| Author |
Henkel, Alice, 1869-1916 |
| Author of introduction, etc. |
Galloway, B. T. (Beverly Thomas), 1863-1938 |
| Title |
American medicinal barks
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| Original Publication |
Washington: Government printing office, 1909.
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| Series Title |
Bulletin (United States. Bureau of Plant Industry) ; no. 139.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- The collection of barks -- Trees and shrubs furnishing medicinal barks: White pine (Pinus strobus). Tamarack (Larix laricina). Aspen (Populus tremuloides). White willow (Salix alba). Bayberry (Myrica cerifera). Butternut (Juglans cinerea). Ironwood (Ostrya virginiana). Sweet birch (Betula lenta). Tag-alder (Alnus rugosa). White oak (Quercus alba). Slippery elm (Ulmus pubescens). Magnolia (Magnolia acuminata, M. tripetala, and M. glauca). Tulip-poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera). Sassafras (Sassafras sassafras). Spicebush (Benzoin benzoin). Witch-hazel (Hamamelis virginiana). Blackberry (Rubus villosus, R. nigrobaccus, and R. cuneifolius). American mountain-ash (Sorbus americana). Wild cherry (Prunus serotina). Prickly ash (Xanthoxylum americanum and X. clava-herculis). Wafer-ash (Ptelea trifoliata). Black alder (Ilex verticillata). Wahoo (Euonymus atropurpureus). False bittersweet (Celastrus scandens). Horse-chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum). Cascara sagrada (Rhamnus purshiana). Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum). Dogwood (Cornus florida). Moosewood (Dirca palustris). White ash (Fraxinus americana). Fringe-tree (Chionanthus virginica). Bittersweet (Solanum dulcamara). Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis). Cramp-bark tree (Viburnum opulus). Black haw (Viburnum prunifolium).
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| Credits |
Hendrik Kaiber and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
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| Language |
English |
| LoC Class |
QK: Science: Botany
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| Subject |
Woody plants -- Therapeutic use -- United States
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| Subject |
Bark -- Therapeutic use -- United States
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| Category |
Text |
| EBook-No. |
77360 |
| Release Date |
Nov 28, 2025 |
| Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
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