Plant Reference

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#25Honey from a Weed
Honey from a Weed

By Patience Gray

Published 1986

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  1. Conoscere La Natura Italiana, vols 1-6, L’Istituto Geografico De Agostini S.P.A., Novara, 1984. Vols 7-11 in preparation.
  2. Couplan, François, Plantes Sauvages Comestibles, Hatier, Paris, 1985. 50 edible weeds, illustrations in colour, valuable notes (photographs of sorrel and oregano are accidentally transposed). Includes this warning: for certain recognition of plants and knowledge how to use them, books are not sufficient. The author recommends those interested in the subject to get in touch with: L’Institut de Recherches sur les Propriétés de la Flore, 37 Rue Charles- Michels, 91740 Pussay, France, who organize courses of plant study in Europe.
  3. Flora Europea, Edited by T. G. Tutin et al, 7 vols including index, organized under plant families, Cambridge University Press, 1964-80.
  4. Heinz, H. J. and Maguire, B., The Ethno-biology of the !ko-bushman, Occasional papers n° 1, Botswana Society, Gaberone, 1974. Concerns the botanical knowledge and plant lore of the !ko People.
  5. Iconographia Florae Italicae, published between 1895 and 1904 and reprinted since.
  6. Negri, G., Erbario Figurato, Edizione Hoepli, Milan, 1960.
  7. Pelikan, W., L’Homme et les Plantes Médicinales, Éditions Triades, 4 Rue Grande-Chaumière, Paris.
  8. Starenkyj, Daniele, Le Bonheur du Végétarisme, Principes de vie et recettes, Orion, Quebec, 1977. 10th edition, 1984.
  9. Von Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph, Tribes of India, Delhi, 1982.
  10. Wheat, Margaret, Survival Arts of the Primitive Paiutes, Reno, Nevada, USA, 1967.