III: Clover
Nobody's entirely sure what a shamrock is.
Herbs
IX: Mustard
How different mustard colors are made.
VIII: Bugloss
A root that makes a dye that's also a chemistry set.
VII: Chive
On the "reality" of fortune telling.
IV: Valerian
The emperor who wound up as a foot stool.
III: Borage
Why the plant with a funny name is the best weed.
I: Thrift
Was Benjamin Franklin a spy?
VII: Burnet
When blood spots mean blood death, insect-style.
VI: Comfrey
The many contradictory faces of comfrey.
III: Spoonwort
What really caused scurvy aboard ships?
II: Parsley
Why curly parsley boomed and busted.
IX: Chervil
How one poet saw in chervil the face of God.