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LosELiA, Lobelia inflata L., grows well here but it is a common 
weed. The demand is so small as to be readily met, at a very 
low price, by natural supply. 
PokERooT, Phytolacca decandra L., is such a common and 
abundant weed, and in such light demand, that it could not be 
cultivated with advantage 
WINTERGREEN, Gau enh procumbens L., is in very great 
demand, but wild supply is abundant, and its cultivation is 
very Ace 
Dye Plants 
A ful ideration of this field fails to reveal any dye plant 
of value or importance that is likely to do well in this region. 
The trial of alkanet (Alkanna tinctoria (L.) Tausch.) is suggested 
and appears to be advisable. I doubt, however, if the product 
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cal climate appears to be aes for the free formation of 
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Publications of the United States ee of Agriculture on 
ubject of Drug Plan tc. 
The following serine on drug re and closely related 
subjects have been issued by the Department of Agricultu 
The editions of nearly all of these are entirely exhausted at - 
Department, but it may be possible to obtain copies by purchase 
from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing 
ffice, Washington, D. C., at the prices specified. 
Cultivation of Drug Plants in the United States. By Rodne 
H. n Yearbook of the Department of Aeacaltce ie 
1903, pp. 337-346, 3 pls. (Yearbook Separate No. 325.) 
rice, 5 cents. 
The Adulteration of Drugs. By Lyman F. Kebler. In Year- 
book of the Department of peda for 1903, pp. 251-258. 
(Yearbook Separate No. 331.) Price, 5 cents. 
Goldenseal. By Alice pee and G. Fred Klugh. In Bulletin 
51, Bureau of Plant Industry, pp. 35-46, 2 pls. 1904. Price, 
5 cents. 
