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Herbs / Lesley Bremness ; photography by Neil Fletcher, Matthew Ward ; editorial consultant, Holly H. Shimizu.
LIBRA SB351.H5 B6585 2009
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bremness, Lesley
- Series:
- Smithsonian handbooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Herbs--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Herbs.
- Herbs--Pictorial works.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals
- Illustrated works
- Physical Description:
- 304 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, N.Y.?] : Covent Garden Books, 2009.
- Summary:
- A visual identification guide to more than 700 species of herbs identifies which parts are collected and prepared and describes their different uses from cooking and medicine to crafts.
- Contents:
- Introduction: How this book works. What is an herb? Leaves and stems. Flowers, seeds, fruits, and nuts. Bark, wood, and resin. Essential oils. Using herbs in cooking. Healing herbs. Herbs for other uses. Herb gardens
- Trees
- Shrubs
- Herbaceous perennials
- Annuals and biennials
- Vines
- Other herbs.
- Notes:
- Originally published: New York, N.Y. : DK Publishing, Inc., 2002.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9780756660147
- 0756660149
- OCLC:
- 670251155
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