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poses of cultivation. Possibly the cheapest way to procure both 

 American and foreign plants for purposes of cultivation would 

 be to purchase the fresh or green drug, as of roots, rhizomes, 

 etc., gathered at the resting period of the plant. The recently 

 gathered drug will in some instances contain mature fruits and 

 seeds from which plants may be successfully grown, as the leaf- 

 and herb-drugs of the Compositse, Labiatae, Solanacese, etc. 



Balsam fir or spruce (Abies balsamea) ; calamus (Acorus 

 Calamus) ; European agrimony (Agrimonia Eupatoria) ; couch 

 grass or dog grass (Agropyron repens) ; tree of heaven {Ailcm- 

 ihus glandulosa) ; common chickweed {Alsine media) ; marsh- 

 mallow {Althcea oMcinalis) ; scarlet pimpernel {Anagallis arven- 

 sis) ; angelica seed (Angelica Archangelica) ; mayweed (Anthe- 

 mis cotula) ; bitter root (Apocynum androscemifolium) ; Canadian 

 hemp (Apocynum cannabinum) ; dwarf elder (Aralia hispida) ; 

 American sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis) ; Uva Ursi (Arctosta- 

 phylos Uva-Ursi) ; mescale (Anhalonium Lezmnii) ; burdock 

 (Arctium Lappa) ; manzanita (Arctostaphylos glauca) ; Indian 

 turnip (Ariscema triphyllum) ; serpentaria (Aristolochia Serpen- 

 taria) ; southern wood (Artemisia Abrotanum) ; common worm- 

 wood (Artemisia Absinthium) ; wormwood, mountain sage, or 

 Sierra salvia (Artemisia frigida) ; common mugwort (Artemisia 

 vulgaris) ;tl]anada snake root (Asariim catiadense) ; white Indian 

 hemp (Asclepias incarnata) ; silkweed (Asclepias syriaca) ; paw- 

 paw seed (Asimina triloba) ; spice bush (Lindera Benzoin) ; 

 Oregon grape (Bcrheris Aquifolium) ; black sampson or purple 

 cone flower (Echinacea angustifolia, syn. Brauneria purpurea) ; 

 borage (Borago oMcinalis) ; Indian hemp (Cannabis sativa) ; 

 shepherd's purse (Capsella Bursa-pastoris) ; blessed thistle (Cnicus 

 benedictus) ; pond-lily or sweet-scented white water-lily (Castalia 

 odorata) ; blue cohosh (Caulophyllum thalicfroides) ; red root or 

 ■New Jersey tea (Ceanothus americanus) ; true unicorn root, star 

 grass (Chamcelirium luteum) ; celandine (Chelidonium majus) ; 

 turtle head or snake head (Chelone glabra) ; American wormseed 

 (Chenopodium anthelminticum) ; pipsissewa (Chimaphila umbel- 

 lata) ; common feverfew (Chrysanthemum Parthenium) ; Canada 

 thistle (Carduus arvensis) ; black cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa) ; 

 stone root (Collinsonia canadensis) ; sweet fern (Comptonia pere- 



