406 PHARMACOGNOSY [Bot. Absts. 



PHARMACEUTICAL BOTANY AND PHARMACOGNOSY 



Henry Kraemer, Editor 



NEW PLANTS FOR PHARMACEUTICAL USES 



2791. Church, T. A. Sphagnum moss now commercial product. Pharm. Era 52: 253-255. 

 4 fig. 1919. — -The author states that the recent war developed the use of this article as a sur- 

 gical dressing and that it is now offered on a commercial scale, promising to supplant cotton 

 and other absorbent materials for some uses. He gives a history of the discovery of the 

 uses of Sphagnum, the search for and discovery of the plants in commercial quantities and their 

 descriptions, development, habitat, etc. The most important species are S. imbricatum, 

 S. palustre, and S. papillosum . — Oliver Atkins Farwell. 



2792. Youngken, Heber W. Notes on the dasheen and chayote. Amer. Jour. Pharm. 

 91: 49S-510. 15 fig. 1919. — -Article embraces descriptions of the macroscopical and micro- 

 scopical characteristics of the two vegetables, the Trinidad dasheen — Colocasia esculenta (L) 

 Schott— and the Chayote — Chayote edulis Jacq. Data are given concerning their uses and 

 methods are described for their preparation as foods. [See Bot. Absts. 4, Entry 976.] — Anton 

 Hogstad, Jr. 



MEDICINAL PLANT CULTURE AND PREPARATION 



2793. Anonymous. Scottish station for reseach in plant breeding. Pharm. Jour. 103: 

 191. 1919. — By public subscription in Scotland, £16,000 has been raised, to be supplemented 

 by a similar amount from the public funds, for the establishment of an Institute of Agricul- 

 tural Botany. Research in drug plant cultivation and breeding is planned. England al- 

 ready possesses such an institute and Wales, through the munificence of one of her citizens, 

 is soon to make a beginning. — E. N . Gathercoal. 



2794. Anonymous. The economic resources of Burma. III. Citronella oil. Chem. and 

 Druggist 91: 815. 1919. — -The distillation of citronella oil from Andropogon A r ardus. The 

 plant thrives luxuriantly in the jungle districts of lower Burma. Cultivation was begun in 

 1912 by U. Shwe Thwin who has fathered the industry and overcome many difficulties during 

 the period of the war. In 1914 Burma citronella oil was recognized in the London market, 

 and graded as equal in quality with Java and Ceylon oil. The industry is now well established. 

 — E. N. Gathercoal. 



2795. De Graap, W. C. De cultuur van geneeskrachtige planten in Nederland. [Culti- 

 vation of medicinal plants in Holland.] Pharm. Weekblad 56: 1101-1112. 1919. — An account 

 of the results obtained in growing belladonna, henbane, stramonium, digitalis, valerian and 

 peppermint, is given. The quantity and quality were very satisfactory. — H. Engelhardt. 



2796. Hogstad, Anton, Jr. The medicinal plant garden and the pharmacist. North- 

 western Druggist 27: 389-391. 1919.— See Bot. Absts. 3, Entry 1915. 



2797. Skvortzow, B. W. Notes on the agriculture, botany and zoology of China. Jour. 

 Roy. Asiatic Soc. North-China Branch 50: 49-107. PI. 1-2, fig. 1-11. 1919— See Bot. Absts. 

 3, Entry 2462. 



2798. Todi>, P. H. The cultivation of aromatic plants it the United States. Amer. Jour. 

 Pharm. 91: 437-441. 1919— See Bot. Absts. 3, Entry 1894. 



COMMERCIAL SUPPLIES 



2799. French, H. B. Report of the drug market for 1918. Jour. Amer. Pharm. Assoc. 

 8: 634-638. 1919. — A comparative list of the prices for drugs in 1914 and 1919. — Anton Hog- 

 stad, Jr. 



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