{"product_id":"digital-product-5","title":"American Medicinal Flowers, Fruits, and Seeds (c. 1913) - Alice Henkel.","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAmerican Medicinal Flowers, Fruits, and Seeds (1913)\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Alice Henkel\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBulletin No. 26, United States Department of Agriculture · Bureau of Plant Industry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA fascinating illustrated glimpse into the medicinal plant trade of early twentieth-century America, from fragrant linden blossoms and juniper berries to the dangerous seeds of poison hemlock and thorn apple.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished in December 1913, this historical botanical bulletin documents thirteen plants whose flowers, fruits or seeds were gathered and sold for medicinal purposes. Alice Henkel records their identifying features, habitats, traditional uses, harvesting and drying methods, and the wholesale prices paid by drug dealers of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInside this illustrated historical guide:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePractical advice from 1913 on collecting, drying, preserving and marketing medicinal flowers, fruits and seeds.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBotanical descriptions and illustrations to accompany the plants discussed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJuniper berries, saw palmetto, American wormseed and pokeweed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlack and white mustard, raspberries, prickly ash and smooth sumac.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmerican linden flowers, poison hemlock and jimson weed (thorn apple).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical medicinal uses, pharmacy standards and wholesale market prices.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eEspecially intriguing is the contrast between familiar botanical remedies and highly poisonous plants that once circulated in the pharmaceutical trade. The bulletin also offers a rare view of the economics of herbal gathering over a century ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn engaging primary source for herbalists, botanical historians, foragers and readers interested in the history of the apothecary, medicinal plant commerce and traditional American materia medica.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Ancestral Library | Hearthwise Herbals\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarefully presented as a historical reference for education and research. Descriptions of medicinal uses reflect practices and beliefs recorded in 1913, not current medical guidance. Some plants discussed are extremely poisonous; do not use this publication as an identification or treatment manual.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDigital historical facsimile · English · Originally published 1913 · Illustrated · 22-page cleaned PDF.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hearthwise Herbals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64200185053514,"sku":null,"price":2.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1088\/9940\/2058\/files\/Screenshot2026-11-02202955.png?v=1793651548","url":"https:\/\/hearthwiseherbals.com\/products\/digital-product-5","provider":"Hearthwise Herbals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}