18 DECEMBER 1915, Page 15

THE SHORTAGE OF DRUGS.

[To TEM HMOS OP TIE11 SFROTATO8.1 SIR,—The owner of a Cornish garden would he glad to hear from an expert if there are any plants which could be grown in it of importance in medicine, to supply some of the drugs of which there is a shortage at present. As, the question is one of some interest, and the query may induce other landowners to take• up the subject, I trust you will kindly make room for

this note in your paper.—I am, Sir, &o., L. C.