{"newspaper_name": "The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser.", "edition": "01", "page": "p4", "byline": ""}
Pepperiaiat Medical plants arc extensively
cultivated as field crops in some parts OF England
and France, but in this country their culture IS
very limited, being confined to small patches IN
gardens, &c. Peppermint is however, an excep.
rion, that plant being cultivated OH an extensive
scale IN the town OF Ashheld in the adjoining
county of Franklin and perllapsin other parts Of
the country We are informed that several hun.
dred acres employ ed in its culture, in Ashfcd,
and that the quantity of oil extracted from acre
Of mint, varies from 25 to 40 pounds. The pro-
Cess Of cultivation is sad to be tedious and cx.
peasiye, but We are inclined to think there are
but few, if any crops raised in this country that
make greater returns for the money and labour
expended on them. II the same town are ex.
tracted large quantities of the oil of woImwood,
tanzv; wi.Tfitc77 wiTfittc77. green, hcnlouk, &c.


Among the medical plants raised in England,
as farm crops, are peppermint, rhubarb, poppies,
liquorce, camomile, saffron, lavender, coFander
&c In the C unity of Derby there arc 200 acres
ofclnom,le. In Winslow, two persons cultlyat.
ed l2acres Of poppics in %, from which they
obtained 1876 pounds oplum.-LiampSh1re Gaz.