plants, useful

Provides popular lore, social history, and practical uses of North American wildflowers.

Profiles fifty plants that have had a significant impact on the economic, political, scientific, and industrial history of mankind.

Presents information about how humans and animals use plants for housing, food, clothing, and other necessities.

Provides descriptions of each part of seventy common wild plants, including leaves, stalks, flowers, fruit, seeds, and roots; and features information about the medicinal and practical uses of each specimen. Includes photographs and illustrations.

Describes more than fifty herbs and plants commonly used in colonial America, with illustrations of each plant and information on their uses.

Describes the various plants used by the early settlers as food and medicine and includes recipes as well as instructions for making a garden, pressing plants, and dyeing cloth.

Examines the history and culture of Native American foods and food preparation beginning with the pre-European invasion through the twentieth century, and discusses food customs, diet and nutrition, preservation, and more.

A collection of folklore about the medicinal remedies of many wild plants for human and animal use. Also includes information on many myths that don't work, good-luck charms, and other pieces of wildlife lore.

An introduction to herbs, their history, characteristics, and their many uses.

Surveys the many uses of plants, including food, drink, spices and herbs, creams and perfumes, medicine, wood and paper, clothes, and decoration for gardens and parks.