1 66 The Canadian Horticulturist. 



ginseng: I have recently taken the roots from three beds (3 x i6 feet each) 

 which had been in cultivation, one five years, the other four years. The com- 

 bined product of the three beds was 1,074 roots, which weighed 73 pounds ; 

 from these I assorted out 833 roots, 20 pounds, for transplanting again, leaving 

 53 pounds of clean washed roots to be dried for market which made 17 pound 

 dry, which I have sold for $4 per pound, 50 cent per pound more than com- 

 mon wild roots sold for. It will be observed that the stock has only been 

 decreased 241 roots. The 833 roots taken off for replanting were much 

 larger than the roots with which the beds were originally stocked. The seed 

 produced from the three beds during the time was worth at least $40.00. I 

 have at this time (November, 1893) in my garden 32 beds 3X 16 stocked with 

 roots and seeds ; also over 30,000 seeds in forest nursery beds. I have this 

 season's crop of seeds, about 100,000, packed in loam in condition to promote 

 germination, ready to be sown next season. The figures I have given show 

 something of the possibilities in ginseng culture. The results certainly were 

 far beyond my most sanguine expectations. — Vick's Magazine. 



Plant Digg"!!!^ Device. — Here is an implement for lifting plants which 

 I have used for a number of years, and find very convenient The handle was 

 taken from a discarded snow shovel and fitted with a strong fernle. The blade 



was made from a piece of heavy buggy 



"^^^"^^^^^ spring, the heavier part being drawn to a 



, ^ 8 ^ shank by a blacksmith, and driven into the 



i^_ )-i -g^ . ' li t — ^ 



handle. The brace on the under side, made 

 riu. DUO. q£ heavy strap-iron, serves both to pry across 



and as a foot-rest. It also serves to cut out plantain and dandelions from the 

 lawn, as it removes the whole crown, and is so small as not to disturb the grass 

 roots. With a little practice, one can stab the blade down by the root, holding 

 the tool in one hand, and throw the root out almost with the same motion. I 

 think it would be just the thing'for lifting celery when grown. — American Gar- 

 dening. 



Fop some years past the N. Y. Experiment Station have succeeded in 

 treating gooseberry mildew with complete success. The treatment has been to 

 spray the bushes, as soon as the leaves appear, with a solution of potassium 

 sulphide (liver of sulphur) made by dissolving one half ounce in one gallon of 

 hot water. Hot water is used in preference to cold for the reason that the sul- 

 phide dissolves more readily in it. The solution is sprayed upon the plants at 

 intervals of about twenty days throughout the season. The cost of the material 

 is a mere trifle — one cent's worth is enough to spray about twenty-five bushes — 

 and the labor is not great. 



