Lavender, Sweet Lavender

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Summary: the most authorative and comprehensive on all aspects
Review: Covers all aspects of lavender culture,taxonomy,uses,extraction,farming ,world-wide.Plenty of illustrations.Really in depth,very readable,all you ever wanted to know about lavender.Great for any lover of herbs with lots of recipes and lavender products in addition.

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Summary: Fabulous new revision
Review: I have just read the new revised edition of Lavender Sweet Lavender (released for the millenium).It has been much enlarged with new large sections on lavender growing,farms and products in Provence and in the USA, as well as a masterly and comprehensive overview of the genus,its species and hundreds of varieties. The photography is wonderful (all new and from around the world) and the writing is just so evocative.I agree with a previous reviewer.It remains the most authorative text on the subject,but it is also a book to dream over and to read many times.