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Flora Medica by Barton and Castle |
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Polypody (fern), Rest-Harrow (or Wild Liquorice)Dog Rose, Provence Rose |
White Poppy, red or Corn Poppy (opium poppy)Rosemary (herb), Rue (was used medicinally in ancient times) |
Periwinkle, Pimpernel (thought to cure melancholia)Peony, Pennyroyal (herb) |
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Beet (culinary use), Bindweed (was used as a an antiscorbutic)Blue-bottle (Cornflower), Bramble (can be made into wine) |
Strawberry, Thornapple (poisonous)Succory (or Chicory), Tansy (culinary use) |
Mullein (stems were used as torches), Misseltoe (much regarded amongst Saxons)Mulberry (leaves are eaten by silkworms), Mustard (leaves and seeds are used) |
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Clary (Meadow Sage), Meadow SaffronColumbine (mildly poisonous), Coriander(spice) |
Saffron (used for culinary purporses in modern times), Sage (herb)Scurvy-grass (sometimes eaten as a salad), Sauce-alone (or Jack-by-the-hedge) |
Fenugreek (used by the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans), Foxglove (digitalis - used in heart medicine)Feverfew (used extensively in medicine), Garlic |
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Hemp Agrimony, Herb Paris (Liliacea)Herb Robert (used for tanning), Hog's Fennel (Sea-sulphur Wort) |
Chamomile (commonly used in medicine), Coltsfoot (leaves were used as tobacco)Clove Pink (Dianthus caryophylus), Crowfoot |
Water Plantain, Water ParsnipWood Sorrell (leaves used in salads), Woodruff (medicinal use) |
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Elm (hard wood), FernFigwort (Water Betony), Eyebright (used in eye infections) |
Hart's Tongue (fern), Hellebore (Christmas Rose)Henbane (was used as a sedative), Hemlock ( poisonous) |
Madder (yields a red dye), Marjoram (herb)Maidenhair (fern), Marsh Mallow (sweet roots) |
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Lady's Mantle (or Bear's Foot), LavenderLaurel (or Cherry Laurel), Lettuce (used in Roman times as a salad!) |
Carrot, CatmintChervil (Beaked Parley), Horse-Chesnut (food for horses, deer and poultry) |
Alexanders (similar to celery), Asparagus (cultivated since Roman times)Barberry(known since Roman times and used as a preserve), Balm (pleasant lemon-like smell) |
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Holly, White Horehound (musky smell)Fetid Horehound, Horse-radish (condiment to roast beef for centuries) |
White Willow, YewWormwood, Yarrow (or Milfoil) |
Fir (Norway Spruce), Fumitory (also called Earth-Smoke)Fool's Parsley (poisonous), Goosefoot (fetid smell) |
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Tormentil (medicinal use), ValerianWalnut, Water Dropwort (poisonous) |
Marian Thistle, Thyme (herb)Vervain, Toadlfax (disagreeable odour) |
Dropwort (edible roots), Eryngo (Sea Holly)Cuckow Flower (Lady's Smock), Elder (useful wood) |
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Adders Tongue, Aconite or Monkshood (highly poisonous)Alkanet (yields a bright red dye) Agrimony yellow dye) |
Nettle (stinging leaves can be eaten), deadly Nightshade (poisonous)Onion, Parsley |
Hyssop, Hop (used in the brewing of beer)Honeysuckle, Houseleek |
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Water Hemlock (poisonous), VioletWatercress, Water Dock |
Cinquefoil (used for tanning leather), Buckthorn (yields a yellow juice used to stain paper)Comfrey, Caraway (spicy seeds) |
Burdock (was used as a detergent!), Common Broom (all parts used as food)Black Bryony, Butchers Broom (used by butchers to sweep their blocks) |
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Ground Pine (Herb-ivy or Field Cypress), Water-Germander (smells like garlic)Hedge Mustard (herb) , Hedge Nettle (dead Nettle) |
Gromwell , Wall Germander (used in tanning leather)Golden Rod (yields a yellow dye), Ground Ivy (was used to preserve malt liquors) |
Common Celandine (juice is poisonous), Centuary (very bitter)Cummin (Cumin - spice) Cleavers or Goosegrass |
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Cowslip (Primula), Black CurrantDaisy, Darnel |
Flax (Egyptians used it in weaving), Sweet Flag (used in perfumery)Yellow Flag (Water Iris), Fennel (edible with a sweet smell) |
White Lily, Lime (or Linden Tree - not to be confused with the fruit tree)Liquorice (used since Roman times), Lily of the Valley |
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Climbing Birthwort (roots have laxative properties), Betony (brown dye for wool)Bistort (roots have high proportions of tannin), Bearsfoot |
Angelica (used in sweetmeats), Arum (native of the tropics)Bears Breach (used as an astringent), Bear Berry (yields a deep black dye) |
Oak, OrchisPine, Plantain (sweet roots) |
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Brooklime (eaten in salads), Borage (herb)Bittersweet (woody Nightshade), Buckbean |
Common Avens (or Herb Bennet), Asarabacca (sometimes used as a snuff )Birch (emblem of authority in Roman times), Biting Persicaria |
Bugle, Bugloss (can be eaten like cabbage)Burnet Saxifrage (young leaves are edible), Calamint (strong sweet aroma) |
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Juniper (many culinary uses), Horsetail (used in cleaning)Ivy, Houndstongue (poisonous) |
Masterwort (very bitter), Melilot ( or King's Clover )Meadowsweet (sweet smelling blossoms) , Mercury (named after the god Mercury) |
Milkwort (alleged to increase the milk of animals), PeppermintMezereon (the berries were used as a rouge for women), Mugwort |
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Dill (used extensively in Indian food), DandelionDodder, Elecapane (used in the Middle Ages as a medecine) |
Sloe (berries can be made into wine), Sorrel (salad plant)Southerwood (used to drive away insects), Speedwell |
St.John's Wort, Stavesacre (herb)Spurge Laurel (poisonous berries), Stonecrop (Wall Stonecrop) |
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