This publication addresses the natural cultivation of plants with medicinal properties that can be grown in Germany, focusing primarily on those that are commonly used, those that provide the most benefit, and finally, those that deserve to be cultivated due to their rare occurrence in the wild and the potential for confusion and adulteration.

Gardener and garden writer Hermann Jäger presents in this volume the medicinal plants native to Germany and provides guidance on their breeding and care. He details processing methods and the effects of numerous plants from the apothecary garden. The book is extensively illustrated with over 30 historical images.

The Verlag der Wissenschaften publishes historical literature by both well-known and lesser-known scientific authors, making works that have long been out of print accessible to interested readers once again. This book is an unaltered reprint of the original historical edition from 1859.