not contain something to interest." €” Spectator. Total in set: 161 illustrations.

A Modern Herbal : The Medicinal, Culinary, Cosmetic and Economic Properties, Cultivation and Folklore of Herbs, Grasses, Fungi, Shrubs and Trees with ... Scientific Uses by M Grieve (1998) Hardcover

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