NOTES AND ABSTRACTS. 
Drug and Dye Plants, Report on Cultivation of (Jour. N. York Bot. Gard., 
Aug. 1915, p. 155). — A list of important drug and dye plants which the Com- 
mittee appointed for the investigation of the question consider should be 
cultivated for the American market, with notes on the desirability or otherwise 
of extensive cultivation and a list of pamphlets on the subject. — F. J. C. 
Drug Plants under Cultivation. By W. W. Stockberger (U.S.A. Dep. Agr., 
Bur. PI. Ind., Farm. Bull. 663, June 5, 1915; figs.). — There are a number 
of valuable native American drug plants which are threatened with exter- 
mination by the clearing of forests, the extension of the areas of land under 
tillage, and the activities of drug collectors. On the other hand, attention is 
now being turned to the cultivation of drug plants in the United States as a 
means of lessening the importance of the supply of imported crude drugs. The 
problems are the same as those which confront the cultivator of any other crop. 
The soil, climate, and situation suitable to each variety must be considered, the 
cost of production and marketing must be calculated, the value of land, cost 
and availability of labour inquired into ; and it must be taken into account that 
whereas some plants, not well suited to cultivation on a large scale, may be found 
profitable grown on small areas as a side line, others will be produced more 
cheaply and more profitably when grown on a scale large enough to warrant the 
use of labour-saving appliances. 
Lists are here given of the drug-plants known to flourish in different parts 
of North America, and information is given concerning the cultivation of the 
following species ; — 
Aconite. 
Coriander. 
Pennyroyal. 
Aletris. 
Dandelion. 
Peppermint. 
Althaea. 
Digitalis. 
Pinkroot. 
Angelica. 
Dill. 
Pokeweed. 
Anise. 
Echinacea. 
Pyrethrum. 
Arnica. 
Elecampane. 
Safnower. 
Belladonna. 
Fennel. 
Saffron. 
Blue Flag. 
Gentian. 
Sage. 
Boneset. 
Ginseng. 
Seneca Snakeroot. 
Burdock. 
Goldenseal. 
Serpentaria. 
Calamus. 
Henbane. 
Spearmint. 
Calendula. 
Horehound. 
Stramonium. 
Camphor. 
Larkspur. 
Tansy. 
Cannabis. 
Lavender. 
Thyme. 
Caraway. 
Licorice. 
Valerian. 
Cascara Sagrada. 
Lobelia. 
Vetiver. 
Catnip. 
Lovage. 
Wintergreen. 
Chamomile (German). 
Melissa. 
Wormseed. 
, , (Roman) . 
Orris. 
Wormwood. 
Conium. 
Parsley. 
M. 
Egg Plant Lace Bug, The. By E. Fink (U.S.A. Dep. Agr., Bur. Entom., 
Bull. 239, June 1915; 5 plates). — A spray consisting of 8 lb. fish oil soap to 50 
gallons of water, well covering the under-sides of the leaves, will kill 100 per cent, 
nymphs and 95 per cent, adults. — V. G. J. 
Employment in Forestry for Women and Disabled Soldiers (Quart. Jour, of 
Forestry, No. 4, vol. 9, p. 346 ; October 191 5). — A Committee of the Council 
of the Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society has for some time past been co- 
operating with the Scottish Committee on Women's Employment in securing 
employment for women whose ordinary occupations have been interfered with 
by the war, and already a considerable number of women have been suitably 
placed on estates in various districts throughout the country. Encouraged 
by the success which has so far attended the Committee's efforts, the Council 
has now decided that the Committee should also try to find light work for soldiers 
who, owing to partial disablement, are unable to undertake work of a heavy 
nature. The work which men who have lost an arm or a leg could do would 
naturally be somewhat limited in variety, but many other kinds of partial 
disablement would not present such difficulties, and there are many forms of 
light work associated with forestry which can be quite efficiently done by 
women and partially disabled men, such as the following : — 
1. Bracken cutting and switching on land to be cleared for planting, 
2. Planting, or carrying plants to planter, 
3. Cleaning young plantations : e.g., cutting out rank weed growth or weed 
tree species, 
