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Polypharmakos kai chymistēs: or, The English unparalell'd physitian and chyrurgian : shewing the true use of all manner of plants and minerals. In which is explained, the whole art and secresy of physick and chyrurgery. Wherein is contained, 1. The cure of any internal disease, which hath taken effect, and brought forth symptoms, ... 2. The making of diverse rare and excellent balsames, oyls, plaisters, and waters, with the effects thereof. 3. The making, and use of purges, vomits, drinks, and clisters, ... 4. The nature and temperarure [sic] of herbs, plants, and vegetables, ... 5. The way to extract the spirits and quintaessences of several sorts of herbs and minerals, and the rare operations they have. 6. The making of salt of wormwood, balm, or any other herb. 7. The cure of any wound, contusion, puncture, or ulcer in any part of the body. All which have been prescribed and practised by several learned doctors and chyrurgians. / By D. Border, practitioner in physick.
Border, D. (Daniel)Date: 1651- Books
The botany of beer : an illustrated guide to more than 500 plants used in brewing / Giuseppe Caruso ; foreword by Marika Josephson ; translated by Kosmos, Reggio Emilia, Italy.
Caruso, Giuseppe, 1965-Date: [2022]- Books
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An entertaining account of all the countries of the known world. Describing the different religions, habits, Tempers, Customs, Traffick, and Manufactures. of their inhabitants; the Remarkable Curiosities, amongst Them, either of Art, or Nature; The great Variety of strange Land and Sea-Animals; extraordinary Plants, Minerals, &c. adorn'd, occasionally, with cuts of the Habits of the several People, uncommon Animals, Ceremonies, Buildings, &c. all curiously engraved.
Date: MDCCLII. [1752]-55- Pictures
An Indian man in the jungle; advertising Rorbasan and Sicid insecticides, derived from Indian jungle plants. Colour lithograph, 19--.
Date: [between 1920 and 1940?]Reference: 674761i- Books
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The new gardener's dictionary; or whole art of gardening, fully and accurately displayed. Containing the most approved methods of cultivating all kings of trees, plants, and flowers ... / Arranged under the English proper name of each article. By John Dicks ... assisted by many eminent in the profession.
Dicks, John, active 1769-1771.Date: 1771- Books
A complete dictionary of practical gardening: comprehending all the modern improvements. In the art; whether in the raising of the various esculent vegetables, or in the forcing and managing of different sorts of fruits and plants, and that of laying out, ornamenting, and planting, gardens and pleasure grounds: with correct engravings ... from original drawings by Sydenham Edwards / By Alexander McDonald [pseud].
Dickson, R. W.Date: 1807- Books
The plant in creative and industrial art / edited by Martin Gerlach ; theory of style by A. Seder ; preface by A. Ilg.
Date: [1887-]- Books
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The physical dictionary : Wherein the terms of anatomy, the names and causes of diseases, chyrurgical instruments and their use; are accurately describ'd. : Also the names and virtues of medicinal plants, minerals, stones, gums, salts, earths, &c. and the method of choosing the best drugs : the terms of chymistry, and of the apothecaries art ; and the various forms of medicines, and the ways of compounding them. / By Stephen Blancard M.D. Physick-Professsor at Middleburg in Zealand.
Blankaart, Steven, 1650-1702Date: 1693- Books
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Pharmaco-botanologia: or, An alphabetical and classical dissertation on all the British indigenous and garden plants of the New London dispensatory : In which their genera, species, characteristick and distinctive notes are methodically described; the botanical terms of art explained; their virtues, uses, and shop-preparations declared ... / By Patrick Blair.
Blair, Patrick, -1728.Date: 1723[-28]- Books
Vanajyotsnā-sahastrasaumanasī = Vanajyotsnā-sahasrasaumanasī : Flora & plant kingdom in Sanskrit literature / editor, Abha Kulshreshtha ; asst. editor, Anju Bala ; managing editor, Jagan Nath ; [principal investigators & editors, Sushma Kulshreshtha, Jagadish Sahai].
Date: 2003- Books
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Biological atlas : a guide to the practical study of plants and animals; adapted to the requirements of the London University, Science and Art Department, and for use in schools and colleges with accompanying text containing arrangement and explanation, equivalent terms, glossary and classification / by D. M'Alpine and A. N. M'Alpine.
McAlpine, Daniel.Date: 1880- Books
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The physical dictionary. Wherein the terms of anatomy, the names and causes of diseases, chyrurgical instruments, and their use are accurately describ'd. Also The Names and Virtues of Medicinal Plants, Minerals, Stones, Gums, Salts, Earths, &c. And the Method of choosing the best Drugs: The Terms of Chymistry, and of the Apothecaries Art; and the various Forms of Medicines, and the ways of Compounding them: By Stephen Blancard, M. D. Physick-Professor at Middleburg in Zealand.
