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  • Seed head of a thuja tree. This plant has natural antimicrobial properties and is used in a variety of preparations for wart removal, thrush, and ringworm.
  • Preparing flooded fields for rice planting
  • A vineyard worker hoeing the ground in preparation for planting vines. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • Nine scenes showing tea cultivation and preparation on an Indian plantation. Engraving by T. Brown, c. 1850, after J. L. Williams.
  • Nine scenes showing tea cultivation and preparation on an Indian plantation. Engraving by T. Brown, c. 1850, after J. L. Williams.
  • A tea plantation in China: some men prepare the soil for planting while others rest. Coloured lithograph.
  • Planters Foods Limited : manufacturers of margarine, compound, edible fats, refined oils, and other high-class food preparations : registered office & works, Brombro Port, Cheshire.
  • A tea plantation in China: workers prepare the soil for planting tea, while others rest nearby and eat from bowls with chopsticks. Gouache, China, 1800/1850.
  • Albizia julibrissin Durazz. Fabaceae. Persian silk tree. Called 'shabkhosb' in Persian, meaning 'sleeping tree' as the pinnate leaves close up at night. Tropical tree. Named for Filippo degli Albizzi, an Italian naturalist, who brought seeds from Constantinople to Florence in 1749, and introduced it to European horticulture. The specific epithet comes from the Persian 'gul-i abrisham' which means 'silk flower'. Distribution: South Africa to Ethiopia, Senegal, Madagascar, Asia. Bark is poisonous and emetic and antihelminthic. Various preparations are widely used for numerous conditions and the oxitocic albitocin is abortifacient. However, studies on the seeds and bark of other Albizia species in Africa, demonstrate it is highly toxic, half a kilogram of seeds given to a quarter ton bull, killed it in two hours (Neuwinger, 1996). A useful tree for controlling soil erosion, producing shade in coffee plantations, and as a decorative shade tree in gardens. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Albizia julibrissin Durazz. Fabaceae. Persian silk tree. Called 'shabkhosb' in Persian, meaning 'sleeping tree' as the pinnate leaves close up at night. Tropical tree. Named for Filippo degli Albizzi, an Italian naturalist, who brought seeds from Constantinople to Florence in 1749, and introduced it to European horticulture. The specific epithet comes from the Persian 'gul-i abrisham' which means 'silk flower'. Distribution: South Africa to Ethiopia, Senegal, Madagascar, Asia. Bark is poisonous and emetic and antihelminthic. Various preparations are widely used for numerous conditions and the oxitocic albitocin is abortifacient. However, studies on the seeds and bark of other Albizia species in Africa, demonstrate it is highly toxic, half a kilogram of seeds given to a quarter ton bull, killed it in two hours (Neuwinger, 1996). A useful tree for controlling soil erosion, producing shade in coffee plantations, and as a decorative shade tree in gardens. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
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  • Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills : W. H. Comstock, sole proprietor, Morristown, N.Y.
  • Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills : W. H. Comstock, sole proprietor, Morristown, N.Y.
  • Caper spurge (Euphorbia lathyrus. Family: Euphorbiaceae) : Corangil tablets.
  • Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills : W. H. Comstock, sole proprietor, Morristown, N.Y.
  • Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills : W. H. Comstock, sole proprietor, Morristown, N.Y.
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  • Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills : W. H. Comstock, sole proprietor, Morristown, N.Y.
  • Published by kind permission of Daisy Ltd., Leeds proprietors of The Famous Daisy Headache Cure.
  • Caper spurge (Euphorbia lathyrus. Family: Euphorbiaceae) : Corangil tablets.
  • Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills : W. H. Comstock, sole proprietor, Morristown, N.Y.