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TliE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



scribe a somewhat novel industry that 

 flourishes here, the raising of {^■inseng' 

 for market. Originally the plant grew 

 wild, in great abundance, in these north 

 woods, but men made a business of 

 hunting for and digging it for the mar- 

 ket (sometimes making $3.00 or $4.00 a 

 dajOi until it is now very seldom that a 

 plant is found in the woods, but I visit- 

 ed several gardens where it was under 

 cultivation. The plants to start these 

 gardens were dug up in the woods and 

 set out. The natural home of the gin- 



The sides of the enclosure are ii\s6 

 covered similarly with lath. In short, 

 one way of describing the shade would 

 be to say that a huge box was made of 

 lath placed about an inch apart, and 

 then turned upside down over the gar- 

 den. The plants are set in rows about 

 a foot apart, in beds five feet wide and 

 about 100 feet long, and the dark, rich 

 green of the leaves, growing in that 

 semi-darkness, likethatof adeep woods, 

 is something delightful to behold. The 

 dried roots are worth about $7 or $8 a 



AIMARV OFJAS. MARTIN Rapid Cii\ , -Midi 



This apiary, of about loo oloiiies, was built up in two years from 12 colonies, and a little over 4,000 

 pounds of extracted honev taken. The enthusiasm of a beginner, together with raspberry bloom, 

 did it. 



seng is in the deep woods, and in order 

 that it may flourish under cultivation, 

 the same conditions must be supplied. 

 Leaf mold is brought from the woods 

 for use in making the beds, and a shade 

 is furnished by an iminense framework 

 six or seven feet above the ground, up- 

 held by stout posts, and covered with 

 lath niiiled on about an inch apart. 



pound, while the seeds are sold at such 

 a fabulous price that I would rather 

 not mention it. I was shown one bed 

 of old plants, bearing aloft their bright 

 green seed pods (that turn to scarlet 

 when ripe), and told that if those roots 

 should be dug and marketed, after the 

 seeds had ripened, that the seeds and 

 roots would bring $500! Just think of 



