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The Genus Lavandula
Tim Upson and Susyn Andrews
The Genus Lavandula provides a comprehensive treatment
of the wild and cultivated taxa of this popular plant, their cultivation
and uses. Given the varied audience with an interest in lavenders,
ranging from gardeners, commercial growers and those in industries
utilizing the essential oils, this work is written with the aim of
focusing a spotlight on this fascinating group. Includes history;
cultivation; propagation; diseases; morphology; phytochemistry; pollination;
phylogenetic relationships; and taxonomies. Beautifully illustrated. |
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Growing
and Using Lavender
Patti Barrett
Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have
offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers
master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There
are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable
popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers
alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life. |
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Cooking
with Lavender: From My Garden to Yours
Joyce Ellenbecker |
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Distillation - A How to Booklet
Jeanne
Rose and Ben Alkire
A to-the-point 41 page booklet that touches on history;
definitions; introduction; methods; set-up; finishing; collecting
essential oil; hydrosols; cleaning. |
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Growing Lavender and Community on the
Sequim Prairie: A How to and History
Betty Oppenheimer
With over 60 projects and recipes for using the fragrant
herb. |
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Growing Your Herb Business
Bertha Reppert
From the Back Cover
Have you ever dreamed of selling your herbs and crafts? Stop dreaming and start
reading! In Growing Your Herb Business, Bertha Reppert shares the story of
how she launched The Rosemary House, a Pennsylvania herb and spice shop in
business for more than 25 years. |
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The
Lavender Garden: Beautiful Varieties to Grow and Gather
Robert Kourik, Deborah Jones
If you consider yourself a lavender lover--that is
to say, if you are mesmerized by the plant's delicious aroma, enchanted
by its long, rich history, and passionate about its medicinal uses, The
Lavender Garden is for you. This lovely book offers instructions
on growing, maintaining, harvesting, and more.
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Lavender: Fragrance of Provence
Hans
Walter Silvester, Christiane Meunie
This work comprises 132 opulent color photographs taken in the French region
of Provence. Silvester photographed lavender and its hybrid, lavandin, in
every season, lovingly capturing the ever-changing shapes and colors in the
region's mountains and plains.
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Lavender,
Lavender, Lavender: A Booklet
Jeanne Rose |
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Lavender: a Growers' Guide for Commercial
Production
J.A. McGimpsey and N.G. Porter
A history of commercial cultivation of lavender in
New Zealand |
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Lavender, the Grower's Guide
Victoria
McNaughton
An experienced grower gives instructions for the
home gardener and detailed information for the professional grower
on the care and propagation of lavender, and offers physical and
historical descriptions of some 200 lavender cultivars. There is
also information on the botany of lavender and more. |
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Lavender:
Nature's Way to Relaxation and Health
Philippa Waring
This book will help you know: How to use lavender
for ailments and injuries; how lavender helps with emotional well
being; culinary uses; history and folklore; plant varieties. |
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The
Magic and Power of Lavender
Maggie Tisserend, Monika Junemann
This book introduces you to the delightful and enticing
secrets of this plant and its essence, demonstrating its healing
power, while also familiarizing you with its long and fascinating
history and presenting to you the places and people involved in its
cultivation. |
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Lavender Oil: The New Guide to Nature's
Most Versatile Remedy
Julia Lawless
From the Publisher
Explains the remarkable properties of lavender oil and how this popular aromatherapy
oil can be used. |
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Lavender Sweet Lavender
Judith A. McLeod
The heart of every perfect summer is captured in the sweet fragrance
of that most nostalgic of all flowers, lavender. And, in this definitive
book, the essence of lavender itself is unerringly captured. An extensive
and comprehensive botanical monograph on the genus is included. |
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Secrets
of Plant Propagation
Lewis Hill
From the Back Cover
Plant Propagation? That's starting your own flowers and vegetables, inside
and out. It's raising shrubs and trees for your property, creating your own
orchard -- even growing many houseplants from one. |
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Lavender: How to Grow and Use the
Fragrant Herb
Ellen Spector Platt
This book is beautifully illustrated and very thorough
in its contents about lavender. Varieties, soil and climate conditions
are all covered in this book. |
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Lavender: Practical Inspirations for
Natural Gifts, Recipes and Decorative Displays
Tessa Evelegh
The history is fascinating and also beautifully
illustrated with pictures and quotations. The crafts are lovely and
the recipes tempting. |
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Encyclopedia of Herbs and Their Uses
Deni Brown
From Library Journal
A fine guide on the culinary, medicinal, and horticultural use of herbs. The
Herb Catalog section features excellent pictures and botanical descriptions
of herbs; the Herb Dictionary includes the history and medicinal and economic
uses of herbs as well as their cultural preferences. |
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The Complete Book of Herbs
Lesley Bremness
One of the best aspects of the book is its 100+ page "Herbal
Index." A full page (sometimes two) is dedicated to each variety,
with good-sized color photos depicting the stem, leaf, seed, flower,
root, dried flowers, dried leaves, crushed roots, other varieties,
etc. The book begins with a section on herb garden design. Among
the themes illustrated are plans for a moonlight garden, a delightful
circular children's garden, a Chinese garden, and an Egyptian-style
paradise garden. |
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The Herb Book
John B. Lust
From the Publisher
Soothe your nerves, cure your cough, color your fabrics, perfume your bath,
stimulate your lover, spice your sauces, stop your nightmares, freshen your
breath -- with herbs... The most complete catalog of nature's "miracle
plants" ever published. |
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Making Herb Dream Pillows
Jim Long
Phyllis M.K. Shaudys, author of The Pleasure of Herbs
and Herbal Treasures: "You'll love his recipes for potent blends
to relax you, excite you, and guide your noctural journey." |
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Herbal
Body Book
Jeanne Rose
Fantastic, quirky, informative, delicious and filled
with easy to follow body and skin care formulas and recipes for health
that were invented by Jeanne. |
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375 Essential Oils and Hydrosols
Jeanne
Rose
This thorough guide profiles 375 different essential oils according
to botanical family, habit and growth, chemical components, and actions.
