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Luthien_ Tinuviel · 08-15-2003, 04:12 PM

Another one to add to your list would be athelas. And yes, I would agree that Middle-Earth had roughly the same botany as our own Earth. There are references to carrots, potatoes, turnips, fern, bay-leaves, thyme and sage, to name but a few (all of these are from Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit, page 641 in the one-volume Houghton-Mifflin edition). So I would assume that most, if not all, of the plants that are common to us today were found in ME as well.

08-15-2003, 04:12 PM	#2
Luthien_ Tinuviel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2002 Location: A very lovely tree-hut in the Chunnel. Posts: 804	Another one to add to your list would be athelas. And yes, I would agree that Middle-Earth had roughly the same botany as our own Earth. There are references to carrots, potatoes, turnips, fern, bay-leaves, thyme and sage, to name but a few (all of these are from Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit, page 641 in the one-volume Houghton-Mifflin edition). So I would assume that most, if not all, of the plants that are common to us today were found in ME as well. __________________ I am a nineteen-year-old nomad photographer who owns a lemonade stand. You know what? I love Mip.