The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-19

abound Cultivate in rich, sandy loans, |
plants two feet apart.
"Symphytum or comfrey. plant in |
rows two feet apart, plants one foot
apart, in rich, light soil The under. |
ground portion is used.
"Senaga seeds must be collected and
planted in a light, loamy soil. rows q
foot apart and plants three inches
apart. The roots are used.
E.Dandelion wild does not nroducc
roots of good size and quality. Guilt
walton would probably do so. Should
be grown same as carrots.
Digitalis should be planted in drills
and transplanted to field when well
established. Set rows two feet apart.
plants IS inches apart, in rows. Gather
when plant is beginning to bloom and
dry carefully in shade.
"Aconite plant in rows two feet
apart in rich, light loan, plants six
inches apart Collect tubers in fall
of second year, dry carefully to avoid
mouldiness.
"Cramp bark, known in wild state
as highbush cranberry, is cultivated
in form of common SNOWFALL shrub.
| the bark of which is largely used. For
| years the entire market supply has
| been spurious. The drug authorities
will certainly stop the use of the sub
| stitute, acer spicatum, and a demand
for the genuine plant will grow 1t
is best grown in swamps where spring
freshets overflow the land 1t is a tail
shrub, forming thickets.
Profit in valerian.
Chenopodium, or American worm
seed, will grow well in almost any soil
from seeds easily obtained. Cultivate
it like bush beans and thresh seeds
same as grain. ..-tt
''Valerian would probably pay we'll,
as it is enormously used. Grow in any
good soil, plants foot apart in rows
two feet apart. The undergrown see
ton is used.
'Hydrastis is largely used, is ex-
tremely scarce and high priced. 1t is
difficult to grow and requires great
care, but the methods have been well
defined by the bureau of plant indus
try, Washington. One willing to take
the necessary amount of trouble would
probably make very large profits.
Ginseng may be cultivated same as
hydrastis, the remarks on which apply
to IL
"The following plants could proba-
bly, be cultivated successfully about
New York, though there is not sufli-
cient evidence to Justify a positive
statement:
Belladonna root and leaves are ex
ceedingly important drugs, being used
In enormous quantities, and are indis
: pensible in medicine. Even before the
, European war it was quite difficult t.
secure them in sufficient supply, ano
they are now almost unobtainable.
, "Colchicum is largely used, both the
seeds and the corn. and coul8 be solo
in almost any quantity, although tn,
prices are low. 1t is cultivated here
abouts as a garden flower, and seed
and bulbs, both of which ar used me
dicinally, are readily obtalnablc.
5 requires a rich, light soil.
May Be Staple Farm Crops.
j. "fArnica' s rhizomes and flowers ar
5 enormously. used, particularly the lat
: ter. The plant woult probably groy
!. well in this section, I'M almost any sol
: although the cost of labor would b
| liable to prevent a profit.
r "Aspidium, or male fern, is a yer
e important drug. The commercial artiel
is poor in most eases. \ brand know
to be genuine would probably bring
high price. 1t is a large fern, CROWN
usually in rich mountain soil. 1t woul
doubtless grow in any rich soil in thi
L vicinity.
' "'Larkspur seed has a steady, Iarg
$. and permanent demand for the destrut
5. ton of body parasites. The plant grow
t. well in such sandy soils as those {
= New Jersey and Long Island, but mu,
be well fortified. Plant in rows tw
feet apart and harvest the pods bcfoI
they burst open to prevent the loss {
seeds.
"Caraway, coriander, dill and fel
mel fruits ESQ called seeds) are use
in enormous quantities and can hard
be produced in excessive amount
Grow in drills, like grain, and harve
similarly Their cultivation is old an
extensive and they may be regarded
staple farm crops
The Bureau of Plant Industry, Was
p ington, can in many eases furnish i
formation on the cultivation of tt
above plants.
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