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SOME BOOKS ABOUT HERBS 
Due to the rising costs of books, and the demand for new editions, (especi- 
ally concerning the popular herb lore,) the prices of the following books are 
subject to some variation in the months to come. 
GREEN ENCHANTMENT by Rosetta E. Clarkson. A delightful book 
by the author of Magic Gardens, with chapters on monastery gardens, beginnings 
of the flower garden, sweet scented geraniums, creeping thymes, fragrant mints 
and other old-time favorites. A book to enjoy and to refer to. 328 pages. $3.00 
HERBS, THEIR CULTURE AND USES, by Rosetta E. Clarkson. The 
most popular of Mrs. Clarkson’s books on herbs. Tells how to grow them, how 
to gather and dry and prepare them and how to use them. A most valuable 
book for anyone interested in herbs. 226 pages. $3.50 
HERBS, HOW TO GROW THEM AND HOW TO USE THEM. by Helen 
Noyes Webster. The title quite well describes the scope of this book by Mrs. 
Webster. A surprising amount of useful and interesting information about the 
growing and use of herbs condensed within its pages. New enlarged edition. 
198 pages. $2.50 
HERBS FOR THE KITCHEN, by Irma Goodrich Mazza. As the title in- 
dicates, this is a cook book devoted to those dishes that the author believes taste 
better when cooked with herbs. This covers a wide range of dishes. Salads 
come in for particular attention and the author’s ancestry has made it natural 
for her to include many Italian dishes. She gives a full description of the com- 
mon herbs and their uses. She throws in for good measure a wealth of unusual 
cooking information. 359 pages. $2.50 
SALADS AND HERBS, by Cora, Rose.and Bob Brown. Salads and Herbs 
is a cookbook that supplements the average cookbook and gives new inviting 
ideas for every menu. 274 pages. $2.50 
MAGIC in HERBS, by Leonie de Sounin. For modern American homes, 
Leonie de Sounin has interpreted the philosophy of zestful, well-prepared 
food in the manner of the post-feudal society found in Europe fifty years and 
more ago. 208 pages $2.50 
COOKING WITH A FOREIGN FLAVOR (formerly Flavor’s The Thing), 
by Florence La Ganke Harris. Food adventurers will be delighted with this 
book of savory and delicious foods, subtly flavored and blended with spices 
and herbs. Here are around the world folk recipes, from the baked Indian 
pudding of the early American settlers, through the spicy holiday cookies of 
Belgium, to the roast goose of Sweden’s feast day. A book of kitchen tested 
recipes for connoisseurs. 320 pages. $2.50 
THE BOOK OF HERB COOKERY, by Irene Botsford Hoffmann. A com- 
plete and alphabetical list of culinary herbs and hundreds of recipes covering 
every type of food from soups to cookies and candies, showing what herbs 
to use, and how to use them well. 251 pages. $3.00 
STINA, THE STORY of a COOK, by Herman Smith. An interesting 
biographical cook book in which herbs often play an important part. 242 
pages. $2.50 
KITCHENS NEAR AND FAR, New Adventures With Stina by Herman 
Smith. This second book by Herman Smith needs very little introduction. 
Like the first, it is written in enchanting style, filled with bits of philosophy, 
descriptions of good living and good food, and charming personal remin- 
iscences. The second book takes the author away from his Michigan home, 
through his travels around the world, then home again. 277 pages $2.50 
EDIBLE WILD PLANTS, by O. P. Medsger. The first complete handbook 
of America’s wild menu. Almost every edible plant of this country growing out- 
side of cultivation is described in detail. 80 pen and ink drawings; 19 photo- 
graphs; a combined index of scientific and common names; and a sensational, 
geographical key heighten the clarity of the text. 323 pages. 54.00 
