Woody plants -- Therapeutic use -- United States
SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith and to recommend for publication as Bulletin No. 139 of the series of this Bureau the accompanying manuscript, entitled “American Medicinal Barks.” This paper was prepared by Miss Alice Henkel, Assistant in Drug-Plant Investigations,...
SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith and to recommend for publication as Bulletin No. 139 of the series of this Bureau the accompanying manuscript, entitled “American Medi...
2. Part 2White willow bark should not be kept very long, as the salicin content diminishes with age. This bark itself is not official in the United States Pharmacopœia, but the glucoside...
3. Part 3_Magnolia glauca_ averages about 25 feet in height, with a smooth whitish gray trunk from a few inches to about a foot in diameter. The leaves, which are scattered along the flo...
4. Part 4_Descriptions of trees._—The northern prickly ash (_Xanthoxylum americanum_) is smaller than the southern, usually 10 to 12 feet and rarely exceeding 25 feet in height, the bran...
5. Part 5_Description of plant._—The cotton plant in flower or with the bursting bolls showing the fluffy white fiber is very handsome. It belongs to the mallow family (Malvaceæ), and ra...
6. Part 6Sweet viburnum is an indigenous shrub or small tree, sometimes as tall as 30 feet, and somewhat resembling _prunifolium_. The winter buds, however, are longer pointed and smooth...
7. Part 7The scientific and technical publications of the Bureau of Plant Industry, which was organized July 1, 1901, are issued in a single series of bulletins, a list of which follows.