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[1] F. Chittendon. RHS Dictionary of Plants plus Supplement. 1956 Oxford University Press 1951 - Comprehensive listing of species and how to grow them. Somewhat outdated, it has been replaces in 1992 by a new dictionary (see [200]).

[2] Hedrick. U. P.   Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World. Dover Publications 1972 ISBN 0-486-20459-6 Lots of entries, quite a lot of information in most entries and references.

[3] Simmons. A. E. Growing Unusual Fruit. David and Charles 1972 ISBN 0-7153-5531-7 A very readable book with information on about 100 species that can be grown in Britain (some in greenhouses) and details on how to grow and use them.

[4] Grieve. A Modern Herbal. Penguin 1984 ISBN 0-14-046-440-9 Not so modern (1930's?) but lots of information, mainly temperate plants.

[5] Mabey. R. Food for Free. Collins 1974 ISBN 0-00-219060-5 Edible wild plants found in Britain. Fairly comprehensive, very few pictures and rather optimistic on the desirability of some of the plants.

[6] Mabey. R. Plants with a Purpose. Fontana 1979 ISBN 0-00-635555-2 Details on some of the useful wild plants of Britain. Poor on pictures but otherwise very good.

[7] Chiej. R. Encyclopaedia of Medicinal Plants. MacDonald 1984 ISBN 0-356-10541-5 Covers plants growing in Europe. Also gives other interesting information on the plants. Good photographs.

[8] Ceres. Free for All. Thorsons Publishers 1977 ISBN 0-7225-0445-4 Edible wild plants in Britain. Small booklet, nothing special.

[9] Launert. E. Edible and Medicinal Plants. Hamlyn 1981 ISBN 0-600-37216-2 Covers plants in Europe. a drawing of each plant, quite a bit of interesting information.

[10] Altmann. H. Poisonous Plants and Animals. Chatto and Windus 1980 ISBN 0-7011-2526-8 A small book, reasonable but not very detailed.

[11] Bean. W. Trees and Shrubs Hardy in Great Britain. Vol 1 - 4 and Supplement. Murray 1981 A classic with a wealth of information on the plants, but poor on pictures.

[12] Loewenfeld. C. and Back. P. Britain's Wild Larder. David and Charles ISBN 0-7153-7971-2 A handy pocket guide.

[13] Triska. Dr. Hamlyn Encyclopaedia of Plants. Hamlyn 1975 ISBN 0-600-33545-3 Very interesting reading, giving some details of plant uses and quite a lot of folk-lore.

[14] Holtom. J. and Hylton. W. Complete Guide to Herbs. Rodale Press 1979 ISBN 0-87857-262-7 A good herbal.

[15] Bryan. J. and Castle. C. Edible Ornamental Garden. Pitman Publishing 1976 ISBN 0-273-00098-5 A small book with interesting ideas for edible plants in the ornamental garden.

[16] Simons. New Vegetable Growers Handbook. Penguin 1977 ISBN 0-14-046-050-0 A good guide to growing vegetables in temperate areas, not entirely organic.

[17] Clapham, Tootin and Warburg. Flora of the British Isles. Cambridge University Press 1962 A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures.

[18] Philbrick H. and Gregg R. B. Companion Plants. Watkins 1979 Details of beneficial and antagonistic relationships between neighbouring plants.

[19] Stary. F. Poisonous Plants. Hamlyn 1983 ISBN 0-600-35666-3 Not very comprehensive, but easy reading.

[20] Riotte. L. Companion Planting for Successful Gardening. Garden Way, Vermont, USA. 1978 ISBN 0-88266-064-0 Fairly good.

[21] Lust. J. The Herb Book. Bantam books 1983 ISBN 0-553-23827-2 Lots of information tightly crammed into a fairly small book.

[22] Sholto-Douglas. J. Alternative Foods. Not very comprehensive, it seems more or less like a copy of earlier writings with little added.

[23] Wright. D. Complete Book of Baskets and Basketry. David and Charles 1977 ISBN 0-7153-7449-4 Not that complete but very readable and well illustrated.

[24] Baines. C. Making a Wildlife Garden. Fairly good with lots of ideas about creating wildlife areas in the garden.

[25] Lawson. Bamboos. Faber 1968 Fairly comprehensive, it was once the standard work but is now rather dated. Deals with species hardy in Britain, giving cultivation details and some uses.

[26] Hills. L. Comfrey Report. Henry Doubleday Research Ass. A small booklet giving a fairly comprehensive guide to the uses of comfrey.

[27] Vilmorin. A. The Vegetable Garden. Ten Speed Press ISBN 0-89815-041-8 A reprint of a nineteenth century classic, giving details of vegetable varieties. Not really that informative though.

[28] Knight. F. P. Plants for Shade. Royal Horticultural Society. 1980 ISBN 0-900629-78-9 A small but informative booklet listing plants that can be grown in shady positions with a few cultivation details.

[29] Shepherd. F.W. Hedges and Screens. Royal Horticultural Society. 1974 ISBN 0900629649 A small but informative booklet giving details of all the hedging plants being grown in the R.H.S. gardens at Wisley in Surrey.

[30] Carter D. Butterflies and Moths in Britain and Europe. Pan 1982 ISBN 0-330-26642-x An excellent book on Lepidoptera, it also lists their favourite food plants.

[31] Brown. Shade Plants for Garden and Woodland.

[32] Bruce. M. E. Commonsense Compost Making. Faber 1977 ISBN 0-571-09990-4 Excellent little booklet dealing with how to make compost by using herbs to activate the heap. Gives full details of the herbs that are used.

[33] Organ. J. Rare Vegetables for Garden and Table. Faber 1960 Unusual vegetables that can be grown outdoors in Britain. A good guide.

[34] Harrison. S. Wallis. M. Masefield. G. The Oxford Book of Food Plants. Oxford University Press 1975 Good drawings of some of the more common food plants from around the world. Not much information though.

[35] The Herb Society Herbal Review. Vol.11. 4. The Herb Society 1986 ISBN 0264-9853

[36] The Herb Society Herbal Review. Vol.11. 3. The Herb Society 1986 ISBN 0264-9853 A very interesting article on the stinging nettle, Urtica dioica, giving a lot of information on its uses. Also details on Tanacetum parthenifolium and Melaleuca alternifolium.

