Table of Contents

Introduction

Part One
The Gardener Attitude
Communication with Nature
The Sacred Approach
Toward a Deeper Communication
Getting in Touch with Instict
Asking and Utilizing the Inner Voice
Physical Techniques and the Differences of Plants
Collection, Preparation, and Storage
Herbology and the Herbalist
Going Forward
Caution
Conservation
Science and the Mythical World of Plants
The Power of Plants
Healing
How to Use this Book

Part Two Amaranth
Angelica
Birch(Black and White)
Black Alder
Boneset
Bulrush
Bunchberry
Burdock
Catnip
Cattail
Chicory
Chickwood
Coltsfoot
Comsfrey
Dandelion
Elderberry
Evening PrimroseGreenbrier
Hemlock Tree
Jewelweed
Milkweed
Mint
Mulberry
Mullein
Mustard (Black)
Nettle (Stinging)
New Jersey Tea
Oak
Pine
Plantain
Reed
Rose
Sassafras
Shepherd's Purse
Spicebush
Sumac
Sweet Fern
Thistle
Violet
Wintergreen
Wood Sorrel
Yarrow
Yucca

About the Author

Tom Brown, Jr. began to learn hunting and tracking at the age of eight under the tutelage of an Apache elder, medicine man, and scout in Toms River, New Jersey, and is the author of 16 books on nature. He was the technical advisor on The Hunted, a major motion picture starring Tommy Lee Jones and Benecio Del Toro. In 1978, Tom founded the Tracker School in the New Jersey Pine Barrens where he offers more than 25 classes about wilderness survival and environmental protection.