Flowers and Herbs of Early America

Flowers and Herbs of Early America PDF

Author: Lawrence D. Griffith

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13:

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"Pennyroyal. All-heal. Love-in-a-mist. Ragged robin. Viper's bugloss. These plants, whose very names conjure up a bygone world, were among the great variety of flowers and herbs grown in America's colonial and early Federal gardens. This sumptuously illustrated book brings this botanical heritage back to life." "Drawing on years of archival research and field trials, Colonial Williamsburg curator of plants Lawrence Griffith documents fifty-eight species of flowers and herbs and explores how they were cultivated and used." "Barbara Lombardi's glorious photographs capture the delicacy and strength of the flowers and herbs. Elegant period hand-colored engravings, watercolors, and woodcuts provide provocative visual counterparts to the modern photography." "This book is a dazzling treat for armchair gardeners and for those who have visited and admired the famous gardens in Colonial Williamsburg's Historic Area. It is also an important contribution to our understanding of colonial and Federal plants and an invaluable companion for today's gardeners, who will appreciate the advice of a master gardener on how to plan, choose appropriate species, and maintain a beautiful period garden."--BOOK JACKET.

Herbs and Herb Lore of Colonial America

Herbs and Herb Lore of Colonial America PDF

Author: Colonial Dames of America

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1995-01-01

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 9780486285290

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Carefully researched, charmingly written guide describes over 50 herbs and plants: bee balm, bloodroot, candytuft, daffodil, hyssop, lovage, rosemary, tansy, wormwood, yarrow, more. Illustrations.

Plants of Colonial Williamsburg

Plants of Colonial Williamsburg PDF

Author: Joan Parry Dutton

Publisher: Colonial Williamsburg

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9780879350420

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Offers a guide to over 200 species of trees, flowers, and herbs from colonial Williamsburg

Early American Herb Recipes

Early American Herb Recipes PDF

Author: Alice Cooke Brown

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2001-08-01

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9780486418759

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Charming text gives more than 500 authentic recipes for medicinal, culinary, cosmetic, and other purposes — everything from cancer and palsy treatments to gravies, sauces, and pies. 113 black-and-white illustrations.

Early American Herb Recipes

Early American Herb Recipes PDF

Author: Alice Cooke Brown

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-03-08

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 0486139123

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For early American households, the herb garden was an all-purpose medicine chest. Herbs were used to treat apoplexy (lily of the valley), asthma (burdock, horehound), boils (onion), tuberculosis (chickweed, coltsfoot), palpitations (saffron, valerian), jaundice (speedwell, nettles, toad flax), toothache (dittander), hemorrhage (yarrow), hypochondria (mustard, viper grass), wrinkles (cowslip juice), cancers (bean-leaf juice), and various other ailments. But herbs were used for a host of other purposes as well — and in this fascinating book, readers will find a wealth of information on the uses of herbs by homemakers of the past, including more than 500 authentic recipes, given exactly as they appeared in their original sources. Selected from such early American cookbook classics as Miss Leslie's Directions for Cookery, Mary Randolph's The Virginia Housewife, Lydia Child's The American Frugal Housewife, and other rare publications, the recipes cover the use of herbs for medicinal, culinary, cosmetic, and other purposes. Readers will discover not only how herbs were used in making vegetable and meat dishes, gravies and sauces, cakes, pies, soups, and beverages, but also how our ancestors employed them in making dyes, furniture polish, insecticides, spot removers, perfumes, hair tonics, soaps, tooth powders, and numerous other products. While some formulas are completely fantastic, others (such as a sunburn ointment made from hog's lard and elder flowers) were based on long experience and produced excellent results. More than 100 fine nineteenth-century engravings of herbs add to the charm of this enchanting volume — an invaluable reference and guide for plant lovers and herb enthusiasts that will "delight and astound the twentieth-century reader." (Library Journal).

Plants of Colonial Days

Plants of Colonial Days PDF

Author: Raymond L. Taylor

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1996-11-29

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 0486294048

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Detailed line drawings, Latin and common names, physical descriptions and anecdotes for 160 trees, shrubs, and flowers found in the restored gardens of Colonial Williamsburg.