[37] Thompson. B. The Gardener's Assistant. Blackie and Son. 1878 Excellent general but extensive guide to gardening practices in the 19th century. A very good section on fruits and vegetables with many little known species.

[38] Simmons A. E. Simmons' Manual of Fruit. David & Charles. 1978 ISBN 0-7153-7607-1 A good guide to some of the cultivars of temperate fruits. It covers quite a wide range of fruits.

[39] Genders. R. Planting Fruit Trees. Robert Hale Ltd. 1956 A general book on growing fruit in Britain, it does give some descriptions of little known cultivars.

[40] Scott's Nursery Scott's Fruit Catalogue. 1985 edition. Scott's Nursery 1985 A nursery catalogue giving descriptions of the wide range of trees and shrubs they grow, including a good range of apples.

[41] Hills. L. Good Fruit Guide. Henry Doubleday Research Ass. Very dated now, it lists a good range of fruit trees and shrubs with brief descriptions of most of them and details of where they can be obtained.

[42] Grey. C. H. Hardy Bulbs. Williams & Norgate. 1938 Rather dated now, but an immense work on bulbs for temperate zones and how to grow them. Three large volumes.

[43] Fernald. M. L. Gray's Manual of Botany. American Book Co. 1950 A bit dated but good and concise flora of the eastern part of N. America.

[44] Allan. H. H. Flora of New Zealand. Government Printer, Wellington. 1961 The standard work, in 3 volumes though only the first two are of interest to the plant project. Very good on habitats.

[45] Polunin. O. Flowers of Greece and the Balkans. Oxford University Press 1980 ISBN 0-19-217626-9 A good pocket flora, it also lists quite a few plant uses.

[46] Uphof. J. C. Th. Dictionary of Economic Plants. Weinheim 1959 An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.

[47] Fox. D. Growing Lilies. Croom Helm 1985 A lovely and very readable book dealing with the cultivation of the genus Lilium.

[48] Boullemier. L. The Checklist of Species, Hybrids and Cultivars of the Genus Fuschia. Blandford Press 1985 ISBN 0-7137-1781-5 Merely a list of names and the occasional elaboration.

[49] Arnold-Forster. Shrubs for the Milder Counties. Trees and shrubs that grow well in Cornwall and other mild areas of Britain. Fairly good, a standard reference book.

[50] ? Flora Europaea Cambridge University Press 1964 An immense work in 6 volumes (including the index). The standard reference flora for europe, it is very terse though and with very little extra information. Not for the casual reader.

[51] Polunin. O. and Stainton. A. Flowers of the Himalayas. Oxford Universtiy Press 1984 A very readable and good pocket guide (if you have a very large pocket!) to many of the wild plants in the Himalayas. Gives many examples of plant uses.

[52] Larkcom. J. Salads all the Year Round. Hamlyn 1980 A good and comprehensive guide to temperate salad plants, with full organic details of cultivation.

[53] De. Bray. L. The Wild Garden. Interesting reading.

[54] Hatfield. A. W. How to Enjoy your Weeds. Frederick Muller Ltd 1977 ISBN 0-584-10141-4 Interesting reading.

[55] Harris. B. C. Eat the Weeds. Pivot Health 1973 Interesting reading.

[56] Muhlberg. H. Complete Guide to Water Plants. E. P. Publishing Ltd. 1982 ISBN 0-7158-0789-7 Deals with a wide range of plants for temperate areas (and indoor aquaria) with quite a lot of information on cultivation techniques.

[57] Schery. R. W. Plants for Man. Fairly readable but not very comprehensive. Deals with plants from around the world.

[58] Ohwi. G. Flora of Japan. (English translation) Smithsonian Institution 1965 The standard work. Brilliant, but not for the casual reader.

[59] Thurston. Trees and Shrubs in Cornwall. Trees and shrubs that succeed in Cornwall based on the authors own observations. Good but rather dated.

[60] Hitchcock. C. L. Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. University of Washington Press 1955 A standard flora for Western N. America with lots of information on habitat etc. Five large volumes, it is not for the casual reader.

[61] Usher. G. A Dictionary of Plants Used by Man. Constable 1974 ISBN 0094579202 Forget the sexist title, this is one of the best books on the subject. Lists a very extensive range of useful plants from around the world with very brief details of the uses. Not for the casual reader.

[62] Elias. T. and Dykeman. P. A Field Guide to N. American Edible Wild Plants. Van Nostrand Reinhold 1982 ISBN 0442222009 Very readable.

[63] Howes. F. N. Nuts. Faber 1948 Rather old but still a masterpiece. Has sections on tropical and temperate plants with edible nuts plus a section on nut plants in Britain. Very readable.

[64] Howes. F. N. Vegetable Gums and Resins. Faber A very good book dealing with the subject in a readable way.

[65] Frohne. D. and Pfonder. J. A Colour Atlas of Poisonous Plants. Wolfe 1984 ISBN 0723408394 Brilliant. Goes into technical details but in a very readable way. The best work on the subject that I've come across so far.

[66] Freethy. R. From Agar to Zenery. The Crowood Press 1985 ISBN 0-946284-51-2 Very readable, giving details on plant uses based on the authors own experiences.

[67] Ahrendt. Berberis and Mahonia. Journal of the Linnean Society, 57 1961 Not for the casual reader, it lists all the known species in these two genera together with botanic descriptions and other relevant details for the botanist.

[68] Phillips. R. Mushrooms and other Fungi of Great Britain and Europe. Pan 1981 ISBN 0-330-24441-9 Excellent photographs, it also gives details of habitats and edibility.

[69] Moore. D. M. Flora of Tierra del Fuego. Anthony Nelson. 1983 ISBN 0-904614-05-0 Standard work for this part of S. America. Excellent details of habitat and a few notes on plant uses.

[70] Bolton. E. Lichens for Vegetable Dyeing. Studio Vista 1972 ISBN 0-289-70288-7 A small but interesting book for the casual reader and the enthusiast.

[71] Munz. A California Flora. University of California Press 1959 An excellent flora but no pictures. Not for the casual reader.

[72] Small. Manual of the Southeastern Flora. Getting rather dated now, it covers Southeastern N. America. No pictures, it is not for the casual reader.

