t plants had export value and how these plants
should be prepared for export:

1. Small sassafras rootes to be drawen in the winter and dryed and
none to be medled with in the sommer, and it is worthe 50 lb. and
better per tonne.

2. Poccone to be gotten from the Indians and put up in caske is
worthe per tonne 11 lb. 4. Galbrand groweth like fennell in
fashion, and there is greatest stoare of it in Warriscoes Country,
where they cut walnut trees leaste. You must cut it downe in Maye
or June, and beinge downe it is to be cut into small peeces, and
brused and pressed in your small presses, the juice thereof is to
be saved and put into casks, which wilbe worthe here per tonne, 100
lb. at leasts. 5. Sarsapilla is a roote that runneth within the
grounds like unto licoras, which beareth a small rounde leafe close
by the grounds, which being founde the roote is to be pulled up and
dryed and bounde up in bundles like faggotts, this is to be done
towards the ende of sommer before the leafe fall from the stalk;
and it is worthe here per tonne, 200 lb. 6. Wallnutt oyle is worth
here 30 lb. per tonne, and the like is chestnutt oyle and
chechinkamyne oyle.

The Company's plan for the gathering, storing, and shipping of drugs
was supplemented by a project indicating foresight and an early form of
experimental research for the development of new products. In 1621 it
planned thorough tests of an earth sent from Virginia in order to
determine its value as a cure for the flux. In addition, the Company
planned to test all sweet gums, roots, woods, and berries submitted by
the colonists in order to ascertain their medicinal values.

In regard to the sale and dispensing of drugs in Virginia, whether
found locally or imported, frequent references to the apothecary
supplies and utensils in the possession of Virginia physicians lead to
the conclusion that they were usually their own druggists.

As has been noted, the sale and dispensing of drugs usually culminated
in their use--in accordance with the theory of the period--as means of
purging the body. Drugs, however, did not have a monopoly in this
greatly emphasized aspect of medical practice because the clyster
(purging of the bowels, or enema) and phlebotomy (bleeding of the vein)
could be used as well. These two methods might be classified as
mechanical in nature as contrasted with the essentially chemical action