FirstGarden
05-27-2007, 06:34 PM
Useful Wild Plants Of The United States And Canada by Charles Francis Saunders (1920)
Illustrated By Photographs, And By Numerous Line Drawings by Lucy Hamilton Aring
http://www.swsbm.com/ManualsOther/UsefulPlants/Useful_Plants.html
Although little known these days, Saunders (1859-1941) cast a large shadow in the first several decades of the 20th Century, writing many widely read books on western wildflowers, the Anasazi, edible plants, and the Indian, Spanish and Anglo folklore and culture of California, the Sierras and the Southwest. He was also a major and influential contributer to Sunset Magazine in its salad years.
CONTENTS:
Wild Plants With Edible Tubers, Bulbs Or Roots
Wild Seeds of Food Value
The Acorn and Some Other Wild Nuts
Little Regarded Wild Fruits and Berries
Wild Plants with Edible Stems and Leaves
Beverage Plants
Vegetable Substitutes for Soap
Some Medicinal Wildings
Miscellaneous Uses of Wild Plants
Illustrated By Photographs, And By Numerous Line Drawings by Lucy Hamilton Aring
http://www.swsbm.com/ManualsOther/UsefulPlants/Useful_Plants.html
Although little known these days, Saunders (1859-1941) cast a large shadow in the first several decades of the 20th Century, writing many widely read books on western wildflowers, the Anasazi, edible plants, and the Indian, Spanish and Anglo folklore and culture of California, the Sierras and the Southwest. He was also a major and influential contributer to Sunset Magazine in its salad years.
CONTENTS:
Wild Plants With Edible Tubers, Bulbs Or Roots
Wild Seeds of Food Value
The Acorn and Some Other Wild Nuts
Little Regarded Wild Fruits and Berries
Wild Plants with Edible Stems and Leaves
Beverage Plants
Vegetable Substitutes for Soap
Some Medicinal Wildings
Miscellaneous Uses of Wild Plants