. Production of drug and condiment plants. Medicinal plants; Herbs. flowers appear and are then carefully dried in the shade. The demand for the dried herb is small, but up to 14,000 acres are grown annually for oil in Indiana and Michigan, with a production of about 450,000 pounds of oil. The yield of oil is generally a little higher than that of peppermint and will average about 33 pounds per acre.^*. Figure 48.—Stramonium. Sf-ramonium Stramonium {Datura stramonium) (fig. 48) is a poisonous annual and occurs as a common barnyard weed in most sections of the United States. The leaves and flow

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. Production of drug and condiment plants. Medicinal plants; Herbs. flowers appear and are then carefully dried in the shade. The demand for the dried herb is small, but up to 14,000 acres are grown annually for oil in Indiana and Michigan, with a production of about 450,000 pounds of oil. The yield of oil is generally a little higher than that of peppermint and will average about 33 pounds per acre.^*. Figure 48.—Stramonium. Sf-ramonium Stramonium {Datura stramonium) (fig. 48) is a poisonous annual and occurs as a common barnyard weed in most sections of the United States. The leaves and flowering tops are used medicinally and as a 1^ For complete information on the growing of spearmint see Farmers' Bulletin No. 1988, Mint Farming. 88. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Sievers, A. F. (Arthur Frederick), 1885. Washington, D. C. : U. S. Dept. of Agriculture

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