[73] Adamson. and Salter. Flora of the Cape Peninsula. A good flora but rather short on details of habitat. Not for the casual reader.

[74] Komarov. V. L. Flora of the USSR. Israel Program for Scientific Translation 1968 An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers.

[75] Rosewarne experimental horticultural station. Shelter Trees and Hedges. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1984 A small booklet packed with information on trees and shrubs for hedging and shelterbelts in exposed maritime areas.

[76] Cooper. M. and Johnson. A. Poisonous Plants in Britain and their Effects on Animals and Man. HMSO 1984 ISBN 0112425291 Concentrates mainly on the effects of poisonous plants to livestock.

[77] Kelly. S. Eucalypts. (2 volumes.) Nelson, Melbourne 1969 A very readable book (in two volumes) on the many species of Eucalyptus trees in Australia.

[78] Sheat. W. G. Propagation of Trees, Shrubs and Conifers. MacMillan and Co 1948 A bit dated but a good book on propagation techniques with specific details for a wide range of plants.

[79] Innes. C. The World of Iridaceae Deals with many of the plants in the Iris family giving brief details of habitat and notes on cultivation. Well illustrated.

[80] McMillan-Browse. P. Hardy Woody Plants from Seed. Grower Books 1985 ISBN 0-901361-21-6 Does not deal with many species but it is very comprehensive on those that it does cover. Not for casual reading.

[81] Rushforth. K. Conifers. Christopher Helm 1987 ISBN 0-7470-2801-X Deals with conifers that can be grown outdoors in Britain. Good notes on cultivation and a few bits about plant uses.

[82] Sargent. C. S. Manual of the Trees of N. America. Dover Publications Inc. New York. 1965 ISBN 0-486-20278-X Two volumes, a comprehensive listing of N. American trees though a bit out of date now. Good details on habitats, some details on plant uses. Not really for the casual reader.

[83] Evans. R. L. Handbook of Cultivated Sedums. Science Reviews 1983 Deals with the genus Sedum. Fairly easy reading, it gives cultivation details and some notes on habitats.

[84] Coyle. J. and Roberts. N. C. A Field Guide to the Common and Interesting Plants of Baja California. Natural History Publishing Co. 1975 A very readable pocket flora with good illustrations, it gives quite a few plant uses.

[85] Harrington. H. D. Edible Native Plants of the Rocky Mountains. University of New Mexico Press 1967 ISBN 0-8623-0343-9 A superb book. Very readable, it gives the results of the authors experiments with native edible plants.

[86] Organ. J. Gourds. Faber 1963 Deals with squashes and their relatives. Interesting and readable, it gives cultivation techniques and some details of plant uses.

[87] Woodward. L. Burge. P. Green Manures. Elm Farm Research Centre. 1982 Green manure crops for temperate areas. Quite a lot of information on a number of species.

[88] RHS. The Garden. Volume 112. Royal Horticultural Society 1987 Snippets of information from the magazine of the RHS. In particular, there are articles on plants that are resistant to honey fungus, oriental vegetables, Cimicifuga spp, Passiflora species and Cucurbits.

[89] Polunin. O. and Huxley. A. Flowers of the Mediterranean. Hogarth Press 1987 ISBN 0-7012-0784-1 A very readable pocket flora that is well illustrated. Gives some information on plant uses.

[90] Phillips. R. and Rix. M. Bulbs Pan Books 1989 ISBN 0-330-30253-1 Superbly illustrated, it gives brief details on cultivation and native habitat.

[91] Zhang Jingwei. Alpine Plants of China. Gordon & Breach. New York. 1982 ISBN 0-677-60190-5 A lovely book with nice pictures. Gives habitats and some details of plant uses.

[92] Balls. E. K. Early Uses of Californian Plants. University of California Press 1975 ISBN 0-520-00072-2 A nice readable book.

[93] Davis. P. H. Flora of Turkey. Edinburgh University Press 1965 Not for the casual reader, this is an immense work in many volumes. Some details of plant uses and habitats.

[94] Sweet. M. Common Edible and Useful Plants of the West. Naturegraph Co. 1962 ISBN 0-911010-54-8 Useful wild plants in Western N. America. A pocket guide.

[95] Saunders. C. F. Edible and Useful Wild Plants of the United States and Canada. Dover Publications 1976 ISBN 0-486-23310-3 Useful wild plants of America. A pocket guide.

[96] Surey-Gent. S. and Morris. G. Seaweed - A Users Guide. Covers seaweeds of Britain. A good coverage of when and what to eat plus some other uses.

[97] Towle. M. A. The Ethno-Botany of Pre-Columbian Peru. A very interesting book covering quite a lot of information on plant uses in S. America although many of the plants are not suitable for temperate areas..

[98] Gordon. A. G. and Rowe. D. C. f. Seed Manual for Ornamental Trees and Shrubs. Very comprehensive guide to growing trees and shrubs from seed. Not for the casual reader.

[99] Turner. N. J. Plants in British Columbian Indian Technology. British Columbia Provincial Museum 1979 ISBN 0-7718-8117-7 Excellent and readable guide.

[100] Polunin. O. Flowers of Europe - A Field Guide. Oxford University Press 1969 ISBN 0192176218 An excellent and well illustrated pocket guide for those with very large pockets. Also gives some details on plant uses.

[101] Turner. N. J. and Szczawinski. A. Edible Wild Fruits and Nuts of Canada. National Museum of Natural Sciences 1978 A very readable guide to some wild foods of Canada.

[102] Kavasch. B. Native Harvests. Vintage Books 1979 ISBN 0-394-72811-4 Another guide to the wild foods of America.

[103] Haywood. V. H. Flowering Plants of the World. Oxford University Press ISBN 0-19-217674-9 Very readable and well illustrated, it lists plants by families giving the basic diagnostic features and some details of plant uses.

[104] RHS. The Garden. Volume 111. Royal Horticultural Society 1986 Snippets of information from the magazine of the RHS, including an article in Crambe maritima and another on several species thought to be tender that are succeeding in a S. Devon garden.

[105] Tanaka. T. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World. Keigaku Publishing 1976 The most comprehensive guide to edible plants I've come across. Only the briefest entry for each species, though, and some of the entries are more than a little dubious. Not for the casual reader.

