Brown cardboard box containing plant material (queen of the meadow leaves?), covered and sealed in plastic.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Collected by Parke-Davis
Maker
Parke, Davis
Material
cardboard: brown; black
plastic: clear
Inscriptions
Top: "QUEEN OF THE MEADOW // LEAVES // Eupatorium purpurem Lin. // No. 213 // PARKE, DAVIS & CO. // DETROIT, MICH. U.S.A. // WALKERVILLE, // ONT., CANADA"; front: "PROPERTIES - A valuable diuretic, // stimulant, somewhat astringent and // tonic. Used in dropsical affections, // diseases of the urinary organs, etc. // DOSE - A wineglassful (60 cc) of an in- // fusion, one ounce to the pint."; back: "SYNONYMS - Purple Boneset, Gravel // Root, Trumpet Weed, Eng.; Herbe // d'Eupatoiare pourpré, Fr.; Purpurfar- // bener Wasserdorst, Ger. // PART EMPLOYED - The leaves and // flowering tops. // FAMILY - Compositæ. // HABITAT - United States. // PRINTED IN U.S.A."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A1-5 Row D
Dimension Notes
Length 6.8 cm x Width 6.8 cm x Depth 3.7 cm
Condition Remarks
Water marks on top and right side; some plant material has escaped the box and is trapped in the plastic; overall dirty
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Person
Reference Comments
Personal communication with Jack Willson, May 2000
Research Facts
The plastic wrap is not part of the original packaging; it was added to protect the materials as they were collected after 1949.