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drawings  and  half  tones,  and  under  each  drug  is  given  all  of  the 
information  which  is  available  and  in  accordance  with  the  brightest 
consideration  of  the  subject.  It  is  considered  by  those  competent  to 
judge  as  one  of  the  most  important  books  ever  written  upon  the 
subject,  and  is  a  monument  to  the  painstaking  care,  genius  and  attain- 
ments of  this  eminent  authority.  It  is  to  be  regretted  that  the  present 
war  will  somewhat  interfere  with  the  completion  of  this  work. 
U.  S.  Dept.  of  Agriculture. — Farmer's  Bulletin  No.  188,  1904. 
Contains  a  list  of  twenty-five  common  weeds  which  have  medicinal 
properties,  with  suggestions  on  collecting,  drying,  and  marketing 
them. 
"  Cultivation  of  Tea,"  Bulletin  234,  Bureau  of  Plant  Industry, 
U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture. 
"  Cultivation  of  Chicory,"  Bulletin  No.  19,  Division  of  Botany, 
U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture. 
"  Cultivation  of  Camphor,"  Circ.  No.  12,  Division  of  Botany, 
U.  S!.  Department  of  Agriculture. 
Bulletin  No.  35,  Bureau  of  Forestry,  treats  of  cultivation  of 
eucalyptus. 
Bulletin  No.  90,  Bureau  of  Plant  Industry,  treats  of  cultivation 
of  peppermint. 
Bureau  of  Plant  Industry,  Bui.  No.  51,  1904,  treats  of  goldenseal ; 
collection,  occurrence,  use,  cultivation,  etc. ;  also  Circular  No.  6  ibid. 
Farmer's  Bulletin  No.  27,  1895,  "  The  Culture  of  Flax  for  its 
Seed  and  Fibre." 
Farmer's  Bulletin  No.  186,  1904,  contains  suggestions  on  the 
culture  of  taraxacum,  on  sterilizing  green-house  soil. 
Farmer's  Bulletin  No.  195  :  Much  useful  information  on  establish- 
ing larger  and  smaller  gardens,  hot-beds,  cold  frames,  pits,  etc.  Gives 
specific  instructions  (with  illustrations)  on  the  culture  of  many 
medicinal  plants. 
Farmer's  Bulletins  Nos.  25,  28,  50,  61,  82,  83,  86,  115,  120,  140, 
148,  157,  164,  167,  give  culture  notes  on  garden  of  ornamental  and 
medicinal  plants. 
Walter  Van  Fleet,  "  Goldenseal  under  Cultivation,"  Farmer's 
Bulletin,  U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture,  October  26,  1914. 
Frederick  J.  Wulling,  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  "  A  Medicinal  Plant 
Garden:  A  Valuable  Adjunct  to  a  College  of  Pharmacy,"  Journal 
A.  Ph.  A.,  vol.  2,  p.  692. 
