The Encyclopedia of Herbs: A Comprehensive Reference to Herbs of Flavor and Fragrance
This meticulously researched compendium provides every aspect of growing, identifying, harvesting, preserving, and using more than 500 species of herbs. Thorough profiles provide a plant's botanical name and family, whether it is an annual or perennial, its height, hardiness, light requirements, water consumption, required soil type, and pH. The often fascinating history of the plant, the chemistry of its essential oils, and its culinary, landscape, and craft uses are also included, as is advice on how to propagate.
For the first edition of their work, both authors received The Gertrude B. Foster Award for Excellence in Herbal Literature from the Herb Society of America. This new edition adds important species and includes updated nomenclature.
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 604 pp.
- Book dimensions: 7 x 9 in. (230 x 180 mm.)
- Images: 145 line drawings
- ISBN-10: 0881929948
- ISBN-13: 9780881929942
About the authors
Arthur O. Tucker
Arthur Tucker is a professor of botany at Delaware State University. He has published widely on many herbs and essential oils, is an acknowledged authority of the lavenders, and is on the editorial board of Economic Botany and Journal of Essential Oil Research as well as an advisor for many other journals and groups.
Thomas DeBaggio
Thomas DeBaggio — the founder of DeBaggio's Herb Farm and Nursery, now located in Chantilly, Virginia, and run by his son, Francesco — has worked as both a professional herb grower and a journalist, writing extensively for leading gardening and herb magazines, including The Herb Companion.
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