Show DRUGS D R U G AND PLANTS effect of chemicals on vegetable matter experiments of philadelphia ia society expect expects to add much to our knowledge of relative strength of stimulant stimulants philadelphia pa baily ily means of ex tensile experiments to test the rela tive strength of drugs on 2000 varl aties ot of germinating plants und and also a number ot of animals in the botanical root roof gardens gard ot of the philadelphia col cot lege of pharmacy dr henry kraemer professor of 0 botany and director of 0 the microscopic and botanical laboratories ie Is compiling tables ot of values which when completed will probably work the greatest change in the nature and quality of drugs used an as stimulants that bai has taken place since the days ot of 11 hahnemann ahnemann sinco since tho the of a botanical roof garden two seasons u ago by dylr dr kraemer drimal ily tor for the purpose ot of supplying the college with authentic drug material ot of the cartr varieties the garden hae has ontero n ita its original mission to some extent ani has become an important arm of the research ree earch work mork of the collego college bill possum ie to an important tea fea ture ot of the gardens all uncover bus ous that ho lie la Is adding to the supply of use ful knowledge ae as well as furnishing diversion to visitors possum Poa auni shielded til elded from the rays of nf a bummer lummer sun b the foliage of plants almost priceless in their rarity and bask baskina ln in a breeze made cool coot by the water waters of the jerrey marsh relina supreme prenie eu high above the buildings of tho the city the gardens cover the roof of the col lege buildings guinea pigs frogs and r bic hickens lens though unconsciously con their shale tj to the progress of science lence ec are less important personages so gonn by far in this novil little world than I 1 ilig 1 possum the vegetable life of the gardens Is nourished chiefly in a well watered soil boll of land As little ns as possible of the usual soil elements Is introduced so that the plants may receive as far as possible without interference tho the effect of the chemicals fed them dur ing tho the test the effect of the i arl art oue ous chemicals on the plants IB to thus clearly discernible in this garden are growing different series of the seme some plant under influences of widely different chemicals A series of like age will differ so markedly that some will be in magnificent bloom while others in the adjoining garden will ill be yielding belding lel ding a profusion of beautiful leaves without P bud and among those in bloom ill be found some under the influence of a particular chemical fl flowering in an abundance of healthy red while others fed from enother chemical will bear a blue or awhile bloom one of the most interesting of the collection of plants brought together by dr kraemer Is a specimen of the original licorice plant brought from spain by the lato late henry R rittel houst ot of this city at that time this variety was unknown in this country a a commercial product and bud after in traducing it AS such mr ir rittenhouse built up tip a fortune from its sale th is also a specimen of the tumour nol son hemlock of So socrates Soc rateb crater the samo same species from which was I 1 made the fatal potion among the trees of the garden is a comphor tree raised from a cutting of one of a grove gro ve of camphor trees now growing aladin florida forty years ago these trees were set out as an experiment by the department of agri culture and later their cultivation was given up as a failure it Is now thought that the camphor industry will fako take the place P lace of tho the culture of oranges la in florida in the jersey bog a huge garden ot of novel plants receiving their nourish went from water air and animal mat ter are varieties not often seen in his this coutry there are the Dr esora or sunde sundene a which after clutching na ally insects which land upon them digest the animal matter forming thereby a valuable drug the Sar recenia enla or pitcher plants form a bittle shaped prison in lich bugi bugs may easily enter nem never to be released the venue venus fly tray ie Is also a 4 meat moat eating form of plant life which au bo be teen seen lu in the bog hydrangeas rose roses carnations carnat lone rare varieties of violete violets jack in the put pits samp pink pinks blue flags and or can be been seen in various states of 1 cultivation and evolution giving tho the place an element of great beauty Digit digitalis alls which when compounded with strychnine and morphine form forms the basis of used in the tre 1 ament nt of alcoholism can be seln in all stages of cultivation and the result of experiments with this plant baa has given data to warrant dr kraemer making public the state ment that strychnine produces produce a the a ame effect as a stimulant aa as doea does al cohol the results of the he experiments con ducted by dr kraemer in the aotani ial laboratories and gardens of the college will be avit illien en to the public ai an each ia a comple completed many of ibera them are hardly begun and aud will take years for completion |