Project Gutenberg's The Folk-lore of Plants, by T. F. Thiselton-DyerThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The Folk-lore of PlantsAuthor: T. F. Thiselton-DyerRelease Date: November 18, 2003 [EBook #10118]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE FOLK-LORE OF PLANTS ***Produced by David Starner, Tam and PG Distributed ProofreadersTHE FOLK-LORE OF PLANTSBYT.F. THISELTON-DYER1889PREFACE.Apart from botanical science, there is perhaps no subject of inquiry connected with plants of wider interest than thatsuggested by the study of folk-lore. This field of research has been largely worked of late years, and has obtainedconsiderable popularity in this country, and on the Continent.Much has already been written on the folk-lore of plants, a fact which has induced me to give, in the present volume, abrief systematic summary—with a few illustrations in each case—of the many branches into which the subject naturallysubdivides itself. It is hoped, therefore, that this little work will serve as a useful handbook for those desirous of gainingsome information, in a brief concise form, of the folk-lore which, in one form or another, has clustered round the vegetablekingdom.T.F. THISELTON-DYER.November 19, 1888.CONTENTS.I. PLANT ...
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