Waterstones The Herbal Alchemist's Handbook
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Author: BD
Rating: 5
Review: Daughter very pleased with this suitable gift, just what she wanted
Author: Shepherd
Rating: 3
Review: Man, I was all excited to get this book and set to love it, but first time I skimmed through the contents what jumped out at me was a mistake in the appendix of Herbal Materia Magicka under the heading of Black Walnut. There it says the scientific name for Black walnut is "Juglans regia" and the other name is "English Walnut". Sorry but Black Walnut and English walnut are two different trees. Same genus but two different species. A black walnut is "Juglans nigra". "Juglans regia" is the ENGLISH walnut. Other names for the ENGLISH walnut include California walnut, Persian walnut, Carpathian walnut, Madeira walnut, or especially in Great Britain, it's just called the "common walnut". The only other name I've found for the BLACK walnut is eastern American black walnut. The black walnut is native to eastern North America, whereas the English Walnut originated in Iran (then Persia). The bark of the two trees looks different. The uses are different. For instance, most walnuts in the grocery stores are the English variety, because the black walnut has a much stronger taste. Instead, the black walnut is used more for timber because of the high quality wood. Bottom line: Black walnut, English Walnut - 2 different trees!! This makes me sad, because now I have to wonder if the rest of the information is wrong on that tree, and what other mistakes are in the book? So much of it is new information for me, so how will I know if it is correct or not? Not an auspicious beginning. I was also a little surprised to see the planet listed for black walnut as the sun. Historically, it is associated with Jupiter. The Romans literally called the walnut the “royal nut of Jupiter”. Some sources say the genus name, Juglans, comes for combining two Latin words: luppiter, meaning Jupiter, and glans, meaning acorn, making the literal translation "Jupiter's nuts". But there may be some magickal reasoning for the sun listing that I'm not aware of, so can't really say what is correct on this count, only that it seemed odd to me. And that's the problem... when the first thing I notice is a mistake, it makes me question everything!
