INTRODUCTION

PEOPLE AND PLANTS IN SCOTLAND
FLORA CELTICA: DOCUMENTING KNOWLEDGE
THE EARLIEST EVIDENCE: PREHISTORIC SCOTLAND
VOICES FROM THE PAST: EARLY RECORDS
SCOTLAND TODAY
CULTURAL PARALLELS: PLANT USE IN OTHER COUNTRIES
NATIVES AND IMMIGRANTS IN THE FLORA
THE LURE OF RARE PLANTS: ENDEMICS AND NATIVES

FOOD AND DRINK

WILD LARDER
DARING DRINKS
MAKING CHEESE AND BUTTER
CHILDHOOD FOOD
THE RESURGENCE OF WILD FOODS
POISONOUS PLANTS
HONEY: THE NECTAR HARVEST

THE BARE NECESSITIES

BUILDING A HOME
KEEPING OUT THE RAIN
PLANTS FOR TRANSPORT
THE CLOTHES ON OUR BACKS
TANNING
KEEPING THE HOME FIRES BURNING
LASHING AND BINDING
HEATHER MATTRESSES AND HARD FLOORS
REPELLENT PLANTS
GETTING A BUZZ: STIMULANTS AND SUBSTITUTES
A MISCELLANY OF PLANT USES

PLANTS IN CULTURE AND SOCIETY

WHAT'S IN A NAME?
SCOTTISH PLANTS IN ART, LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
PLANTS OF CHILDHOOD: GAMES AND PASTIMES
PLANTS AND THE MORTAL COIL
A SENSE OF IDENTITY
HISTORIC PLANTS
FOLKLORE AND RELIGION
ALTERING THE MIND

NATIVE PLANTS AND CRAFTS

WILD COLOURS
BASKET-MAKING
WILD PAPER
WOOD CRAFTS
EDEN'S ORCHESTRA: MUSIC FROM PLANTS

PLANTS FOR HEALTH AND BEAUTY

EARLY MEDICINE IN SCOTLAND
NATIVE PLANT MEDICINE IN SCOTLAND TODAY
TREAT YOURSELF: A SHORTER SCOTTISH HERBAL
LOOKING GOOD, SMELLING GOOD

PLANTS ON THE FARM

FEEDING THE FLOCKS
ANIMAL HEALTH
IMPROVING THE LAND

PLANTS IN THE SCOTTISH ECONOMY

THE SEAWEED SAGA
SCOTLAND'S TIMBER INDUSTRY
PLANTS FROM THE PAST

PLANTS, THE SCOTTISH ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY

RETURN OF THE NATIVE
WILD PLANTS IN THE GARDEN
HEDGES
SECURING THE LAND
FUNGAL WARFARE
CLEANING UP OUR ACT
WARNINGS FROM THE WILD
EXPLOITATION AND SUSTAINABILITY