60 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
thirty-five botanic gardens throughout the world, the Missouri 
Botanical Garden being listed as the only one in America. 
Because of its interest to physicians, this famous old medi- 
cinal garden will be reproduced as nearly as possible at the 
Missouri Botanical Garden in honor of the convention of the 
American Medical Association, which will be held in St. Louis 
during May. The plan and survey followed is that of John 
Hayes (see pl. 8), prepared March 30, 1753. The beds of 
medicinal plants will follow the arrangement of Lindley and 
will include some seventy-two families, 160 genera, and over 
200 species. This garden has been laid out and planted by 
the vocational pupils of the War Veterans’ Bureau, in the 
School for Gardening. 
PLANTS IN REPLICA OF THE CHELSEA PHYSIC GARDEN 
(Arranged aecording to Lindley) 
Botanical name Common name Medicinal property 
POLY PODIACEAE 
Adiantum pedatum....Maidenhair fern....... Pectoral, tonic, aromatic 
Aspidium Feliz-mas...Male fern............. Pectoral, tonic, aromatic 
Polystichum 
acrostichoides....... Christmas fern........ Anthelmintic 
ARACEAE 
Arisaema triphyllum...Jack-in-the-pulpit .... —_ 
Arisaema Dracontium..Green dragon........ iy Root—acrid, stimulant 
IRIDACEAE 
Iris fiorentina......... OPTIS TOO s 6545s sco sis a-9 es Emeto-cathartic, diuretic 
ORONTIACEAE 
Acorus Calamus....... Sweet flag............. Aromatic, carminative 
LILIACEAE 
Erythronium albidum. .Dog’s-tooth violet...... Emetic, emollient 
Hemerocallis fulva.....Day lily...........+--5 Root=cathartic; leaves—refrig- 
erant 
Allium Cepa.........0+ Onion ................Stimulant, diuretic, expectorant 
Asparagus officinale...Asparagus.............Diuretic, arterial sedative 
DIOSCOREACEAE 
Dioscorea villosa...... Wild yam............. Antispasmodic, diaphoretic 
SMILACEAE 
Smilax hispida.........Green briar............ Root—alterative, diuretic; stem 
—alterative, diuretic, emmena- 
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