Top: "LAVENDER FLOWERS // Lavendula Spica Lin. // C66079 [stamped] // No. 153 // PARKE, DAVIS & CO. // WALKERVILLE, // ONT CAN."; front: "SYNONYMS - Fleurs de lavande, Fr. // Lavandelblüthen, Ger. // PART EMPLOYED - The flowers. // NATURAL ORDER - Labiatæ. // HABITAT - Southern Europe."; back: "PROPERTIES - Aromatic, carmina- // tive, antispasmodic. Useful in nervous // debility, as a stomachic and in flatu- // lency. // 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 5.4 cm x Width 5.0 cm x Depth 2.1 cm
Condition Remarks
Plastic is still sealed; label yellowed and shows signs of mildew; insect damage on all signs of packet; some plant material has escaped packet and is trapped in 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
Loaned to Agnes Etherington Art Centre for Museopathy exhibit May 24–Sept. 13, 2001
On exhibit, Billings Estate, 15 Jan 2009 - 31 Dec. 2009