Changes made
Footnotes have been moved to the end of the section or paragraph, illustrations have been moved outside text paragraphs.
Minor obvious typographical an punctuation errors have been corrected silently.
Some ditto marks („) have been replaced with the dittoed text.
Some first paragraphs per herb were not indented in the source document, they have been indented in this text.
Page ix: Illustration numbers added
Page 2: ” inserted after ... flowers and sweet herbs.
Page 5: the ‘lovers’ walk changed to the lovers’ walk
Page 20: chez le Grecs changed to chez les Grecs
Page 23: to “dull,” changed to “to dull,”