Ulmus – 9 clippings

Umbelliferae – 4 clippings

Uncaria – 1 clipping

Urginea – 3 clippings on its use as poison

Urtica – 3 clippings (nettle as wartime food and fabric)

Utricularia – 1 clipping (carnivorous bladderwort)

Vaccinium – 11 clippings and photocopies about blueberries

Valerianella – 3 clippings

Vanilla – 21 clippings and photocopies (2 copies of “Cheney’s true vanilla bean extract” advertisement)

Varnish – 3 clippings and correspondence from the Murphy Varnish company

Vegetable Ivory – 6 clippings

Vegetables I – 57 clippings and photocopies on diverse topics, including several on the nutritional value of vegetables, vegetables “new” to the American palate (such as broccoli and celtuce); also a short bibliography of literature on vegetable extracts from the U.S. Dept.

Vegetables II – 62 clippings and photocopies including many articles on the popularity of new produce (kiwis, artichokes, daikon, etc.); also two pamphlets, one from the International Board for Plant Genetic Resources and one from the Centro de Investigaciones Agricolas del Noroeste (Mexico)

Veneer – 2 clippings

Veratrum – 15 clippings, reprints, and photocopies as well as several typewritten notes from ancient and Renaissance herbals; primarily on hellebore’s pharmacological properties

Verbascum – 2 clippings and one typewritten citation

Verbena – 1 clipping

Vernacular Names – 5 clippings (letter from Margaret Armstrong defending vernacular names)

Veronica – 3 clippings

Viburnum – 5 clippings

Vicia – 4 clippings and a letter to Schultes asking him to identify an Iranian bean (id’d as Vicia faba)

Vigna – 2 clippings

Vinca rosea – 4 clippings and photocopies on its pharmacological effects; also 2 International Science and Engineering Fair reports by Isaac Bruck (Cary High School)

Vinegar – 6 clippings

Viola – 1 clipping

Virola – 3 clippings and 1 report from the Science Information Department of Smith, Kline, & French Co.

Vitamins I – 47 clippings, many from Science and Science–Supplement

Vitamins II – 53 clippings, brochures, and informational sheets; also a short bibliography on the subject of vitamins