[106] Coon. N. The Dictionary of Useful Plants. Rodale Press 1975 ISBN 0-87857-090-x Interesting reading but short on detail.

[107] Brooker. M. I. A Key to Eucalypts in Britain and Ireland. HMSO 1983 ISBN 0-11-710192-3 A Forestry commission booklet giving details of the more common Eucalyptus species grown in Britain. Good identification guide.

[108] International Bee Research Association. Garden Plants Valuable to Bees. International Bee Research Association. 1981 The title says it all.

[109] Wilson. E. H. Plantae Wilsonae. Details of the plants collected by the plant collector E. H. Wilson on his travels in China. Gives some habitats. Not for the casual reader.

[110] Polhamus. L. G. Rubber: Botany, Cultivation and Utilization. Mainly tropical plants with a small section on temperate plants for rubber.

[111] Sanders. T. W. Popular Hardy Perennials. Collingridge 1926 A fairly wide range of perennial plants that can be grown in Britain and how to grow them.

[112] Whiting. A. G. A Summary of the Literature on Milkweeds (Asclepias spp) and their utilization. A technical paper covering the many uses of the genus Asclepias.

[113] Dirr. M. A. and Heuser. M. W. The Reference Manual of Woody Plant Propagation. Athens Ga. Varsity Press 1987 ISBN 0942375009 A very detailed book on propagating trees. Not for the casual reader.

[114] Chakravarty. H. L. The Plant Wealth of Iraq. It is surprising how many of these plants can be grown in Britain. A very readable book on the useful plants of Iraq.

[115] Johnson. C. P. The Useful Plants of Great Britain. Written about a hundred years ago, but still a very good guide to the useful plants of Britain.

[116] Brooklyn Botanic Garden Oriental Herbs and Vegetables, Vol 39 No. 2. Brooklyn Botanic Garden 1986 A small booklet packed with information.

[117] Rosengarten. jnr. F. The Book of Edible Nuts. Walker & Co. 1984 ISBN 0802707699 A very readable and comprehensive guide. Well illustrated.

[118] Gunther. E. Ethnobotany of Western Washington. University of Washington Press 1981 ISBN 0-295-95258-X A small book, it is a good guide to useful plants in Western N. America.

[119] Roach. F. A. Cultivated Fruits of Britain. Oxford University Press 1985

[120] ? The Plantsman. Vol. 2. 1980 - 1981. Royal Horticultural Society 1980 Excerpts from the periodical giving cultivation details and other notes on some of the useful plants including Billardiera spp, Calochortus spp, Drimys spp.

[121] ? The Plantsman. Vol. 3. 1981 - 1982. Royal Horticultural Society 1981 Excerpts from the periodical giving cultivation details and other notes on some of the useful plants..

[122] ? The Plantsman. Vol. 1. 1979 - 1980. Royal Horticultural Society 1979 Excerpts from the periodical giving cultivation details and other notes on some of the useful plants. A good article on the flowering of bamboos.

[123] ? Encyclopaedia Britannica. 15th edition. It contains a few things of interest to the plant project.

[124] RHS. The Garden. Volume 113. Royal Horticultural Society 1988 Snippets of information from the magazine of the RHS, including details on Podophyllum, Canna and Protea species.

[125] ? The Plantsman. Vol. 5. 1983 - 1984. Royal Horticultural Society 1983 Excerpts from the periodical giving cultivation details and other notes on some of the useful plants..

[126] ? The Plantsman. Vol. 6. 1984 - 1985. Royal Horticultural Society 1984 Excerpts from the periodical giving cultivation details and other notes on some of the useful plants including Actinidia and Wisteria species.

[127] ? The Plantsman. Vol. 7. 1985 - 1986. Royal Horticultural Society 1985 Excerpts from the periodical giving cultivation details and other notes on some of the useful plants..

[128] Laing. and Blackwell. Plants of New Zealand. Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd 1907 An old flora of New Zealand in a readable style. Some details of plant uses.

[129] ? Alpine Garden Society Bulletin. Volume 56. Alpine Garden Society Excerpts from the periodical. Some details on Corydalis spp.

[130] ? The Plantsman. Vol. 4. 1982 - 1983. Royal Horticultural Society 1982 Excerpts from the periodical giving cultivation details and other notes on some of the useful plants, including Distylium racemosum and some perennial members of the family Berberidaceae.

[131] Warren-Wren. S. C. Willows. David and Charles 1972 A readable guide to the willows.

[132] Bianchini. F., Corbetta. F. and Pistoia. M. Fruits of the Earth. Lovely pictures, a very readable book.

[133] Rice. G. (Editor) Growing from Seed. Volume 1. Thompson and Morgan. 1987 Very readable magazine with lots of information on propagation.

[134] Rice. G. (Editor) Growing from Seed. Volume 2. Thompson and Morgan. 1988 Very readable magazine with lots of information on propagation. An interesting article on Ensete ventricosum.

[135] ? The Plantsman. Vol.8. 1986 - 1987. Royal Horticultural Society 1986 Excerpts from the periodical giving cultivation details and other notes on some of the useful plants including some Cucurbitaceae.

[136] Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Kew Bulletin. 1909 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 1909 An interesting article on growing wild rice, Zizania aquatica and Z. latifolia.

[137] ? The Plantsman. Vol. 9. 1986 - 1987. Royal Horticultural Society 1986 Excerpts from the periodical giving cultivation details and other notes on some of the useful plants including Carya spp and Crocus sativus.

[138] Bird. R. (Editor) Growing from Seed. Volume 3. Thompson and Morgan. 1989 Very readable magazine with lots of information on propagation.

[139] ? Flora of Chile. (in Spanish) Some information about the useful plants of Chile.

[140] Kamen. B. Siberian Ginseng. Detailed information for the lay person on this medicinal plant that is so widely used in the Orient and Russia.

[141] Carruthers. S. P. (Editor) Alternative Enterprises for Agriculture in the UK. Centre for Agricultural Strategy, Univ. of Reading 1986 ISBN 0704909820 Some suggested alternative commercial crops for Britain. Readable. Produced by a University study group.

