From a study on the herbal secrets of the Aztecs to a classic text on homeopathy, these wonderful works are the lowest priced editions available.
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Recommendations... A Modern Herbal, Vol. I
by Margaret Grieve
Volume 1 of the fullest, most useful compilation of herbal material. Gigantic alphabetical encyclopedia, from aconite to zedoary, gives botanical information, medical properties, folklore, economic uses, more. 161 illustrations.
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by Margaret Grieve
Volume 2 of the fullest, most useful compilation of herbal material. Gigantic alphabetical encyclopedia, from aconite to zedoary, gives botanical information, medical properties, folklore, economic uses, more. 161 illustrations.
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| |  Better Vision Now: Improve Your Sight with the Renowned Bates Method
by Clara A. Hackett, Lawrence Galton, William Gutman, M. D., Laura Glusha
Hackett's innovative self-help guide includes a basic 12-week program of simple routines and drills recommended for correcting nearsightedness, farsightedness, crossed eyes, and other serious eye problems. 37 illustrations.
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Products in Gardening, Herbs, Medicinal Plants | | | |  | All About Weeds
by Edwin R. Spencer
Pigweed, dogbane, crabgrass, spiderwort, poison ivy, yellow dock — a total of 102 common weeds are presented with technical precision and humor. Each is splendidly illustrated and identified through multiple keys.
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|  | American Medicinal Plants
by Charles F. Millspaugh
Full descriptions, 180 plants covered: history; physical description; methods of preparation with all chemical constituents extracted; all claimed curative or adverse effects. 180 full-page plates.
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by A. C. Martin, Francis A. Davis
This guide explores distribution and feeding habits of more than 1,000 species of mammals, birds, and fish. "A classic in its field and a must for every naturalist." — Natural History. 300 illustrations.
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|  | The Art and Science of Homeopathic Medicine
by James Tyler Kent
Summarizes, interprets, systematizes the traditions of homeopathy; describes how to take a case history and study it; explains how to interpret reactions to therapy and achieve a scientific understanding of a cure.
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|  | An Aztec Herbal: The Classic Codex of 1552
by William Gates
16th-century codex was first herbal and medical text compiled in the New World, with ancient remedies for everything from hiccoughs to gout. Index. New Introduction. Over 180 black-and-white and 38 color illustrations.
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|  | Beautiful Floral Bouquets to Paint or Color
by Charlene Tarbox
Delicate daisies, lush lilies, and tilting tulips are just a few of the beautiful blossoms waiting to take on special hues in this collection of 23 lifelike floral bouquets.
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| | Better Vision Now: Improve Your Sight with the Renowned Bates Method
by Clara A. Hackett, Lawrence Galton, William Gutman, M. D., Laura Glusha
Hackett's innovative self-help guide includes a basic 12-week program of simple routines and drills recommended for correcting nearsightedness, farsightedness, crossed eyes, and other serious eye problems. 37 illustrations.
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|  | Big Book of Plant and Flower Illustrations
by Maggie Kate
Over 600 royalty-free illustrations for artists, desktop publishers, and craftworkers accurately depict wildflowers, trees, herbs, cacti, tropical blooms, garden flowers, medicinal plants, and much more. Identifying captions.
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| |  | Cooking with Herbs and Spices
by Milo Miloradovich
Fact-filled, entertaining guide tells how to prepare and use hundreds of seasonings. Approximately 300 mouth-watering recipes from marinated lamb to spice cake.
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by Merritt Lyndon Fernald, Alfred Charles Kinsey
Authoritative guide offers a detailed enumeration of 1,000 species of edible plants and ferns. How to locate, identify and use for soups, salads, desserts, seasonings, more. 129 figures. 25 plates. Bibliography.
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by Charles F. Saunders
This work discusses beverage plants, vegetable substitutes for soap, medicinal plants, and those that can be used as fibers, dyes, smoking material, adhesives, and candles. "Secure a copy of this very enlightening book." — St. Petersburg Independent.
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|  | Favorite Roses Coloring Book
by Ilil Arbel
Forty-six beautifully illustrated varieties of the "queen of flowers": hybrid teas, grandiflora, floribunda, climbers, miniatures, and historic roses. Descriptive captions.
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|  | Favorite Wildflowers Coloring Book
by Ilil Arbel
Detailed, accurate drawings of 44 familiar blooms: fringed gentian, lady-slipper, ivy-leaved morning glory, yellow iris, globe thistle, wild calla, desert marigold, many more. Captions. Excellent source of royalty-free illustrations.
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by Ruth Soffer, Coloring Books for Adults
Roses, daffodils, violets, pansies, and other floral beauties — one variety for each letter of the alphabet, plus a 2-page spread of a glorious flower garden. 27 black-and-white illustrations.
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by Stefen Bernath
Forty important garden flowers — morning-glory, tulip, peony, daffodil, zinnia, dahlia, iris, petunia, delphinium, fox-glove, snapdragon, many more. Caption for each drawing gives common and scientific names, other information.
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| |  | A Garden of Herbs
by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde
Whether you buy herbs or grow your own, this practical handbook will show you how to make hundreds of teas, syrups, conserves, pies, candied flowers and leaves, wines, and perfumes.
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