Harding's Guide to Ginseng and Other Medicinal Plants: A Book of Valuable Information for Growers as Well as Collectors of Medicinal Roots, Barks, Leaves, Etc. Paperback – August 11, 2014

Considering the cost of the book version of this work, I specifically enjoyed the cost of this format. Also, it is very handy to be able to both search and highlight various passages.I found that is perhaps has too much speculation on the value of herbs to cure too much - but this obviously has more to do with the 1908 print date than anything else. Curiously, many of the terms for various herbs has also changed.So, this is a huge book on the period where herbs were the best (and often the only) curative. In modern practice one must take caution is just embracing all the recommendations.

This book gives practical, useable tips for identifying and growing American ginseng, and also gives an interesting wondow into the trade and horticulture practices of a bygone age.It's cheap to take a look at it!

This was written in 1908, so remember the time frame this book was from when reading. I was surprised by the information that I found, especially since the beginning was a little rambling. I also thought the bulk of the book would be about Ginseng (which it was), but there were many medicinal plants that were covered as well. My beef with many of these older books is a lack of pictures/drawings. When you are talking about plants, having good visual aids would be helpful distinquishing various plants. Another fault is talking about how much you can get for ginger on the market, and the amount of ginseng exported for various years. Since this book is over 100 years old, the information is irrelevant to today. Perhaps it could have been had the good information filtered from the unnecessary information...

Absolutley LOVE this book.. Use this on a regular basis and would highly recommend it.. It was in excellent condition, Very informative

As part of our on-going learning about how to grow and use herbs in cooking, canning, and teas, we bought this book. It is an excellent cross-reference manual, augmenting or contrasting nicely our other books.

Okay

It is okay, kind of not what I was expecting. Perhaps if I reread it then it will give me more of what I was looking for

Well written and a good outline. Great for the research and information I was and am looking for. A great find and a great keep!

I did buy this after not reading the description better it's about how to grow and the selling aspects of the plants etc not really how or what to use them for probably a great book if your interested in the growing and history of the plants. My mistake though

I loved this book. I have always been interested in Medicinal plants. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn about these types of plants. Brilliantly written.

I'm not all the way through this book yet but the information is extremely interesting. It goes in to the background of Ginseng. I'm looking forward to reading the rest. Thank you

Interesting facts but I got to a point about half way through the book when I got bored and wanted to read some more fiction writing. A well researched book.

Interesting, thanks