[142] Brouk. B. Plants Consumed by Man. Academic Press 1975 ISBN 0-12-136450-x Readable but not very comprehensive.

[143] Woodcock. and Coutts. Lilies - Their Culture and Management. Country Life 1935 A classic, but dated. Deals with the genus Lilium.

[144] Cribb. A. B. and J. W. Wild Food in Australia. Fontana 1976 ISBN 0-00-634436-4 A very good pocket guide.

[145] Singh. Dr. G. and Kachroo. Prof. Dr. P. Forest Flora of Srinagar. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh 1976 A good flora of the western Himalayas but poorly illustrated. Some information on plant uses.

[146] Gamble. J. S. A Manual of Indian Timbers. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh 1972 Written last century, but still a classic, giving a lot of information on the uses and habitats of Indian trees. Not for the casual reader.

[147] ? A Barefoot Doctors Manual. Running Press ISBN 0-914294-92-X A very readable herbal from China, combining some modern methods with traditional chinese methods.

[148] Niebuhr. A. D. Herbs of Greece. Herb Society of America. 1970 A pleasant little book about Greek herbs.

[149] Vines. R. A. Trees of Central Texas. University of Texas Press 1987 ISBN 0-292-78958-3 Fairly readable, it gives details of habitats and some of the uses of trees growing in Texas.

[150] Watson. W. C. R. Handbook of the Rubi of Great Britain and Ireland. There are hundreds of slightly differing species of the common blackberry growing in Britain. This is a book for the dedicated.

[151] Wilson. E. H. and Trollope. M. N. Corean Flora. Royal Asiatic Society 1918 A very small handbook, it does give a little bit of information on Korean plants.

[152] Lassak. E. V. and McCarthy. T. Australian Medicinal Plants. A very good and readable guide to the subject.

[153] Brooker. S. G., Cambie. R. C. and Cooper. R. C. Economic Native Plants of New Zealand. Oxford University Press 1991 ISBN 0-19-558229-2 An interesting and readable book on the useful plants of New Zealand.

[154] Ewart. A. J. Flora of Victoria. A flora of eastern Australia, it is rather short on information that is useful to the plant project.

[155] Arnberger. L. P. Flowers of the Southwest Mountains. Southwestern Monuments Ass. 1968 A lovely little pocket guide to wild plants in the southern Rockies of America.

[156] Cribb. A. B. and J. W. Useful Wild Plants in Australia. William Collins Pty Ltd. Sidney 1981 ISBN 0-00-216441-8 A very readable book.

[157] Wrigley. J. W. and Fagg. M. Australian Native Plants. Collins. (Australia) 1988 ISBN 0-7322-0021-0 A lovely book, written in order to encourage Australian gardeners to grow their native plants. A little bit of information for the plant project.

[158] Gupta. B. L. Forest Flora of Chakrata, Dehra Dun and Saharanpur. Forest Research Institute Press 1945 A good flora for the middle Himalayan forests, sparsly illustrated. Not really for the casual reader.

[159] McPherson. A. and S. Wild Food Plants of Indiana. Indiana University Press 1977 ISBN 0-253-28925-4 A nice pocket guide to this region of America.

[160] Natural Food Institute, Wonder Crops. 1987. Fascinating reading, this is an annual publication. Some reports do seem somewhat exaggerated though.

[161] Yanovsky. E. Food Plants of the N. American Indians. Publication no. 237. U.S. Depf of Agriculture. A comprehensive but very terse guide. Not for the casual reader.

[162] Grounds. R. Ornamental Grasses. Christopher Helm 1989 ISBN 0-7470-1219-9 Cultivation details of many of the grasses and bamboos. Well illustrated.

[163] RHS Lily Group. Lilies and Related Plants. Lots of interesting snippets about plants in the family Liliaceae (in the old, broad sense)

[164] Bird. R. (Editor) Growing from Seed. Volume 4. Thompson and Morgan. 1990 Very readable magazine with lots of information on propagation. A good article on Yuccas, one on Sagebrush (Artemesia spp) and another on Chaerophyllum bulbosum.

[165] Mills. S. Y. The Dictionary of Modern Herbalism. An excellent small herbal.

[166] Taylor. J. The Milder Garden. Dent 1990 A good book on plants that you didn't know could be grown outdoors in Britain.

[167] Holliday. I. and Hill. R. A Field Guide to Australian Trees. Frederick Muller Ltd. 1974 ISBN 0-85179-627-3 A well illustrated and very readable book, but it does not contain much information for the plant project.

[168] Grae. I. Nature's Colors - Dyes from Plants. MacMillan Publishing Co. New York. 1974 ISBN 0-02-544950-8 A very good and readable book on dyeing.

[169] Buchanan. R. A Weavers Garden. Covers all aspects of growing your own clothes, from fibre plants to dyes.

[170] Dremann. C. G. Ground Cherries, Husk Tomatoes and Tomatilloes. Redwood City Seed Co 1985 ISBN 0-933421-03-6 Only a small booklet but it covers the various species in some depth.

[171] Hill. A. F. Economic Botany. The Maple Press 1952 Not very comprehensive, but it is quite readable and goes into some a bit of detail about the plants it does cover.

[172] Schofield. J. J. Discovering Wild Plants - Alaska, W. Canada and the Northwest. A nice guide to some useful plants in that area.

[173] Crowe. A. Native Edible Plants of New Zealand. Hodder and Stoughton 1990 ISBN 0-340-508302 A very well written and illustrated book based on the authors own experiments with living on a native diet.

[174] Kariyone. T. Atlas of Medicinal Plants. A good Japanese herbal.

[175] Bird. R. (Editor) Focus on Plants. Volume 5. (formerly 'Growing from seed') Thompson and Morgan. 1991 Very readable magazine with lots of information on propagation. A good article on Corydalis spp.

[176] Yeung. Him-Che. Handbook of Chinese Herbs and Formulas. Institute of Chinese Medicine, Los Angeles 1985 A very good Chinese herbal.

[177] Kunkel. G. Plants for Human Consumption. Koeltz Scientific Books 1984 ISBN 3874292169 An excellent book for the dedicated. A comprehensive listing of latin names with a brief list of edible parts.

