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Medieval Gardens
In the middle ages, physicians, cooks, and housewives
knew that herbs and plants had a variety of uses for keeping people healthy
and the home clean.
Listed here are a number of plants we know were
cultivated for food, medicine, and other helpful applications.
Plants whose common names
begin A-C
Plants whose common names
begin D-L
Plants whose common names
begin M-R
Plants whose common names
begin S-Z
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Some useful definitions:
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beauty - a plant grown for its beauty
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cooking - a plant grown as a food source or
spice
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dyeing - a plant grown for use as a dye
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fiber - a plant used for making thread/cloth
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fragrance - a plant grown for its scent
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fulling - a plant used in the process of turning
raw fiber into thread/yarn
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medicine - a plant grown for medicinal uses
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repellant - a plant used as a pest repellant
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strewing - a plant used to lay around a room
or chest to provide pest repellant and a pleasant fragrance
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Book References:
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Margaret B. Freeman - Herbs for the Mediaeval Household For Cooking, Healing
and Divers Uses
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Sylvia Landsberg - The Medieval Garden
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Robin Whiteman - Brother Cadfael's Herb Garden
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