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THE question has been asked whether the con— ditions created by the war in Europe has made it desirable to give attention to the cultivation of medicinal plants in England. The answer is a decided affirmative, but some qualification is needed. Cultivated drugs can never compete with those from wild plants if price prevails over all other considerations. It was only fine appearance and high reputation for therapeutic activity which enabled English aconite, belladonna, digitalis, and henbane to command four times the price of the imported drugs. As it was, severe competition had of late years restricted the use of home produce more and more until it attained relatively small limits.
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WHATMOUGH, W. The Cultivation of Medicinal Plants in England . Nature 94, 175–177 (1914). https://doi.org/10.1038/094175a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/094175a0