Ebook: Edible and Useful Wild Plants of the United States and Canada

Title Page; Dedication; Copyright Page; INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT; Table of Contents; CHAPTER I -- WILD PLANTS WITH EDIBLE TUBERS, BULBS OR ROOTS; CHAPTER II -- WILD PLANTS WITH EDIBLE TUBERS, BULBS OR ROOTS (Continued); CHAPTER III -- WILD SEEDS OF FOOD VALUE, AND HOW THEY HAVE BEEN UTILIZED; CHAPTER IV -- THE ACORN AS HUMAN FOOD AND SOME OTHER WILD NUTS; CHAPTER V -- SOME LITTLE REGARDED WILD FRUITS AND BERRIES; CHAPTER VI -- WILD PLANTS WITH EDIBLE STEMS AND LEAVES; CHAPTER VII -- BEVERAGE PLANTS OF FIELD AND WOOD; CHAPTER VIII -- VEGETABLE SUBSTITUTES FOR SOAP.;This work discusses beverage plants, vegetable substitutes for soap, medicinal plants, and those that can be used as fibers, dyes, smoking material, adhesives, and candles. A final chapter describes a variety of poisonous plants. 94 illustrations.