Joseph E. Meyer (1878–1950)

I found this small book, first published over a hundred years ago, at my local library. The vintage writing and images are interesting from a historical perspective. It gives you a glimpse into how people once used plants, how familiar they were with many kinds we might routinely think of as "weeds", and maybe how inadequate information was then. I wouldn't rely on this book as a sole reference for any plant I was actually planning to use. Its value is in how it documents our relationship with plant life over time and how this information was presented,sometimes very colloquially, by an educated botanist.… (meer)