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F. Herbs
1. Boerner Botanical Garden. Boerner Botanical Gardens
Bulletin of Popular Herb Information. Hales Corner,
Wisconsin.
Concise information on most of the herbs (culinary,
medicinal, and industrial) grown in 18th and 19th
century gardens. Plants are listed alphabetically
in table format for easy reference.
2. Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Handbook on Herbs. Plants and
Gardens, Volume 28, Number 1, 1972.
Excellent introductory articles in handbook forniat for
the novice herb gardener.
* 3. Culpepper, Nicholas. Culpepper's Complete Herbal.
F. Foulsham, London, England.
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An 18th century herbal which presents extremely detailed
information on the multiple uses of herbs, their culture,
harvest, and processing. The best volume for herbal
folklore and obscure culinary and medicinal herb uses.
4. Douts, John William. Early American Culinary Herbs and
Kitchen Gardens. A Master's Thesis, Longwood Program
in Ornamental Horticulture, Newark, Delaware, 1975.
A dissertation on 17 culinary herbs and their cu,lture.
Introductory chapters trace the development of kitchen
gardens in early America, which are not documented as
existing in Salem.
Later sections synthesize useful
cultural information from a variety of early garden
calendars published in this country.
5. Hylton, William H., (Ed.) . The Rodale Herb Book.
Rodale Press Book Division, Emmaus, Pennsylvania,
1974.
A comprehensive book on herbs compiled by the authors
of Organic Gardening magazine. It includes general
chapters on herb history, cultivation and harvesting.
Propagation hints and common 20th century herb uses
are offered.
6. Other general books on herbs:
Clarkson, Kosetta E. Herbs: Their Culture and Uses.
Macmillan and Co., New York, 1979.
* Foster, Gertrude B. Herbs for Every Garden. E. P.
Dutton, New York, N.Y., 1966.
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