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Show Famous Herb Garden Lying on the Thames embankment, London, England, but walled from prying eyes, is Chelsea's Garden of Herbs, founded by that famous old doctor, Hans Sloane, says Pathfinder Magazine. Thousands pass it daily without realizing that here lies a link with every corner of the globe, for in this walled plot grow little-known little-known herbs culled from gleaming coral islands, far-off jungles, and the sides of precipitous tropical ranges. Eminent scholars journey to London Lon-don to study the lore of such plants, and shoots ' and seeds are packed with care and exported to innumerable innumer-able medical centers. Every plant that is tended there has some curative cura-tive value. Immediately a new medicinal herb is discovered a specimen Is sent to Chelsea, where it is nurtured. Experiments are made with seeds, roots, and bark, and its species Is determined and catalogued. |