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GUIDE TO SOME EDIBLE & POISONOUS MUSHROOMS OF NEW YORK
Bessette, A., 1985, 23 pp., wraps. Color photographs and descriptions of edible and toxic fungi. Good+.
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HISTORY OF PRE-CLUSIAN BOTANY IN IT’S RELATION TO ASTER
Burgess, E. S., 1902, 447 pp., wraps. Fascinating scholarly history of the Asteraceae family and their use for food & medicine in ancient herbals. Covers chipped, some loose. Good.
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INFORMATION ON MEDICINAL HERB & OTHER LITTLE KNOWN CROPS
Yarnell, S.H., 1942, 12 pp., wraps. Report on growing conditions and uses of herbs for the farmer looking for new crops. Front page torn. Good.
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JOHN BARTRAM (1699-1777), HIS GARDEN AND HIS HOUSE, WILLIAM BARTRAM (1739-1823)
Cheston, E.R., 1953, 2nd ed., 36 pp., wraps. Biography of the noted botanist, John Bartram, and his botanist son William. Very good.
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LICHENS FOR VEGETABLE DYEING
Bolton, E.M., 1960, 1st ed., 63 pp., 6 color pl., cloth. Illustrated guide to using lichens for dyeing cloth. D/j soiled, name on FEP. Good.
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MAGIC FRAGRANCE
Clarkson, R.E., 1st 12 issues of the Herb Journal-Ltd. ed., 1937, n.p., two years of Clarkson’s “Herb Journal” with articles on Angelica, culinary herbs, herbs for fragrance, & the use of sixteen simples. Signed by Clarkson. Very good.
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NON-TIMBER PRODUCTS FROM TROPICAL FORESTS
Nepstad, D., & Swartzman, S. [Ed.], NY Botanic Garden-Advances in Economic Botany-Vol. 9, 1992, 164 pp., paperback. Scholarly examination of how forests can be used sustainably for rubber, rattan, gum arabic, and food production. Very good.
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PLANTS & GARDENS-HERBS & THEIR ORNAMENTAL USES,
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1972, 84 pp., wraps. Very good.
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PLANTS USEFUL TO MAN
Robbins, W. & Ramaley, F., 1937, 2nd ed., 422 pp., cloth. A very good introduction to the study of economic botany. No d/j. Good.
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POISONOUS PLANTS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA
Westbrooks, R. & Preacher, J., 1986, 1st ed, 226 pp., cloth. Color guide to the toxic plants of Eastern U.S. Name on inside cover. Very good+.
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