gathering prayers and charms to detailed herbal correspondences for fifty powerful herbs.

Each individual herb is described in detail, with tips on growing, gathering, drying, and storing, as well as on the herb's culinary virtues, cosmetic properties, medicinal merits, veterinary values, and household applications. Along with thought-provoking bits of folk history, and literary and spiritual references to herbs and nature, this directory includes

step-by-step instructions on herbal dyeing, strewing,

garlanding, and festooning, as well as gardening hints and seed-saving tips.