Paper packet wrapped in plastic sealed on each side by a piece of transparent tape; packet is covered on top, front and back by a paper label and contains dried plant material.
Paper packet wrapped in plastic sealed on each side by a piece of transparent tape; packet is covered on top, front and back by a paper label and contains dried plant material.
Top: "[illeg.] [handwritten] // MARIGOLD FLOWERS // C32547 [stamped] // Calendula officinalis Lin. // No. 169 // PARKE, DAVIS & CO. // WALKERVILLE, ONT., // CANADA"; front: "SYNONYMS - Garden Marigold, Cal- // endula Flowers; Fleurs de tous les // mois, Souci, Fr.; Ringelblume, Germ. // PART EMPLOYED - The flowers. // NATURAL ORDER - Compositæ. // HABITAT - Europe and United States."; back: "PROPERTIES - Slightly stimulant // and aromatic. Used externally as an // application to bruises, etc. // DOSE - A wineglassful (60 Cc.) of an // ounce to the pint infusion."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A1-4 Row G
Dimension Notes
Length 5.3 cm x Width 5.2 cm x Depth 1.9 cm
Condition Remarks
Paper and label are yellowed; label torn in five places along bottom front edge; packet and label torn on top back edge; plastic is still sealed; some plant material has escaped packet and is trapped in the plastic.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Document
Person
Reference Comments
"Parke-Davis Antique Pharmacy Collection," by Jack Willson, part 1 page 2; 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.
Exhibit History
On exhibit, Billings Estate, 15 Jan 2009 - 31 Dec. 2009