JOURNAL 
OF 
The New York Botanical Garden 
VoL. XVI August, 1915 No. 188 
REPORT UPON THE CULTIVATION OF DRUG AND 
DYE PLANTS 
Dr. W. Gitman THompson, PREs. 
Sir:—I have the honor to st the following report, on 
behalf of the Scientific as 
Upon being notified by the eee in-Chief that the Board 
of Managers had referred to the Scientific Directors for investi- 
gation the general subject of the cultivability for commercial 
purposes, in the vicinity of New York, of standard medicinal 
the region in question, and h at the same time e 
possibility of ove sufficiently important and valuable to justify 
the procedur 
Another ia was made of those which, although not certain to 
grow here, appeared likely to do so. 
ese lists were submitted to the Bureau of Plant Industry of 
the United States Department of Agriculture, to ascertain 
whether their studies and experience counter-indicated any of 
Following a general discussion of the subject of drug produc- 
tion, each of these plants was discussed briefly, as to its impor- 
tance and value and the proper soil and other conditions for its 
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