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Products Known to be Capable of Easy and Successful Culture 
near New k 
Burpock Root, Arctium Lappa L., and other species of Arctium. 
s medicinal use, notwithstanding that it is 
root cro ive nae from seed; the rows 2 feet apart 
and pe a foot apart in the gather in the fall. (Farmers’ 
Bull. 663: 16; Bur. Plant ae Bull. 107: 64.) 
ae Cimicifuga racemosa (L.) Nutt. 
Seeds probably cannot be bought, and must be collected in 
the fall from our woodlands, where the plant abounds. Cultivate 
fe) 
portion is used. (Bur. Plant ie ian Bull. 107: Me 
SYMPHYTUM or COMFREY, cee ytum officinale 
Plant in rows 2 feet apart, plants 1 foot apart in 10w; requires 
rich light soil; profit doubtful; a light. The underground 
portion is used. (Bur. Plant Industry, Bull. 107: 57.) 
SrneEca, Polygala Senega L. 
Seeds must be collected, as they are not commercial. Plant 
in light loamy soil, rows a foot apart, plants 3 inches apart in 
row, would ae profitable. The roots are used. (Far- 
mers’ Bull. 663: 
DaNnDELION, Taraxacum Taraxacum (L.) Karsten. 
e wild plant in this country does not produce roots of good 
size and quality. Gia would probably do so, but the 
price is so low that it is doubtful it eee Beye hould be 
Dicitaris, Digitalis purpurea L. 
Very largely used and fair prices paid; demand for drug of 
fine quality strong. Plant seed in dri ills and transplant to field 
t 
apart in rows; gather leaves when plant is beginning to bloom 
