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ficinalis), Life Everlasting (Gnaphalium ohstusifolium) , Liverwort 

 (Hepatica Hepatica), Mullein (Verhascum thapsus), Passion 

 Flower (Passiflora incamata), Pleurisy Eoot (Asclepias tuberosa), 

 Sampson's Snake Root {Psoralen melilotoides) , Skunk Cabbage 

 (Spathyema fcctida), Solomon's Seal {Polyganatum hiflorum), 

 Sour Wood {Oxydendrum arboreum) , Spikenard (Aralia racemosa), 

 Squaw Vine {Mitchella repens), Star Grass (Aletris farinosa), 

 Star Root (Chamaelirium luteum), Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare), 

 Trailing Arbutus (Epigea repens), Tulip Tree (Liriodendron 

 tulipifera), Turkey Corn, Corydalis (Bikukulla canadensis), Wafer 

 Ash (Ptelea trifoUata) , White Ash (Fraxinus o/mericanus) , Wild 

 Ginger (Asarum cajiadense), Wild Indigo (Baptisia tinctoria), 

 Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumhens), Wormseed (Chenopodium 

 anthelminticum) , Yellow Dock {Rumex crispus), Yellow Parilla 

 (Menispermiim Canadense), Yellow Root (Xanthorhiza apiifolia). 



A few general remarks concerning the cultivation of drugs, and I 

 shall then take up in detail two drugs which I consider well worth 

 cultivating in this State. 



While it is true that our forests are full of wild drug plants that 

 are easily collected, it is not within the province of this paper to 

 treat of this subject fully in view of the fact that identification 

 methods would have to be gone into exhaustively. At a later date 

 this phase of the subject will be presented. 



The first essential for the grower to consider is the selection of a 

 proper plot for growing the drugs, Naturally, different drugs re- 

 quire different soils and climates, as a result of which three or four 

 plants should be selected for cultivation and the matter of their 

 growth be given serious study. 



In what I have to say about drug cultivation I will quote rather 

 freely from a similar paper which appeared in the Journal of the 

 American Pharmaceutical Association in January, 1914, entitled 

 "The Cultivation of Medicinal Plants in America," by Henry 

 Kraemer, of Philadelphia, one of the foremost authorities along 

 this line in the United States. 



Generally speaking, the cultivation is done by one of two 

 methods: (1) plants grown from seeds, and (2) propagation by 

 cuttings. Since the former plan is the simplest one for the begin- 

 ner, I shall deal first with it. 



