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rowth. At the end of each item was added a reference to the 
publication or publications of the Department of Agriculture 
age the: 
ul 
was made to secure them. All that were available for free dis- 
Publications and were paid for in advance. Most of them have 
been received and the others are promised as soon as the stock 
is renewed. These publications, together with the list of those 
still to be obtained, were placed in = library for deposit in a 
pamphlet box devoted to this subje This list was suppli- 
mented by a rather complete bgp list ae by 
Mr. F. B. Kilmer of the scientific s of Messrs. Johnson & 
Ue New a k, New Jersey. ee “ot those not 
in the library as parts of the regular series 
of Department selene so that the references to them in 
the list referred to will make it possible for them to be consulted. 
An attempt was also made, and is now in progress, to secure 
other documents on the subject, and these will be placed in the 
same file. 
It now seems desirable to continue this study during the 
summer, and also to follow the experiments which are being 
made by nee if our managers, and to present an illustrated 
lecture based thereon, on the cultivation of medicinal plants in 
the vicinity of New York, in our fall or winter course of public 
lectures. 
Public interest in the cultivation of drugs in the United States 
is steadily and rapidly increasing. It affects various classes of 
people and is de ependent upon various end, some of 
ite 
who have had little or no personal acquaintance with 
ae as although many of them have carried on small horti- 
