Herbs

**A comprehensive guide to over 700 plants and their uses throughout theworld, with high-quality photographs and concise text./b>b>The quick and easy to use photographic guide to herbs –for novices and established enthusiasts alike./b>; b>/b>This compact visual guide features the highest quality photographs, capturing the unique details of more than 700 plants used by people around the world in cooking, healing,cosmetics, and even pest control. Each herb''s entry includes annotated photographs tohighlight the herb''s distinguishing features, colour illustrations showing a typicalspecimen, and the plant''s natural habitat and native region to help identify it. Discover what each herb is used for, includingapplications in food preparation, medicine, beauty treatment, aromatherapy, and crafts, while symbols on every page detailwhich parts of the plant are used.;The introduction covers the anatomy of a herb, reveals how herbs have been utilized throughout history, andexplains how we use herbs in the modern world, from medicinal uses to the pleasures of a well-kept herb garden, making itan essential reference for anyone interested in exploring their local wilderness or cultivating herbs.

Auteur

Lesley Bremness changed careers after winning an herb garden design competition at the Chelsea Flower Show, London. Since that success, she has written and presented her own TV series, The World of Herbs, and has traveled around the world studying exotic and lesser-known herbs. She is the author of several books, including the bestselling Complete Book of Herbs. Lesley is also an avid organic gardener.

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Published in association with the Smithsonian Institution, this accessible, attractive, and detailed handbook combines 1,500 vivid full-color photos with descriptions of more than 700 species. This authoritative, systematic and clear photographic approach marks a new generation of identification guides.

This comprehensive book explains what an herb is, identifies which parts are collected and prepared, and describes different uses for each-from cooking and medicine to beauty treatment, aromatherapy, and crafts. Essential details of the species' size, habitat, and natural range complete every entry, and a concise glossary explains technical and scientific terms.

Each expertly written entry combines a concise description with annotated photographs to highlight the herb's distinguishing features and chief uses. Color illustrations show the whole plant or tree in its most typical form, while color-coded bands provide quick reference facts.

The guidebook is authored by Lesley Bremness, writer and presenter of the TV show The World of Herbs, who has studied exotic herbs from all around the world. She is also a gifted organic gardener, having first been "discovered" when she won an herb garden design competition at the Chelsea Flower Show, London.