Dandelion, pokeweed, and goosefoot : how the early settlers used plants for food, medicine, and in the home / by Elizabeth R. Schaeffer ; with ill. by Grambs Miller

Author: Schaeffer, Elizabeth, 1939-
Published: Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, [1979]
Copyright Date: ©1972
Physical Description: 94 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Additional Creators: Miller, Grambs

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Summary

Describes the various plants used by the early settlers as food and medicine and includes recipes as well as instructions for making a garden, pressing plants, and dyeing cloth.

Subject(s)

Plants, Useful—United States—Juvenile literature
Plant, Useful—United States—Folklore
Traditional medicine

ISBN

0201093065

Note

Includes index.

Bibliography Note

Bibliography: pages 90-91.

View MARC record | catkey: 1948643

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Dandelion, pokeweed, and goosefoot : how the early settlers used plants for food, medicine, and in the home / by Elizabeth R. Schaeffer ; with ill. by Grambs Miller

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