The Random House Book Of Herbs
Phillips, Roger And Foy, Nicky
Language: English
Published by Random House Pub., 1990
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Terrace Horticultural Books, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.Terrace Horticultural Books
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Copyright Date: 1990 Sm Quarto, Illustrated, PP.192, How To Grow Or Gather Herbal Plants And Use Them For Cooking, Health And Beauty.
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- Title
- The Random House Book Of Herbs
- Author
- Phillips, Roger And Foy, Nicky
- Publisher
- Random House Pub.
- Publication year
- 1990
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0679732136
- ISBN 13
- 9780679732136
- Illustrator
- Over 400 Full Color PHotos
- Dimensions
- Sm Quarto
- Seller catalogs
- Herbs
With over 400 plants illustrated in full color, this is the most comprehensive photographic guide to herbs and plants grown all over the world for their culinary and medicinal properties.
Included are descriptions of the plants' distinctive features for identification, botanical information showing where each is found, and how to grow it or gather it from the wild. The text relates the history of the plant, describes its traditional uses in cooking, medicine, or cosmetics, and where appropriate details modem research supporting long-held beliefs about the effectiveness of the plant.
"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
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With over 400 plants illustrated in full color, this is the most comprehensive photographic guide to herbs and plants grown all over the world for their culinary and medicinal properties.
Included are descriptions of the plants' distinctive features for identification, botanical information showing where each is found, and how to grow it or gather it from the wild. The text relates the history of the plant, describes its traditional uses in cooking, medicine, or cosmetics, and where appropriate details modem research supporting long-held beliefs about the effectiveness of the plant.
"About the title" may belong to another edition of this title.
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