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- Title
Medicines, poisons and folklore.
- Authors
Oakeley, Henry
- Abstract
The article offers information on the plants featured at the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians of London in England. Plants from the North American herbal medicinal tradition, such as Echinacea purpurea and Podophyllum peltatum, can be found as one enters the car park at the front of the college. Examples of medicinal plants from around the world that can be found in the garden include Veratrum nigrum and Ephedra gerardiana. Other plants include the English corn poppy and the poisonous opium poppy.
- Subjects
LONDON (England); ENGLAND; MEDICINAL plants; GARDENS; ROYAL College of Physicians of London; ECHINACEA (Plants); PODOPHYLLUM peltatum; OPIUM poppy
- Publication
Horticulturist, 2009, Vol 18, Issue 3, p17
- ISSN
0964-8992
- Publication type
Article