Search Results: Gardening - Herbals, Herbs from Horizon Books

Ithica, New York, Comstock Publishing Associates, 1955, First edition. . original pictorial cloth with silver spine title lettering, clean and fine in dj (short tear, price clipped). . 4to [28.5 x 2 cm]; vii, [iii], 211 pp, 56 plates including folding from woodcuts by Elfriede Abbe, glossary, index. . Accurate botanical information about wild and cultivated herbs combined with excellent illustrations by Abbe, artist and scientific illustrator. Included in the descriptions are scientific names as well as French, German and Italian names, and much useful information to help grow, harvest and recognize wild herbs, good information on seed germination, hardiness, medicinal properties, cookery, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.