ADec^mbel^l903m■}      Conservation  and  Cultivation  of  Plants.  563 
FOREIGN  MEDICINAL  PLANTS. 
Considering  the  number  of  plants  which  have  been  introduced 
into  this  country,  and  more  or  less  successfully  grown  here,  it  must 
be  admitted  that  the  possibilities  of  the  cultivation  of  a  number  of 
medicinal  plants  of  foreign  origin  is  exceedingly  promising. 
The  following  are  some  medicinal  plants  that  might  be  profitably 
cultivated  in  this  country,  but  plants  and  seeds  can  probably  only  be 
secured  through  special  orders  of  dealers  in  foreign  plants  and  seeds  : 
Guaco  root  (Agave  planifolia)  ;  pellitory  (Anacyclus  Pyrethrum);  saf- 
flower  or  American  saffron  {Carthamus  tinctorius) ;  angelica  root  {An- 
gelica archangelicd)  ;  Roman  chamomile  {Anthemis  nobilis)  ;  arnica 
{Arnica  Montana) ;  sabadilla  {Asagrcea  officinalis) ;  blood  flower  or  bas- 
tard Ipecacuanha  {Asclepias  Curassavica) ;  belladonna  {Atropa  Bella- 
donna); wood  betony  {Betonica  officinalis);  borage  {B  or  ago  officinalis^); 
bou-nefa  or  thapsia  {Thapsia  Garganica) ;  manaca  {Brunfelsia  hope- 
ana);  bryony  {Bryonia  alba):  cane  11a  {Canella  Winterand);  white 
sapote  or  zapote  or  istactzapotl  ( Casimioroa  edit  lis)  ;  senna  (Cassia 
acutifolia  and  C.  angustifolid);  lippia  Mexicana  (Cedronella  Mexi- 
cana)  ;  colocynth  {Citrullus  Colocynthis)  ;  colchicum  corm  and  seed 
{Colchicum  autumnale);  conium  {Conium  maculatuni1) ;  cascarilla 
{Croton  Eluteria)  ;  larkspur  seed  {Delphinium  Consolidd) ;  stavesacre 
seed  {Delphinium  Staphisagria)  ;  duboisia  leaves  {Duboisia  myo- 
poroides) ;  eye-bright  {Euphrasia  officinalis)  ;  European  wood- 
strawberry  leaves  {Fragaria  vesca1);  gentian  {Gentiana  luted); 
licorice  {Glycyrrhiza  glabra  and  the  var.  glanduliferd)  ;  black 
hellebore  {Helleborus  7iiger);  henbane  {Hyoscyamus  niger1); 
mate  or  Paraguay  tea  {Ilex  paraguayensis) ;  elecampane  (Inula 
Heleniun?);  Florentine  orris  root  {Iris  Florentina);  laurel,  sweet 
bay  (Laurus  nobilis);  bitter  bugleweed,  water  or  marsh  horehound 
{Lycopus  Europmisx) ;  wild  or  German  chamomile  {Matricaria  Chamo- 
milla});  water  fennel  seed,  fine-leaved  water-hemlock  {Oenanthe  Phel- 
tandrimn)  ;  field,  red  or  corn  poppy  flowers  (Papaver  Rhceas1)  ;  poppy 
{Papaver  somniferumF) ;  bistort  {Polygonum  bistortd) ;  tormentilla 
root  {Potetitilla  Tormentilla) ;  lungwort  {Pulmonaria  officinalis)  ; 
rhubarb  {Rheum  officinale);  cevadilla  {Schoenocaulon  officinale); 
scopola  {Scopola  Carniolicd) ;  figroot  or  carpenter's  square  {Scrophu- 
1Many  of  the  plants  in  this  list  have  become  naturalized  to  a  limited  extent 
in  this  country. 
