Medicinal plants in folk tradition : an ethnobotany of Britain & Ireland / David E. Allen and Gabrie...
Medicinal plants in folk tradition : an ethnobotany of Britain & Ireland / David E. Allen and Gabrie...
Medicinal plants in folk tradition : an ethnobotany of Britain & Ireland / David E. Allen and Gabrielle Hatfield.
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Publisher
Portland, OR : Timber Press, 2004.
Date
2004.
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N681.634/26
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Language
English
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Physical content
p. cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. Herbs without the herbals : retracing a lost tradition -- Ch. 2. Introduction to the compendium of uses -- Ch. 3. Bryophytes, lichens, algae and fungi -- Ch. 4. Pteridophytes and conifers -- Ch. 5. Water-lilies, buttercups and poppies -- Ch. 6. Elms to docks -- Ch. 7. St. John's-worts to prim...
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Publisher
Portland, OR : Timber Press, 2004.
Place of Publication
Oregon
Date Published
2004.
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Summary
"This book provides the first comprehensive account of medicinal uses of wild plants by the country folk of Britain and Ireland. Two of Britain's foremost ethnobotanical scholars mined nearly 300 published and unpublished sources, including information gathered by the Irish Folklore Commission in more than 1000 manuscript volumes, to chronicle the...
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Medicinal plants in folk tradition : an ethnobotany of Britain & Ireland / David E. Allen and Gabrielle Hatfield.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-378) and index.
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Other version (online)
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N681.634/26
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74VK2jWrGjOM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK2jWrGjOM
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ISBN
0881926388 (hardcover)
9780881926385 (hardcover)
DDC
581.6340941
MMS ID
991018145599702626
