Tanacetum balsamita
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Tanacetum balsamita is a perennial temperate herb known as costmary, alecost, balsam herb, bible leaf, or mint geranium. A fragrant plant native to southern Europe and western Asia, it has been used o
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John Gerard
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John Gerard was an English herbalist with a large garden in Holborn, now part of London. His 1,484-page illustrated Herball, or Generall Historie of Plantes, first published in 1597, became a popular
Tanacetum balsamita
…Herbal – Pub. William Nicholson and Son – C. 1905 (re-print of the 1653 original) Costmary in The herball, or Generall historie of plantes (1633) by John Gerard Hassanpouraghdam, Mohammad-Bagher (2008), "Chrysanthemum Balsamita (L.) Baill.: A Forgotten Medicinal Plant", FACTA UNIVERSITATIS, Series: Medicine and…
Frontispiece of 1636 edition of Herball
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