By Alma R. Hutchens
For greater than two decades this pioneering paintings had served as a bible for herbalists in the course of the global. it's an illustrated encyclopedic consultant to greater than 2 hundred medicinal crops present in North the United States, with descriptions of every plant's visual appeal and makes use of, and instructions for tactics of use and dosage. local American traditions are in comparison with conventional makes use of of an identical crops between different cultures the place the technology of herbs has flourished, really in Russia and China. integrated is an annotated bibliography of pertinent books and periodicals.
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