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Hoffmann, David. An Elder’s Herbal, Healing Arts Press, Vermont, 1993.

Hoffmann, David. The New Holistic Herbal, Element Books, Rockport, MA. 1996.

Jarvis, D.C. Folk Medicine, Crest Books, New York, 1962.

Keville, Kathi and Green, Mindy. Aromatherapy: A Complete Guide to the Healing Art, The Crossing Press, Freedom California, 1995.

Levy, Juliette de Bairacli. Common Herbs for Natural Health, Schocken Books, N.Y., 1974.

Levy, Juliette de Bairacli. Traveler’s Joy, Keats Publishing, Inc., Connecticut, 1979. This is a gypsy’s handbook to accompany your nomad travels.

McQuade Crawford, Amanda. The Herbal Menopause Book, The Crossing Press, Freedom, California, 1998.

Mills, Simon Y. Out of the Earth, Viking (Penguin Books), N.Y., 1991

Montgomery, Pam. Partner Earth, Destiny Books, Rochester, Vermont, 1997.

Moore, Michael. Medicinal Plants of the Mountain West, Museum of New Mexico Press, Santa Fe, 1979.

Moore, Michael. Medicinal Plants of the Desert & Canyon West, Museum of New Mexico Press, Santa Fe, 1989.

Moore, Michael. Medicinal Plants of the Pacific West, Red Crane Books, Santa Fe, 1993.

Poutinen, C.J. The Encyclopedia of Natural Pet Care, Keats Publishing, Connecticut, 1998.

Shook, Edward. Elementary Treatise in Herbology, Mokelumne Hill Press, Mokelumne Hill, CA, 1977.

Shook, Edward. Advanced Treatise in Herbology, Revisionist Press, New York, 1991.

Soule, Deb. The Roots of Healing, Citadel Press, New York, 1995.

St. Clare, Debra. The Herbal Medicine Cabinet, Celestial Arts, Berkeley, California, 1997.

Sturdivant, Lee & Blakley, Tim. Medicinal Herbs in the Garden, Field & Marketplace, San Juan Naturals, P.O. Box 642, Friday Harbor, WA 98250.

Tierra, Lesley. The Herbs of Life, The Crossing Press, Freedom, California, 1992.

Tierra, Michael. The Way of Herbs, Unity Press, Santa Cruz, 1980.

Tilford, Gregory. The Eco Herbalist’s Fieldbook, Mountain Weed Pub., Montana, 1993. Mountain Weed Publishing, HC 33, Box 17, Conner, MT 59827.

Tompkins, P. and Bird, C. The Secret Life of Plants, Harper & Row, 1972. (A true fairytale)

Upton, Roy., ed. American Herbal Pharmacopoeia and Therapeutic Compendium, P.O. Box 5159, Santa Cruz, CA, 95063, 1999.

Vogel, A. Swiss Nature Doctor, Keats Publishing, Connecticut, 1990.

Weed, Susun. Healing Wise, Ash Tree Pub., Woodstock, NY, 1989.

Weiss, Rudolf. Herbal Medicine, Beaconsfield Pub. Ltd., Beaconsfield, England, 1988.

Willard, Terry. Edible and Medicinal Plants of the Rocky Mountains and Neighboring Territories, Wild Rose College of Natural Healing, Ltd., Calgary, Alberta Canada, 1992.

PLANT ID GUIDES

Find a plant identification guide whose drawings and photos appeal to you aesthetically and whose text speaks most clearly to you. A good series to begin with is the Peterson Field Guide Series (Houghton Mifflin Co.)—A Field Guide to Wildflowers. They offer a field guide for the Pacific States Wildflowers, the Rocky Mountain region, the Northeastern and North-central region of North America, and so forth. Obviously, any single volume that covers areas as large as these will identify only a small portion of the resident plant population. Other plant guides will zero in on specific areas. For example, I use one that focuses on The Plants of the San Francisco Bay Region—Mendocino to Monterey (Kozloff & Beidleman, Sagen Press, Pacific Grove, CA). With a little practice in the art and technique of using these guides, they become gratifying companions that can give you an introduction to the local flora by giving you the plant’s family, common name(s), and its Latin binomial.

SCHOOLS, CORRESPONDENCE COURSES, AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

Rather than present an exhaustive list of these resources and probably still leave out a number of excellent sources of herbal education, I will give you the address and phone number of the American Herbalists Guild. This organization has compiled a booklet, The AHG Directory of Herbal Education, which I regard as the