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FLOWERS. 
Flowers are collected when they first open or immediately after— 
not when they are beginning to fade. To preserve the bright natural 
color as nearly as possible they should be carefully dried in the shade, 
in the same manner as directed for leaves and herbs. 
SEEDS. 
Seeds should be gathered just as‘they are ripening, before the seed 
pods open, and should be winnowed in order to remove fragments of 
stems, leaves, and shriveled specimens. 
DISPOSAL OF THE DRUGS. 
Samples representative of the lot of drugs to be sold should be sent 
to the nearest commission merchant, general store, or drug store, for 
inspection and for quotation on the amount of drug that can be fur- 
nished, or for information as to where to send the article. The size of 
the sample depends, of course, upon the kind of drug; from 3 to 4 
ounces—or, say, at least a good handful—should be submitted. The 
package containing the sample should be plainly marked as regards 
contents, and the name and address of the sender given. In writing 
to the different dealers for information and prices, it should be stated 
how large a quantity of a particular drug can be furnished and how 
soon this can be supplied, and postage should always be inclosed for 
reply. In no case should the entire lot of collected drugs be sent to 
dealers without preliminary correspondence. The collector should 
bear in mind that freight is an important item, and it is best, there- 
fore, to address such dealers as are nearest to the place of production. 
When ready for shipment, crude drugs may be tightly packed in 
burlap or gunny sacks, or in dry, clean barrels. 
DESCRIPTIONS OF PLANTS. 
The plants included in this bulletin are burdock, dandelion, the 
docks, couch grass, and pokeweed (principally root drugs); foxglove, 
mullein, lobelia, tansy, gum plant, scaly grindelia, boneset, catnip, 
hoarhound, yarrow, fleabane, blessed thistle, jimson weed, and poison 
hemlock (of which either the leaves, flowers, herb, or seeds are used in 
medicine); and also wormseed, and blackand white mustards, of which 
the seeds only are used. 
Descriptions of these plants follow, together with the common names 
by which they are known in different localities, the habitat (or, in other 
words, the kinds of places or soils in which they are likely to be found), 
their geographical range, information as to the parts to be collected, 
their uses, the extent to which they are imported and the prices usually 
paid by dealers 
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