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and “ opium qualite inferieure.” These samples yielded from 3.60 
to 6.15 per cent of ash and from 1.90 to 11.18 per cent of morphine. — 
J. de Pharm. et de Chim., 1905, v. 22, p. 103. 
Hood, C. S., in an article on Botany and its relation to the phar- 
macist discusses the cultivation of opium, the amount of this drug 
imported, and the possibility of its economic production in this coun- 
try. — Western Druggist, 1905, v. 27, p. 774. 
Weschke, Emil (from Pacific Medical Journal), reviews the avail- 
able literature and recounts his own experience with the cultivation 
of opium and the opium poppy in southern Minnesota. — Western 
Druggist, 1905, v. 27, p. 512. 
True, Rodney H., points out that many private experimenters have 
found that the Asiatic poppy does well over a large part of the 
country. — Proc. Am. Pharm. Ass., 1905, v. 53, p. 273. 
The Bureau of Plant Industry reports the successful cultivation of 
both the blue and white seeded varieties of poppy at Burlington, Yt. 
This material gave a favorable yield of crude morphine. — Ann. Rep. 
U. S. Dept. Agric., 1905, p. 149. 
Thoms, H., reports some experiments that were made in the culti- 
vation of opium at Dahlen in connection with the work of the Phar- 
maceutical Institute. — Arb. a. d. pharm. Inst. d. Univer. Berlin, 1905, 
v. 2, pp. 144-155. 
Harris, Wm., discusses the cultivation of opium and the differences 
between the products from Asia Minor, Egypt, Persia, and East 
India. — Bull. Dept. Agric., Jamaica, 1905, v. 3, pp. 78-84. 
Peltrisot, G. N. (from Ann. de Pharm. de Louvain), presents a 
comprehensive paper on opium, its production, and its uses. The 
paper as reprinted includes some reference to the cultivation of the 
poppy, collecting the crop, preparation of opium, medicinal opium, 
preparation of opium for smoking, ways in which opium is used, the 
opium smoker, and the opium eater. — Nat. Druggist, St. Louis, 1905, 
v. 35, pp. 40-41. 
An abstract from the Tropical Agriculturist gives a description of 
the methods used in North India for the production of “ raw ” 
opium. — Nat. Druggist, St. Louis, 1905, v. 35, p. 302. 
An editorial comments on the reports that have been made from 
time to time of efforts to produce opium in countries outside of Asia 
and the success that has attended these several efforts. — Deut.-Amer. 
Apoth. Ztg., 1905, v. 26, p. 100. 
Braun, K., discusses the botany and the several varieties of poppy 
and the cultivation of this plant as it is carried on in various parts 
of Asia, Africa, Australia, America, and Europe. He also includes 
an extensive bibliography. — Der Pflanzer, Tanga, 1905, v. 1, pp. 
157-191. 
