Edible and Useful Plants of Texas and the Southwest
$16.00
2 in stock
Description
Author: Tull, Delena (1950-)
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Pub Date: 1999 (reprint edition)
Binding: Paperback
Condition: 2 copies. Copy 1 (CH26): Fair to Good. Binding tight. No marks, tears, bends or folds. Slight corner and edge wear. Appears unused. Copy 2 (RB): Fair. Binding tight. No tears. Previous owner’s name on upper corner of the epigraph page, near spine head. The front cover has what looks like wrinkles, but they’re actually a printer binding fault. One small spot on side text block, one small spot on top text block. All corners slightly bent. Some edge wear.
Notes: Reprint edition, originally published by Texas Monthly Press in 1987. Wild and cultivated plants, wild trees and spices. Includes instructions on making plant dyes, recipes for edible wild plants, medicinal uses, using plants for fiber for baskets, paper and textiles, using plants for making rubber, wax, oil and soap (yucca root), hay fever plants, and probably most importantly, identifying poisonous plants and distinguishing them from edible plants. Includes sections on teas and spices, dyes, fabrics, and rubber, wax, oil, and soap.Lots of illustrations, though not all plants are illustrated by drawings. There’s also a color section, but again, not all plants are identified. No range maps.
