. Some information about the root "sang" or ginseng and cultural directions : together with prices for seeds and plants. Nurseries (Horticulture) Massachusetts Boston Catalogs; American ginseng Catalogs. 4 Harlan P. Kelsey, Kawana, N. C, and Boston, Mass. The extremely high value of Ginseng being thus conclusively proved, it only remains to be shown that its culture can be made a success. The conditions can be stated in a few words: A rich, cool, loamy, loose soil, shade, and a heavy mulching of wood leaves or similar covering in autumn, which is left on during the next summer to dec
. Some information about the root "sang" or ginseng and cultural directions : together with prices for seeds and plants. Nurseries (Horticulture) Massachusetts Boston Catalogs; American ginseng Catalogs. 4 Harlan P. Kelsey, Kawana, N. C, and Boston, Mass. The extremely high value of Ginseng being thus conclusively proved, it only remains to be shown that its culture can be made a success. The conditions can be stated in a few words: A rich, cool, loamy, loose soil, shade, and a heavy mulching of wood leaves or similar covering in autumn, which is left on during the next summer to decay and conserve moisture. Ginseng will thrive in almost any rich gar- den soil, if given shade and moisture and constant cultivation. This is ths secret of growing Ginseng, and although there are many ways of applying the above principles, still if these points are kept in view there can be but little doubt of success; and where the conditions do not exist naturally, they can usually be artificially furnished. For those who intend planting on a large scale, the following suggestions will aid in. FiG. 3. Fresh roots of Ginseng from cultivated plant, a, 1 year old; b, 2 years old; c, 3 years old; d, 4 years old; e, bud; f, leaf scar. {Bull. 16, Div. of Publications, U. S. Dept. of Agr.) making a proper start. First, where possible, select a cool, moist piece of ground, prefer- ably level or nearly so, and where there is natural loam, or where the ground is loose and rich. Well-rotted stable manure is good for bringing up garden soil to a proper condition, as is also leaf-mold, rotted sods, etc. The ground must be fertile. Sandy soil, if rich and moist, is not objectionable, but rather desirable; but in any case, the drainage must be good. Propagation from seed.—As a rule it takes eighteen months for the seeds to ger- minate; if the seeds are planted out for this length of time, there is danger of losing most of them from the depredations of field mice and ground squirrels, and
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