Blankaart, Steven, 1650-1702.Date: 1702- Books
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Plantae utiliores ; or illustrations of useful plants, employed in the arts and medicine / [M.A. Burnett].
Burnett, M. A., Miss.Date: 1840-1850- Books
Five hundred Indian plants, their use in medicine and the arts = Sahasrārdha v rkṣādigaḷa varṇane.
Date: 1881- Digital Images
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Chloroplasts are found in the cells of plants that conduct photosynthesis. They absorb sunlight and use it along with water and carbon dioxide gas (CO2) to produce food for the plant.
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The new gardener's dictionary; or whole art of gardening, fully and accurately displayed; containing the most approved methods of cultivating all kinds of trees, plants, and flowers; with ample directions for performing all the operations in gardening; Whether they Relate to I. The Hot-House, II. The Green-House, III. The Shrubbery, IV. The Kitchen-Garden, V. The Flower-Garden, or VI. The Fruit-Garden. According to the Practice of the Best Modern Gardeners, arranged under the English proper name of each article. By John Dicks, Gardener to his Grace the Duke of Kingston; Assisted by many Eminent in the Profession.
Dicks, John, active 1769-1771.Date: 1771- Books
Plant studies for artists, designers, and art students / by George Charles Haité.
Haité, George Charles.Date: 1886- Books
From earth to art : the many aspects of the plant-world in Anglo-Saxon England ; proceedings of the First ASPNS Symposium, University of Glasgow, 5-7 April 2000 / edited by C.P. Biggam.
Date: 2003- Books
Five hundred Indian plants, their use in medicine and the arts = Sahasrārdha v rkṣādigaḷa varṇane.
Date: 1986- Books
Every man his own doctor, or, a treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases, by regimen and simple medicines. To which is added, a treatise on the materia medica; in which the medicinal qualities of indigenous plants are given and adapted to common practice. With an appendix, containing a complete treatise on the art of farriery; with directions to the purchasers of horses; and practical receipts for the cure of distempers incident to horses, cattle, sheep, and swine - To all of which are added, a choice collection of receipts, useful in every branch of domestic life - Making in all a complete family directory / [William Buchan].
Buchan, William, 1729-1805.Date: 1816- Books
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The history of the county of Cumberland. And some places adjacent, from the earliest accounts to the present time: comprehending the local history of the county; its antiquities, the origin, genealogy, and present state of the principal families, with biographical notes; its mines, minerals, and plants, with other curiosities, either of nature or of art ... / By William Hutchinson.
Hutchinson, William, 1732-1814.Date: 1794- Books
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A collection of various forms of stoves, used for forcing pine plants, fruit trees, and preserving tender exotics: intended as well for the use of amateurs, as that of students in the art of gardening. The Plates Accompanied by Ample Letter-Press, and a Correct Method Shewn for Drawing their Elevations and Sections, from the Plans. With the Parts at Large. By W. Robertson.
Robertson, William (Architect)Date: [1798]- Books
Modern practical farriery : a complete system of the veterinary art as at present practised at the Royal Veterinary College, London / by W.J. Miles ; including practical treatises on cattle, their management in dairy, field, and stall / by John Walker ; pasture grasses and forage plants / by Samuel P. Preston ; the practice of sheep farming / by Charles Scott ; and the diseases of cattle, sheep, and pigs / by J.I. Lupton.
Miles, W. J. (William J.)Date: [between 1860 and 1869?]- Books
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The Britannian magazine: or, A new art of making above twenty sorts of English wines : viz, of apples, pears, peaches, cherries, plums, sloes, damasins, quinces, figgs, goosberries, mulberries, currens, blackberries, elderberries, roses, carnations, cowslips, scurvy-grass, mint, and balm, &c. More pleasant and agreeable to the English constitution than those of France. With the way of making brandy and other spirits: as likewise how to make artificial clarets, rhenish, &c. The second edition. To which is added, the foundation of the art of distillation: or the true and genuine way of making malt into low-wines, proof-spirits, and brandy-wines, compliant to the late act of Parliament concerning distillation. By W.Y. M.D.
Y-Worth, W. (William)Date: 1694- Books
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The Britannian magazine: or, A new art of making above twenty sorts of English wines : viz, of apples, pears, peaches, cherries, plums, sloes, damasins, quinces, figgs, gooseberries, mulberries, currens, blackberries, elderberries, roses, carnations, cowslips, scurvy-grass, mint, and balm, &c. More pleasant and agreeable to the English constitution than those of France. With the way of making brandy and other spirits: as likewise how to make artificial clarets, renith, &c. The third edition. To which is added, The foundation of the art of distillation: or the true and genuine way of making malt into low-wines, proof-spirits, and brandy-wines, compliant to the late act of Parliament concerning distillation. By W.Y. M.D.
Y-Worth, W. (William)Date: [1700]