[178] Stuart. Rev. G. A. Chinese Materia Medica. Taipei. Southern Materials Centre A translation of an ancient Chinese herbal. Fascinating.

[179] Reid. B. E. Famine Foods of the Chiu-Huang Pen-ts'ao. Taipei. Southern Materials Centre 1977 A translation of an ancient Chinese book on edible wild foods. Fascinating.

[180] Kunming Inst. of Botany. Yunnan Camellias of China. Lots of information and good photos.

[181] Pesman. M. W. Meet Flora Mexicana. Dale S. King. Arizona. 1962 Very readable flora but rather lacking botanically. A few notes on useful plants.

[182] Thomas. G. S. Ornamental Shrubs, Climbers and Bamboos. Murray 1992 ISBN 0-7195-5043-2 Contains a wide range of plants with a brief description, mainly of their ornamental value but also usually of cultivation details and varieties.

[183] Facciola. S. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications 1990 ISBN 0-9628087-0-9 Excellent. Contains a very wide range of conventional and unconventional food plants (including tropical) and where they can be obtained (mainly N. American nurseries but also research institutes and a lot of other nurseries from around the world.

[184] Phillips. R. & Rix. M. Shrubs. Pan Books 1989 ISBN 0-330-30258-2 Excellent photographs and a terse description of 1900 species and cultivars.

[185] Mitchell. A. F. Conifers in the British Isles. HMSO 1975 ISBN 0-11-710012-9 A bit out of date (first published in 1972), but an excellent guide to how well the various species of conifers grow in Britain giving locations of trees.

[186] Beckett. G. and K. Planting Native Trees and Shrubs. Jarrold 1979 An excellent guide to native British trees and shrubs with lots of details about the plants.

[187] Phillips. R. & Rix. M. Perennials Volumes 1 and 2. Pan Books 1991 ISBN 0-330-30936-9 Photographs of over 3,000 species and cultivars of ornamental plants together with brief cultivation notes, details of habitat etc.

[188] Brickell. C. The RHS Gardener's Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd. 1990 ISBN 0-86318-386-7 Excellent range of photographs, some cultivation details but very little information on plant uses.

[189] Bell. L. A. Plant Fibres for Papermaking. Liliaceae Press 1988 A good practical section on how to make paper on a small scale plus details of about 75 species (quite a few of them tropical) that can be used.

[190] Chatto. B. The Dry Garden. Dent 1982 ISBN 0460045512 A good list of drought resistant plants with details on how to grow them.

[191] Letter from Crarae Garden, March 1993. - 1993 A list Nothofagus species growing at Crarae Garden in Scotland.

[192] Emboden. W. Narcotic Plants Studio Vista 1979 ISBN 0-289-70864-8 A lot of details about the history, chemistry and use of narcotic plants, including hallucinogens, stimulants, inebriants and hypnotics.

[193] Low. T. Wild Food Plants of Australia. Angus and Robertson. 1989 ISBN 0-207-14383-8 Well presented, clear information and good photographs. An interesting read for the casual reader as well as the enthusiast

[194] Parmar. C. and Kaushal. M.K. Wild Fruits of the Sub-Himalayan Region. Kalyani Publishers. New Delhi. 1982 Contains lots of information on about 25 species of fruit-bearing plants of the Himalayas, not all of them suitable for cool temperate zones.

[195] Farrelly. D. The Book of Bamboo Sierra Club. 1984 ISBN 0-87156-825-X Very readable, giving lots of information on the uses of bamboos, both temperate and tropical.

[196] Popenoe. H. et al Lost Crops of the Incas National Academy Press 1990 ISBN 0-309-04264-X An excellent book. Very readable, with lots of information and good pictures of some lesser known food plants of S. America.

[197] Royal Horticultural Society. Ground Cover Plants. Cassells. 1989 ISBN 0-304-31089-1 A handy little booklet from the R.H.S.

[198] Li. H. L. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum. Volume 32. Arnold Arboretum. 1952 A monograph of the genus Actinidia.

[199] Newsholme. C. Willows - The Genus Salix. Batsford 1992 ISBN 0713468815 A very readable book on the genus.

[200] Huxley. A. The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. MacMillan Press 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed.

[201] Allardice.P. A - Z of Companion Planting. Cassell Publishers Ltd. 1993 ISBN 0-304-34324-2 A well produced and very readable book.

[202] Davis. B. Climbers and Wall Shrubs. Viking. 1990 ISBN 0-670-82929-3 Contains information on 2,000 species and cultivars, giving details of cultivation requirements. The text is terse but informative.

[203] Davies. D. Alliums. The Ornamental Onions. Batsford 1992 ISBN 0-7134-7030-5 Covers about 200 species of Alliums. A very short section on their uses, good details of their cultivation needs.

[204] Livingstone. B. Flora of Canada National Museums of Canada 1978 ISBN 0-660-00025-3 In 4 volumes, it does not deal with plant uses but gives descriptions and habitats.

[205] Erhardt. W. Hemerocallis. Day Lilies. Batsford. 1992 ISBN 0-7134-7065-8 A comprehensive book on the species with a short section on their uses.

[206] Larkcom J. Oriental Vegetables John Murray 1991 ISBN 0-7195-4781-4 Well written and very informative.

[207] Coffey. T. The History and Folklore of North American Wild Flowers. Facts on File. 1993 ISBN 0-8160-2624-6 A nice read, lots of information on plant uses.

[208] Thomas. G. S. Plants for Ground Cover J. M. Dent & Sons 1990 ISBN 0-460-12609-1 An excellent detailled book on the subject, very comprehensive.

[209] Chancellor. P. M. Handbook of the Bach Flower Remedies C. W. Daniel Co. Ltd. 1985 ISBN 85207 002 0 Details the 38 remedies plus how and where to prescribe them.

[210] Westwood. C. Aromatherapy - A guide for home use. Amberwood Publishing Ltd 1993 ISBN 0-9517723-0-9 An excellent little pocket guide. Very concise.

[211] Coventry. B. O. Wild Flowers of Kashmir Raithby, Lawrence and Co. 1923 A nice little pocket guide to 50 wildflowers of Kashmir. This is part one of three, we have not seen the other two volumes

[212] Craighead. J., Craighead. F. and Davis. R. A Field Guide to Rocky Mountain Wildflowers The Riverside Press 1963 ISBN 63-7093 Excellent little pocket guide to the area, covering 590 species and often giving details of their uses.

