could (in the medical thinking of his day) help them. He used common, not
scientific, names to organize the plants, and color paintings to help the people
identify them. His advice is nonsense, and the modern herbalist who "updates" it
isn't much better in a practical sense. The plants are all British, with only an
occasional one like this, the wild rose, that's similar everywhere -- but the book is
beautiful and a good read. From it, I finally learned what a Mangel-Wurzel is. I'm not
telling! -- ... and, I just tried to look it up again there and couldn't find it. What a
mysterious and beautiful book!
Copyright 1995, Paula GieseLast Updated: Friday, December 29, 1995 - 3:39:08 AMNative Foods -- Elder
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