








Table 1. Drug Crops 














Common Scientific Imports Commercial Type Soils Culture Notes 
Name Name (Pounds) * Areas Plant 
Aconite Aconitum napellus 10,000 to |Europe Herbaceous Well drained Seed or divisions {Cool climate. Not 
12,000 perennial gravelly loam promising 
Agar (Marine algae) 451,399 East coast Asia Sea weed Collected and dried|Culture medium, 
laxative, etc. 
Aloe A. vera | 882,399 W. Indies, W. and |Perennial Well drained light |Sun. Juice from A. vera grows wild 
A. Perryt S. Africa soil; lime leaves evaporated |in South Texas 
A. ferox 
Belladonna Atropa Belladonna 207,694 Italy, Russia, Perennial to 3 feet |Deep, moist loam |Set plants 20’x30” |Temperature under 
S. Calif. 1918 80° F. best 
Buchu Barosma betulina, 138,938 South Africa Heath-like shrub |Dry gravelly Mature wood Native to hot dry 
other sp. cuttings mountains of S. 
Africa 
Chamomile Matricaria 139,440 ‘|Eastern U. S. Daisy-like annual |‘‘Garden’’ soil Wild in East Flower heads con- 
chamomilla tain an essential oil 
Derris D. elliptica 226,598 East Indies Climbing shrub Tropical 
D. trifoliata Philippines 
Digitalis D. purpurea 50,200 Eu.; Pacific Biennial Well drained loam |Set plants 12”’x36” |Red spider bad in 
Northwest Southwest. Not 
promising 
Ephedrine Ephedra sinica, 1,948,011 China Leafless shrub Dry, sandy Seed or suckers Four species in W. 
others Texas. Promising 
Gentian Gentiana lutea 351,806 Europe Perennial Well drained light |Seed in coldframe |Not very promising. 
loam in fall Hard to transplant 
Henbane Hyoscyamus niger 102,529 Egypt, Russia, Annual or biennial |Deep moist loam |Set plants 15"x30” |Seed scarce in 1942. 
Calif. 1918 Potato beetle bad 
Hoarhound Marrubium vulgare 92,375 Europe Herbaceous Sandy, fairly dry, |Divisions or seeds, |Widely naturalized 
perennial sun 12”x18” 
Hops Humulus Lupulus 5,248,208 Northern U. S., Climbing herb Loam Cuttings and from |Wild in North and 
England, Germany seed mts. south to Fla. 
and Arizona 
Licorice Glycyrrhiza glabra 59,731,292 Spain, Italy, Perennial herb Deep, moist, Uncultivated after |Grow some in 
Turkey mellow, rich 1st yr. California 
Mayapple Podophyllum Native to Texas Herbaceous Deep, moist loam |Collected Market limited. 
peltatum perennial Drug from dried 
roots 
Menthol Mentha arvensis Northern Japan Perennial Rich, moist loam |Rootstocks, 2-3 
var. piperascens and U. S. crops yearly 
Nux vomica Strychnos 2,888,450 India, Australia Tree Tropical. Seeds con- 
Nux-vomica tain strychnine 
Orris Tris florentina 486,208 S. Europe, Persia, |Perennial Rather dry, Divisions, 12"x36” |Insects bad in 
India gravelly storage 
Psyllium Plantago 2,158,375 France, Spain Annual to 8 inches |Loam 2 crops per year Laxative, 18 species 
Psyllium in Texas mostly 
weeds 
Puccoon Lithospernum Herbaceous Not particular Divisions or seeds |Grows wild in Texas 
officinale perennial 





*1935 or 
a recent average—crude drug. 
Table 2. Herbs, Spices, Etc. 




Common ~ 
Name 
Allspice 
Ambrosia 
Angelica 
Anise 
Basil 
Sweet 
Bush 
Bergamot 
Bee Balm 
Horsemint 
Borage 
Capsicum 
Caraway 
Cassia 
Scientific 
Name 
Pimenta officinalis 
Chenopodium 
Botrys 
A. archangelica 
Pimpinella Anisum 
ocimum 
basilicum 
O. minum 
Monarda 
didyma 
M. fistulosa 
Borago officinalis 
C. annuum, 
other species 
Carum Carvt 
Cinnamomum 
Cassia, other species 


Imports 
(Pounds)* 
"4,127,822 
490,627 
1,611,654 
6,168,202 
10,093,196 

Commercial 
Areas 
W. Indies, S. 
America 
Europe, India, 
South America 
Eu., Asia, 
America 
Europe 
India, East Indies, 
China 


Type 
Plant 
Evergreen tree 
Annual to 2 feet 
Biennial or 
perennial 
Annual long 
season 
Annual to 2 feet 
To 1 foot 
Perennial 
Annual to 2 feet 
Annual 
Annual or biennial 
Evergreen tree 

Soils 
Culture 
Notes 

Too common to cultivate 
Loam 
Low ground 
Light to medium 
loam 
Light, medium 
fertile, well 
drained 
Any moist sandy 
soil 
Light, “‘dry’’ med. 
fertility 
Widely adapted 
Light, ‘‘dry’’ soil 
Moist, rich soil 

Seed. Not difficult 
Seed in fall, plants 
in spring 
Seed in field 
6"x30" 
Set plants 12’x18’, 
sun 
Seeds or divisions. 
12”"x18" 
Set plants 12"x15’, 
sun 
Set plants 12’x30” 
Seed in spring 
From seed in 
China 



*1935 or a recent average—crude product. 
_ BUYERS GUIDE 


Tropical 
Jerusalem-Oak 
Feather Geranium 
Set plants 3x3 feet 
in full sun. Herb 
Successful in 
Lower valley 
Widely adapted 
An ornamental 
Herb. Leaves used 
in drinks 
Herb. Leaves used 
in salad 
Includes the 
garden peppers 
Second year. 
Fruit is used 
Subtropical. Bark 
stripped from trees 
6-10 years old 
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