Historical notes and lore, often from Chinese alchemy as well as
western botanical sources, are featured. Essays on evergreens, lavender,
chamomile, jasmine, and more fill out important categories. Graceful
botanical illustrations illuminate the text. |
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Cooking & Baking with Lavender
Magdalena Bassett
Magdelena has been cooking and baking for over 30
years. She has created an "outstanding collection of recipes for
cookies, cakes, breads, appetizers, soups, sauces, vegetables, poultry,
fish and meats using dry lavender, fresh lavender and lavender sugar". |
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The
Body Shop Book: The Vital Guide to Body Care
Body Shop Team
From Library Journal The first Body Shop opened
in Brighton, England in 1976, selling cosmetic preparations in bulk
and refilling their customers' plastic bottles in an early "green" effort.
Now there are over 1000 shops around the world. |
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Hydrosols:
The Next Aromatherapy
Suzanne Catty
Daniel Penoel, MD, Author Home Health Using Essential
Oils, Co-author L'aromatherapie exatement, Director Osmobiose Center,
France: "This book is really a must for every aromatherapist
who longs for this 'missing link'."
The first book devoted exclusively to aromatic hydrosols
- gentle, water-based plant extracts that expand the healing, cosmetic,
and culinary applications of aromatherapy. |
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The Lavender Cookbook
Sharon Shipley
The appeal of lavender extends beyond its fragrance to the rich
yet delicate flavor it adds to a variety of foods. Here's the first
cookbook to focus on ways in which the aromatic herb can be used
to enhance ordinary ingredients. More than 90 recipes, such as Grilled
Lavender-Honey Chicken, Stuffed Zucchini Blossoms with Lavender Goat
Cheese, and Double Chocolate and Lavender Gelato, highlight appetizers,
soups, salads, entrees, baked goods, and desserts, with tips on growing
and preserving lavender. |
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The
Plant-Book : A Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants
D. J. Mabberley
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Herbs & Things
Jeanne Rose (Compendium)
This is an herbal for those seeking lore, uses, and
truths about herbs. I would call this book a true witch's herbal
and it's filled with an array of information that dazzles the mind.
Open your herb cupboard and get out your mortar, this book will keep
you busy with ideas and projects for years. |
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The
American Association of Oriental Medicine's Complete Guide to Chinese
Herbal Medicine: How to Treat Illness and Maintain Wellness With
Chinese Herbs
David Molony |
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Complete Medicinal Herbal
Penelope
Ody |
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Herbs
of the Bible: 2000 Years of Plant Medicine
James A. Duke |
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The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary
of Botanical Terms
Michael Hickey, Clive King |
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The
Herbal Handbook: A User's Guide to Medical Herbalism
David Hoffmann |
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The Book of Herbal Wisdom: Using Plants
As Medicine
Matthew Wood |
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Perfumery:
Practice and Principles
Robert R. Calkin, J. Stephan Jellinek |
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The Complete Incense Book
Susanne
Fischer-Rizzi |
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The Art of Distillation
John French |
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The
Romance of Perfume
Richard LeGallienne |
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Magical
Aromatherapy: The Power of Scent (Llewellyn's New Age Series)
Scott Cunningham |
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Aromatherapy: A Holistic Guide : Balance
the Body and Soul With Essential Oils
Ann Berwick |
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Medical
Aromatherapy: Healing with Essential Oils
Kurt Schnaubelt |
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Aromatherapy From Provence
Nelly
Grosjean |
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Creative Aromatherapy
Christine Wildwood |
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Holistic Aromatherapy
Christine Wildwood |
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Aromatherapy: A Complete Guide to the
Healing Art
Kathy Keville, Mindy Green |
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The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Essential
Oils: The Complete Guide to the Use of Oils in Aromatherapy and Herbalism
(Illustrated Encyclopedia S.)
Julia Lawless |
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The World of Aromatherapy: An Anthology
of Aromatic History, Ideas, Concepts and Case Histories
Jeanne Rose
(Editor), Naha Women of Aromatherapy (Corporate Author), Susan Earle |
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The
Practice of Aromatherapy: A Classic Compendium of Plant Medicines
and Their Healing Properties
Jean Valnet, Robert Tisserand (Editor) |
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Essential Oil Safety: A Guide for Health
Care Professionals
Robert Tisserand |
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