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- Online
Hypericum perforatum (St John's wort)
Rowan McOnegal- Digital Images
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Lavandula augustifolia (Lavender)
Rowan McOnegal- Digital Images
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Carum carvi (Caraway)
Rowan McOnegal- Digital Images
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Hyssopus officinalis (Hyssop)
Rowan McOnegal- Digital Images
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Helianthus annuus Greene Asteraceae. Sunflower, Marigold of Peru, Floure of the Sun. Distribution: Peru and Mexico. It was much recommended by Gerard (1633) who advises that the buds, covered in flour, boiled, and eaten with 'butter, vinegar and pepper, far surpass artichokes in procuring bodily lust’. Sadly, today only the seeds of sunflower are consumed, as the source of sunflower seed oil used in cooking. It contains mono and polyunsaturated fats, linoleic acid and oleic acid, and is low in saturated fats. As such it was thought to lower cholesterol and so the risk of heart disease, but it may increase the risk of breast and prostatic cancer. However a recent report BMJ2013
Dr Henry Oakeley- Digital Images
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Brassica rapa (oilseed rape)
Rowan McOnegal- Digital Images
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Eucalyptus sp. (Eucalyptus)
Rowan McOnegal- Digital Images
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Tanacetum Parthenium (Feverfew)
Rowan McOnegal- Digital Images
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Levisticum officinale or Ligusticum sp (Lovage)
Rowan McOnegal- Digital Images
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Calendula officinalis (Marigold)
Rowan McOnegal- Digital Images
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Ciji cai (edible field thistle), Chinese woodcut
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Famine Relief Herbal (1593): Adsuki bean
- Archives and manuscripts
Press Adverts - Horticultural [and domestic household]
Cooper McDougall & Robertson LtdDate: c 1933 - c 1939Reference: WF/C/M/GB/A/02Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
Audrey Amiss Archive
Amiss, Audrey, 1933-2013Date: 1930s-2013Reference: PP/AMI- Archives and manuscripts
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Henry Wellcome Letter Book 7
Date: Aug 1903 - Jul 1904Reference: WF/E/01/01/07Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd