| [1]F. Chittendon. RHS Dictionary of Plants plus Supplement. 1956
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| Comprehensive listing of species and how to grow them. Somewhat outdated, it has been replaces in 1992 by a new dictionary (see [200]).
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| [2]Hedrick. U. P. Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World.
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| Lots of entries, quite a lot of information in most entries and references.
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| [4]Grieve. A Modern Herbal.
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| Not so modern (1930's?) but lots of information, mainly temperate plants.
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| [43]Fernald. M. L. Gray's Manual of Botany.
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| A bit dated but good and concise flora of the eastern part of N. America.
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| [61]Usher. G. A Dictionary of Plants Used by Man.
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| Forget the sexist title, this is one of the best books on the subject. Lists a very extensive range of useful plants from around the world with very brief details of the uses. Not for the casual reader.
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| [85]Harrington. H. D. Edible Native Plants of the Rocky Mountains.
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| A superb book. Very readable, it gives the results of the authors experiments with native edible plants.
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| [95]Saunders. C. F. Edible and Useful Wild Plants of the United States and Canada.
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| Useful wild plants of America. A pocket guide.
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| [105]Tanaka. T. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World.
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| The most comprehensive guide to edible plants I've come across. Only the briefest entry for each species, though, and some of the entries are more than a little dubious. Not for the casual reader.
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| [116]Brooklyn Botanic Garden Oriental Herbs and Vegetables, Vol 39 No. 2.
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| A small booklet packed with information.
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| [117]Rosengarten. jnr. F. The Book of Edible Nuts.
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| A very readable and comprehensive guide. Well illustrated.
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| [144]Cribb. A. B. and J. W. Wild Food in Australia.
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| A very good pocket guide.
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| [145]Singh. Dr. G. and Kachroo. Prof. Dr. P. Forest Flora of Srinagar.
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| A good flora of the western Himalayas but poorly illustrated. Some information on plant uses.
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| [147]? A Barefoot Doctors Manual.
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| A very readable herbal from China, combining some modern methods with traditional chinese methods.
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| [152]Lassak. E. V. and McCarthy. T. Australian Medicinal Plants.
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| A very good and readable guide to the subject.
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| [164]Bird. R. (Editor) Growing from Seed. Volume 4.
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| Very readable magazine with lots of information on propagation. A good article on Yuccas, one on Sagebrush (Artemesia spp) and another on Chaerophyllum bulbosum.
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| [176]Yeung. Him-Che. Handbook of Chinese Herbs and Formulas.
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| An excellent Chinese herbal giving information on over 500 species. Rather technical and probably best suited to the more accomplished user of herbs.
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| [177]Kunkel. G. Plants for Human Consumption.
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| An excellent book for the dedicated. A comprehensive listing of latin names with a brief list of edible parts.
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| [178]Stuart. Rev. G. A. Chinese Materia Medica.
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| A translation of an ancient Chinese herbal. Fascinating.
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| [183]Facciola. S. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants.
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| Excellent. Contains a very wide range of conventional and unconventional food plants (including tropical) and where they can be obtained (mainly N. American nurseries but also research institutes and a lot of other nurseries from around the world.
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| [200]Huxley. A. The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992.
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| Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed.
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| [218]Duke. J. A. and Ayensu. E. S. Medicinal Plants of China
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| Details of over 1,200 medicinal plants of China and brief details of their uses. Often includes an analysis, or at least a list of constituents. Heavy going if you are not into the subject.
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| [238]Bown. D. Encyclopaedia of Herbs and their Uses.
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| A very well presented and informative book on herbs from around the globe. Plenty in it for both the casual reader and the serious student. Just one main quibble is the silly way of having two separate entries for each plant.
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| [240]Chopra. R. N., Nayar. S. L. and Chopra. I. C. Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants (Including the Supplement).
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| Very terse details of medicinal uses of plants with a wide range of references and details of research into the plants chemistry. Not for the casual reader.
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| [245]Genders. R. Scented Flora of the World.
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| An excellent, comprehensive book on scented plants giving a few other plant uses and brief cultivation details. There are no illustrations.
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| [257]Moerman. D. Native American Ethnobotany
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| Very comprehensive but terse guide to the native uses of plants. Excellent bibliography, fully referenced to each plant, giving a pathway to further information. Not for the casual reader.
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| [272]Manandhar. N. P. Plants and People of Nepal
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| Excellent book, covering over 1,500 species of useful plants from Nepal together with information on the geography and peoples of Nepal. Good descriptions of the plants with terse notes on their uses.
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| [279] Medicinal Plants in the Republic of Korea
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| An excellent book with terse details about the medicinal uses of the plants with references to scientific trials. All plants are described, illustrated and brief details of habitats given.
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