Download or read book A Modern Herbal written by Maud Grieve and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1971-06-01 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 2 of the fullest, most exact, most useful compilation of herbal material. Gigantic alphabetical encyclopedia, from aconite to zedoary, gives botanical information, medical properties, folklore, economic uses, much else. Indispensable to serious reader. Total in set: 161 illustrations.