352  Cultivation  of  Medicinal  Plants.       {  A  Au^t' ml™' 
gardens  devoted  to  medicinal  plants,  connected  either  with  colleges 
of  pharmacy  or  agricultural  colleges,  in  which  investigations  and 
research  can  be  made  with  industrial  ends  in  view.  This  would 
necessitate  either  individual  donations  to  such  institutions,  or  the 
establishment  of  a  joint  fund  to  be  applied  to  the  purpose  noted. 
Finally,  we  may  assume  that  if  the  manufacturers  of  medicinal 
products  are  really  interested  in  securing  a  plant  drug  supply,  im- 
proved in  quality  and  quantity,  they  can  do  so  if  they  are  willing  to 
pay  the  price;  that  is  to  say,  they  must  pay  the  price  of  years' of 
systematic,  scientific  investigation  and  experimental  cultivations, 
which  under  the  present  conditions  are  necessary  to  bring  about  a 
successful  outcome. 
Work  of  the  Colleges  of  Pharmacy.' 
From  reports  received  it  would  seem  that  only  a  few  of  the 
colleges  of  pharmacy  were  giving  attention  to  the  cultivation  of 
medicinal  plants.  A  very  large  number  of  them  do  not  possess  even 
a  garden,  or  other  facilities  for  the  growing  of  medicinal  plants, 
instructions  being  given  from  herbarium  specimens.  In  other  in- 
stances, however,  there  are  gardens  connected  with  the  colleges  where 
medicinal  plants  are  grown  in  a  small  way  for  study  and  for  the  prep- 
aration of  herbarium  specimens.  This  work  has  no  bearing  upon 
the  cultivation  of  medicinal  plants  in  a  commercial  way. 
List  of  colleges  of  pharmacy  reporting  no  gardens  or  other  facili- 
ties for  the  cultivation  of  medicinal  plants : 
The  Temple  University,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Howard  University  School  of  Medicine,  Washington,  D.  C. 
University  of  Alabama,  Mobile,  Ala. 
Vanderbilt  University,  Nashville,  Tenn. 
Cleveland  School  of  Pharmacy,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
Medical  College  of  Virginia,  Richmond,  Ya. 
Columbia  University,  College  of  Pharmacy,  New  York. 
University  of  Iowa,  Iowa  City,  Iowa. 
Brooklyn  College  of  Pharmacy,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
University  of  Maine,  Orono,  Maine. 
Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy,  Boston,  Mass. 
University  of  Kansas,  Lawrence,  Kan. 
University  of  Buffalo,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
Northwestern  LTniversity  School  of  Pharmacy,  Chicago,  111. 
North  Dakota  Agricultural  College,  Agricultural  College,  N.  D. 
