. The Canadian druggist. heen peniiitted to see the hiXiiisat Anipthill and Slepjiingley, in Bedfordshire,and at I/Onjr Melford, in SulltjlU, where a poriujnof the large business carried on by them is con-diieted. At Ste])])in;^ley, where the soil is sbiiie-wliat sandy, the jilants ehielly cultivated are bel-ladonna, lavender, henbane, black peppermint,and, ill lesser cjuaiititv, while peppermint, fox- eoverts near the Anipthill farm, the landownerswill not allow it to Le collected lest the { be disturbed ; consequently it is necessaryto cultivate it. The belladona and henbane arec
. The Canadian druggist. heen peniiitted to see the hiXiiisat Anipthill and Slepjiingley, in Bedfordshire,and at I/Onjr Melford, in SulltjlU, where a poriujnof the large business carried on by them is con-diieted. At Ste])])in;^ley, where the soil is sbiiie-wliat sandy, the jilants ehielly cultivated are bel-ladonna, lavender, henbane, black peppermint,and, ill lesser cjuaiititv, while peppermint, fox- eoverts near the Anipthill farm, the landownerswill not allow it to Le collected lest the { be disturbed ; consequently it is necessaryto cultivate it. The belladona and henbane arechiefly used for the preparation of extract, al-though a limited amount of the leafy tops aredried. The foxglove leaves are carefully dried,there being a considerable demand abroad forMessrs. Allens brand in i lb. bottles and tins,the leaves being dried of good color and brokenup into small ]iieees. The great care taken in se-lecting and drjing tliese leaves has rendered thename Allen, Anipthill, a guarantee of the qual-. ATROPIA BELLADONNA glove, and pennyroyal At Anipthill, where thesoil is somewhat more loamy and moister, chieflybelladonna, aconite, rhubarb, opium poppy,squirting cucumber, lavender, and conium ; inless quantity, Eactuca virosa, Rosa gallica, rose-mary, savine, and pennyroyal are grown. The belladonna, at the time I visited the farms,was two years old and in vigorous henbane was chiefly of the broad-leaved va-riety. Although digitalis is very abundant in the ?Reprint from the Pharmaceutical Journal, England. it)^, and the label is still kept up. The form oflavender chiefly grown is one known as black la-vender, although I noticed a few plants of a dif-ferent variety, spoken of as white lavender. Toan ordinary observer there is little difference be-tween the two ; both are Lavandula vera, butthe white form has rather broader leaves andshorter flowerheads, and the plants at a distancelook whiter, owing to the broader leaves. As inother places, the
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