SC - Re: Gerard's Herbal
RANDALL DIAMOND
ringofkings at mindspring.com
Wed Apr 5 11:55:06 PDT 2000
>>>I have tried Dover on line, and they send me to Amazon. When I have
tried
to enter the title, I get nothing or out of print at best. Thank you for
your comments concerning the Book. I am not a botanist, but found the
source fascinating. 100 for the book seems like a lot. I am trying to
plant period plants both in my vegetable, herbal and flowers beds. I
realize that some species just may not be available. Yet with his
illustrations, I might be able to have something close. I have downloaded
Stephen's files on herbs and have attempted to get some of those volumes to
review. My lady says I tend to over research things. I welcome any
further comments.
Thanks
Lrd Frederich Holstein der Tollhase<<<
Lord Frederich,
Where do you live? Your location will have a great deal to
do with what you can succesfully grow out of Gerard. I have
spent at least 15 years researching period sources and have
compliled a rather lengthy (700-800 species) listing by Latin
names and modern names of period trees, fruits, flowers
and vegetables. In most cases I have found and listed
which of the modern varieties are the original stock and
not modern hybrids. I have grown at least 80% of them at
one time or another in my vast Elizabethean gardens.
Regretably, the list is on my ancient Mac hard drive and I have
never transfered the data to my PC. I have a hard copy around
here somewhere, but I would have to photocopy it and send
it to you via US Snail.
Akim Yaroslavich
"No glory comes without pain"
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