One of the most interesting sections of a medical library is the one which contains the books on plants and their medical uses, especially those known as herbals. Of late years, there has been a movement to establish herb gardens modelled after those of England and America in the Colonial Days. Mrs. Clarkson's book, illustrated from the old herbals and old gardening books, is well written and very interesting and should be in all plant book collections. For those interested in cultivating some of the plants in their gardens there is a list of noteworthy herbs. Here also are tables classifying plans for fragrance, for cooking purposes and for other purposes. A most interesting genealogical chart exhibits the evolution of plant knowledge from the early Chaldean period, 5000 B.C., to the present.
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