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Author Bown, Deni.

Title Encyclopedia of herbs & their uses / Deni Bown
Edition First American edition
Published London ; New York : Dorling Kindersley ; Boston : Distributed by Houghton Mifflin, 1995

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 MELB  581.6303 Bow/Eoh  AVAILABLE
Description 424 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 30 cm
Series SoFAB Culinary Collection
SoFAB Culinary Collection
Contents Plant classification and legal restriction -- Herb culture through the ages -- Herbs in myth and legend -- Herbs that changed the world -- Herbal books -- Designing an herb garden -- Using herbs -- Herbs in the wild -- The herb catalog -- The herb dictionary -- Cultivating herbs
Summary Describes and pictures a thousand herbs found both in the wild and in cultivation, and provides tips on growing and harvesting, herb gardens, and herbs in cooking and medicine
Analysis Herbs
Herbs
Herbs
Notes At head of title: The Herb Society of America
Col. maps on lining papers
Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 423) and index
Subject Cooking (Herbs) -- Encyclopedias.
Herb gardening -- Encyclopedias.
Herbs -- Encyclopedias.
Herb gardening.
Herbs -- Pictorial works.
Herbs -- Therapeutic use -- Encyclopedias.
Plants, Medicinal.
Herbal Medicine.
Genre/Form Encyclopedias.
Author Herb Society of America.
LC no. 95008171
ISBN 0751302031
0789401843
9780751302035
9780789401847
Other Titles Encyclopedia of herbs and their uses
The Royal Horticultural Society encyclopedia of herbs and their uses