Wadmalaw Island has remained a timeless representation of a bygone era. A once thriving plantation economy, Wadmalaw boasted of cotton, indigo, and rice plantations that also housed the town of Rockville: a quaint, seaside retreat for the local planters. Lowcountry architecture was seen throughout the island in the designs of the plantations and summer vacation homes. Time and events did not leave the island unscathed, and Wadmalaw fell victim to war and financial hardship as did the rest of the South. Wadmalaw weathered the harsh conditions and was able to continue its sleepy way of life into the 20th century. Rockville also became home to the well-known Rockville Regatta that brings thousands of visitors to the island. Despite surrounding growth that has threatened it, Wadmalaw has continued to maintain its unique noncommercial air and retains the agricultural focus on which it was founded.
This book's aim is to help the herbal traveller. From students to professional biologists in the field, herbal retailers and wholesalers, people living away from their own country and medical herbalists. The author mainly focuses on herbs which grow in Europe and the Mediterranean but has included some from the rest of the world which are commonly used in Europe.The book is very simple to use. Part One consists of the Latin names, numbered and in alphabetical order, and under each heading you will find the plant's name in several languages. Part Two comprises the different languages in index form and beside each entry the number for the Latin names which are in part one.It includes English, French, German, Swedish, Spanish, Italian, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, and Turkish (English Index, Index Francais, Deutscher Index, Svenska Index, Indice Espanol, Indice Italiano, Greek Index, Magyar Index, Polski Indeks, Turkce Endeksi).
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