163 
HoreHounD, Marrubium vulgare L. 
Imported in enormous quantities; grows easily in almost any 
plant aang in full flower and dry quickly. (Farmers’ Bull. 663 
26; Bur. Plant Industry Bull. 219: 23.) 
SERPENTARIA or VIRGINIA SNAKEROOT, Aristolochia Serpentaria 
nd A. reticulata Nutt 
e this region fonaedy yielded oo of this drug 
ina ee state, there is no doubt that it would flourish here. 
There is a large demand for it at Bond ie a it is Baa apt 
to contain other roots, 
It should be grown in a sandy loam. un are probably not 
oe and must be collected. (Bur. Pl. Ind. Bull. 107: 
; Farmers’ Bull. 663: 34. 
Promising Drugs 
The following could probably be cultivated successfully about 
York, though there is not sufficient evidence to justify a 
positive statem 
BELLADONNA Root and Leaves, Atropa Beledanne L. 
found commercially successful up to the present, although the 
attempt has not been abandoned. The plants should have an 
ordinary light rich soil, and should be set 2 feet apart in rows 4 
feet apart. (Yearbook, U. S. Dept. Agric. 1905: 538; Journ 
No. 2 20, I : . u 
Eng. Chem. 6 (June 1914); Am. Jour. Phar. 79: 523; Proc. 
A. Ph. A. 57: 833; Pac. Phar. §: 157; 6: 1593 7: 332; Eli Lilly Sci. 