[213] Weiner. M. A. Earth Medicine, Earth Food. Ballantine Books 1980 ISBN 0-449-90589-6 A nice book to read though it is difficult to look up individual plants since the book is divided into separate sections dealing with the different medicinal uses plus a section on edible plants. Common names are used instead of botanical.

[214] Matthews. V. The New Plantsman. Volume 1, 1994. Royal Horticultural Society 1994 ISBN 1352-4186 A quarterly magazine, it has articles on Himalayacalamus hookerianus, hardy Euphorbias and an excellent article on Hippophae spp.

[215] BBC The Natural History Programme 16th September 1994. BBC 1994 A report on the Natural History radio 4 programme about the value of Japanese knot weed to British wildlife.

[216] Whiting. A. F. Ethnobotany of the Hopi North Arizona Society of Science and Art 1939 A very good guide the the plant uses of the N. American Hopi Indians.

[217] Les Ecologistes de l'Euziere Les Salades Sauvages Not given. 1994 ISBN 2-906128-04-X A lovely little book about some wild salads in France. Written in French.

[218] Duke. J. A. and Ayensu. E. S. Medicinal Plants of China Reference Publications, Inc. 1985 ISBN 0-917256-20-4 Details of over 1,200 medicinal plants of China and brief details of their uses. Often includes an analysis, or at least a list of constituents. Heavy going if you are not into the subject.

[219] Grey-Wilson. C. & Matthews. V. Gardening on Walls Collins 1983 ISBN 0-00-219220-0 A nice little book about plants for growing against walls and a small section on plants that can grow in walls.

[220] Stapleton. C. Bamboos of Nepal The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1994 ISBN 0947643680 An excelllent little booklet that looks in some detail at the native bamboos of Nepal, including looking at their uses.

[221] Crook. H. Clifford. Campanulas Country Life 1951 A comprehensive treatment of the genus.

[222] Foster. S. & Duke. J. A. A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants. Eastern and Central N. America. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1990 ISBN 0395467225 A concise book dealing with almost 500 species. A line drawing of each plant is included plus colour photographs of about 100 species. Very good as a field guide, it only gives brief details about the plants medicinal properties.

[223] Rottsieper. E.H.W. Vegetable Tannins The Forestal Land, Timber and Railways Co. Ltd. 1946 A fairly detailed treatise on the major sources of vegetable tannins.

[224] Bartram. T. Agnus Castus - A leaflet that summarizes the medicinal virtues of Vitex agnus-castus.

[225] Knees. S. The New Plantsman. Volume 2, 1995. Royal Horticultural Society 1995 ISBN 1352-4186 A quarterly magazine, it has articles on Coprosma species,

[226] Lauriault. J. Identification Guide to the Trees of Canada Fitzhenry and Whiteside, Ontario. 1989 ISBN 0889025649 Very good on identification for non-experts, the book also has a lot of information on plant uses.

[227] Vines. R.A. Trees of North Texas University of Texas Press. 1982 ISBN 0292780206 A readable guide to the area, it contains descriptions of the plants and their habitats with quite a bit of information on plant uses.

[228] McGregor. R. L. & Barkley. T. M. Flora of the Great Plains. University Press of Kansas. 1986 ISBN 070060295x A useful source of habitats.

[229] Elias. T. The Complete Trees of N. America. Field Guide and Natural History. Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. 1980 ISBN 0442238622 A very good concise guide. Gives habitats, good descriptions, maps showing distribution and a few of the uses. It also includes the many shrubs that occasionally reach tree proportions.

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[231] McMillan-Browse. P. Palms for Cooler Climates. Trebah Enterprises. 1993 ISBN 0 9521952 0 8 An excellent little booklet on the subject, though it does not mention many plant uses.

[232] Castro. M. The Complete Homeopathy Handbook. Macmillan. London. 1990 ISBN 0-333-55581-3 A concise beginner's guide to the subject. Very readable.

[233] Thomas. G. S. Perennial Garden Plants J. M. Dent & Sons, London. 1990 ISBN 0 460 86048 8 A concise guide to a wide range of perennials. Lots of cultivation guides, very little on plant uses.

[234] - Radio 4 Farming Programme, 25/08/95. - 1995 An article on the potential of Coriandrum sativum as an oil crop.

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[238] Bown. D. Encyclopaedia of Herbs and their Uses. Dorling Kindersley, London. 1995 ISBN 0-7513-020-31 A very well presented and informative book on herbs from around the globe. Plenty in it for both the casual reader and the serious student. Just one main quibble is the silly way of having two separate entries for each plant.

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[245] Genders. R. Scented Flora of the World. Robert Hale. London. 1994 ISBN 0-7090-5440-8 An excellent, comprehensive book on scented plants giving a few other plant uses and brief cultivation details. There are no illustrations.

[246] Radio 4 AM - 1997 A news item on the Radio 4 morning news programme 'AM', 15/10/97.

[247] Knees. S. The New Plantsman. Volume 4. Royal Horticultural Society, London 1997 ISBN 1352-4186 A few articles of interest, especially Berberdopsis corallina and Tropaeolum species.

[248] Anderson. A. New Scientist IPC Magazines Ltd, London 1997 ISBN 0262-4079 A short item on a couple of soil reclamation plants, Atropa belladonna and Solanum nigrum

[249] Valder. P. Wisterias: a comprehensive guide. Florilegium. Australia. 1995 ISBN 0-646-22049-7 Excellent information and photographs of this genus with a little bit about their uses.

