When is a ‘weed’ not a weed? When it’s an herb!

In my vast collection of herbal/gardening books that date back to the 1600s with Culpeper and Gerard, and continue with a historical early American compendium on the plantings from the time of the pilgrims and on to the present, I have gleaned incredible information regarding the benefits of plants that are today overlooked or relegated to the classification of “weeds.”