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Mandrake roots in human form; the mandrake plant; ginseng. Engraving.

The myth and truth about ginseng / Joseph P. Hou.

Mandrake roots in the form of human figures, both naked and clothed; the mandrake plant itself (Mandragora officinarum L.); and a root of ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.). Engraving.

Mémoire présenté à son altesse royale Mgr. le duc d'Orléans, régent de France, concernant la précieuse plante du gin-seng de Tartarie, découverte en Amérique par le père Joseph-François Lafitau, de la compagnie de Jésus, missionnaire des Iroquois du Sault St.-Louis. Nouv. éd., précédée d'une notice biographique, par M. Hospice Verrean, et accompagnée d'un portrait du père Lafitau, d'un fac-simile de son autographe et de la planche représentant le gin-seng.

Ginseng / Pamela Dixon.

Plants of life, plants of death / Frederick J. Simoons.

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The myth and truth about ginseng / Joseph P. Hou.

Mandrake roots in the form of human figures, both naked and clothed; the mandrake plant itself (Mandragora officinarum L.); and a root of ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.). Engraving.

Ginseng / Pamela Dixon.

Plants of life, plants of death / Frederick J. Simoons.