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WWW-63 Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
WWW-64 Jardins Botaniques et Conservatoires Botaniques
WWW-65 Jelitto Perennial Seeds
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WWW-67 (No logo) Specialty Perennials (www.hardyplants.com)
WWW-68 Indiana Masons Online
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WWW-71 Herbs 2000
WWW-72 (No logo) ILPIN INFORMATION ON Lactuca serriola
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WWW-75 International Bulb Society
WWW-76 (No Logo) Hallucinogenic plants by Richard Evans Shultes
WWW-77 Desert-Tropicals.com
WWW-78 N.A.R.G.S. (The North American Rock Garden Society )
WWW-79 (No Logo) Know Your Plants... Safe or Poisonous?
WWW-80 Bedford Laboratories
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WWW-83 Odyssey Bulbs
WWW-84 Pacific Bulb Society
WWW-85 Ohio State Bulletin
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WWW-87 Guiding Conservation in Kitsap
WWW-88 International Veterinary Information Service
WWW-89 BigPedia
WWW-90 Explore Plant Guide Encyclopedia
WWW-91 Rainy Side Notes
WWW-92 Gardening with Ciscoe
WWW-93 Alchemy Works Seeds & Herbs
WWW-94 Local Harvest Nurseries
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WWW-96 Hipernatural
WWW-97 (No logo) ISLAND DIRECTORY - Malta
WWW-98 ( No logo) Ecology of the Maltese islands.
WWW-99 (No logo) Piante Endemiche di Sicilia e dei territori limitrofi
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WWW-101 (No Logo) The English Cottage Garden Nursery
WWW-102 (No logo) BioSalinity Awerness Project
WWW-103 Art Technological Source Research
WWW-104 (No logo) Message posted by 'Rowena' on Garden Forum (www.sca.org.au)
WWW-105 Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
WWW-106 Historic Food (by Ivan Day)
WWW-107 (No Logo) Dyes Used in the Bible
WWW-108 Nationaal Herbarium Nederland
WWW-109 Iziko - Museum of Cape Town
WWW-110 Pro-Z Forum
WWW-111 (No logo) Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database ( by Michel H. Porcher)
WWW-112 Arable Plants UK
WWW-113 (No Logo) Smartweed (Polygonum spp.) Biology Outline & Bibliography (Prepared by: Wilmar Morjan, April 1998)
WWW-114 Horticulture department, Purdue University
WWW-115 (No Logo) Web publication by Stephen Spiteri on I. viscosa
WWW-116 (No Logo) Inula Farms by Avisco Ltd.
WWW-117 Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australia
WWW-118 Health World Online
WWW-119 Families.com Encyclopaedia
WWW-120 Howell's on Clematis
WWW-121 Aromatic and Medicinal Plants Page
WWW-122 AboutFlowers.org (UK)
WWW-123 Poisonous plants of North Carolina
WWW-124 Institut National de la Richerche Agrinomique
WWW-125 Answers.com
WWW-126 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
WWW-127 Mediterranean Gardening Society
WWW-128 Environmental Working Group
WWW-129 (No Logo) Ambergris caye belize
WWW-130 American University
WWW-131 E. D. Foods Inc.
WWW-132 Valentine Floral creations
WWW-133 (no logo) The Garden of Paghat the Ratgirl
WWW-134 (No Logo) Center for the Study of Digital Libraries
WWW-135 University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
WWW-136 Waste Magazine, Spain
WWW-137 (No Logo) My-Malta.com
WWW-138 IPCS Intox
WWW-139 Herbnet - Medicinal Herb Uses
WWW-140 The Basement Shaman
WWW-141 Internet Orchid Photo Encyclopedia by Jay Pfahl
WWW-142 (No logo) Gunther's European Orchids Homepage
WWW-143 (No logo) James Mast de Maeght Oprhys WebPage
WWW-144 E-medicine Consumer Health
WWW-145 National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
WWW-146 (No Logo) Complementary and Alternative Healing University
WWW-147 (No logo) Orchidées de Malte (Orchids of Malta)
WWW-148 FLORA OF CRETE: Supplement II, Additions 1997-2004
WWW-149 "Find Articles" Website
WWW-150 Just Gardeners Website
WWW-151 Mount Pelion (Greece) Nature Link
WWW-152 The 1911 Edition Encyclopedia
WWW-153 (No Logo) The endangered Orchid species in france
WWW-154 (No Logo) The Evolutionary Dynamics of Plant-Insects Interactions
WWW-155 CITES - La Convention sur le commerce international des especes de faune et de flore sauvages menacies d'extinction.
WWW-156 (No logo) Orchis.de
WWW-157 (No logo) Bombus.it
WWW-158 Royal Botanic Garden of Edinburgh
WWW-159 (No Logo) Muscari Pages by Martin Philippo
WWW-160 QuattroFolium, Website dedicated to plants with clover-like leaves
WWW-161 George Town University
WWW-162 Virigina Tech - Departement of Plant Pathology
WWW-163 Life Science at Brandeis
WWW-164 Kingdom Plantaea
WWW-165 Permaculture Info Web
WWW-166 Flora of the New Zealand Series
WWW-167 (No Logo) British Wild Flowers Gallery for Orchids (Page 3)
WWW-168 Marina Alta Walks
WWW-169 Britain's Orchids (by David Lang)
WWW-170 (No Logo) Orchids.de (Germany)
WWW-171 (No Logo) Die Orchideen des Jahres 2000-2006
WWW-172 Plant-Supplies.com
WWW-173 (No Logo) Vegetox
Toxicologie Vegetale applique a la medecine veterinaire
WWW-174 (No logo) Medical Online Dictionary
WWW-175 (No logo) Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility
WWW-176 (No logo) Pierre conservation district
WWW-177 (No Logo) The world of Cyprus
WWW-178 A GUIDE TO THE HERBS OF CYPRUS
WWW-179 USDA - United States Department of Agriculture
WWW-180 MD Idea
WWW-181 Medicinet.com
WWW-182 Health Library
WWW-183 Kankas Wild Flowers
WWW-184 Diagnose Me
WWW-185 (No Logo) The Backyard Herbalist
WWW-186 Floridata
WWW-187 (No Logo) Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
WWW-188 (No Logo) Invasive Plant Database
WWW-189 Global Biodiversity Information Facility
WWW-190 (No Logo) Greek Orchids
WWW-191 International Aroid Society
WWW-192 Crimson Sage
WWW-193 Mountain Valley Growers
WWW-194 (No Logo) Ernestina Parziale Certified Herbalist
WWW-195 Synonyms.net
WWW-196 Herbal medicine from your garden
WWW-197 Celtnet Recipes
WWW-198 Thirty Fun Q&A
WWW-199 Cat World
WWW-200 DIY Gardening Projects and Landscaping Ideas to Save Money by Marc Mazza