THE 
JULY 17, 1875.] 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
condition. The sorts here grown are Montserrat, 
prom Smooth Cayenne, and тое аан 
Here are also the Cucumber and M 
Near t is another range uA hous ses, the first of 
а i ы x vinery, principally Hamburghs, 
ring of Lefer ава bunches 
Adjoining ibis te is a Жын use, the back wall planted 
with Brown Is hd and on the front trellis the same 
sort and White em 
aede ing Pine-stoves, in three divisions. 
lants vend орай plan 
ceed with it wa 
as an incapable by thos m. 
It was never o dio МГА horticultural Lo 
where a considerable temperature had to be kept up, 
e in d smallest of structur 
these is another lot of narrow, — -roofed 
бше, each 50 feet in length, which are devoted to 
the propagation and ning of the hne quantities 
of summer bedding plants. About 60, of Pelar 
20,000 are wintered. 
west a the 
о 
fee 
all. of the e 
a 
length, in three divisions, The back w 
ith Peaches, along the front in pots are 
is covered w 
bac 
Nectarie es - Peaches, the latter of late sorts, such 
—— Admirable тта ес 
d Plums, the whole e Way 
with, a and all the er devoted to the Péáches кой 
Th eatest ein of the fruit and vegetables 
— à in this garden are requi 
tr d B 
are largely grown on shelves at se back of the dif- 
ferent iov and in ere room can 
foun are no боже нее ally devoted to the 
cultivation of {lowering plants, ee large ү гүз аге 
grown, principally of such thi most in 
soos for room and table набой, and fari shing 
cut 
The kitchen garden is some IO acres in extent, sur- 
round ith a low fence wall, outside which all 
round are several rows of orchard trees. The vege- 
table ground inside is divid жу маа of about 20 
yards in wi ws of fi ear the 
I2-loot brick walls on three sides no 
West, that on the south being lower, evi surm евна 
1 alisading. This 4 
by an ornamental iron p acr 
enclosed sud is ,dirided xd anther 12-00 wall 
Ran east T the last descri i 
range of ho c are i Dat the са end of 
this enclosed part of the dudes stand the principal 
авн pri Ан described. 
.he walks e al something De 12 feet wide, 
admitting of Bai ies e and soil bein 
оп. This 
Indispensable in a large garden, а account of th 
saving in the r of The vegetable 
quarters are bounded by an nm E tr y 
A ears. oo e latter, ‘Hacon’s 
King of the Pippins, Nonsuch Golden 
i of the sorts а аз amed 
persed a portion of the walls, the rest being occupi 
y Stone fruits, is T Te] 
the peaty nature of a good deal of this garden, do 
Ра do indifferently, as also 
orello Cherries do fairly. RE 5 denim 
outh wall seemed 
seem here 
culties attending stone-fruit DADA bere 
e autumn, and the pre- 
ry season ently suit 
As may be supposed, very et quantities - 
| к essential spirit c us 
rs bearing | , In the as 
3 this garden | 
of culinary vegetables are grown, especially for winter 
use, but such things as Broccoli a 
ttment in this extensive place bears 
Ретона of attentive and skilful m 
e of the garden. 
me, large, ornamental, stone building, such as 
is not нем often met with for a gardener's residence. 
GINSENG: 
PANAX SCHINSENG OF NEES. 
E extraordinary properties reputed to belong to 
Fs sie by the Chinese is sufficient to cause a con- 
siderable amount of interest in the root, though we 
know British pharmacists look upon it as a delusion, 
and consider it to have no real effect. Notwithstand- 
ing this a great deal has been written on the subject 
in many different languages, and though the Chinese 
os which is the root of Panax Schinseng, Nees, 
has, we believe, never been used in European phar- 
дане, ап allied species, P. quinquefolium, has been 
rs in Wood and Baches' 
а t is, however, there 
considered to be little more than a demulcent, and 
though kept in the shops it is chiefly to supply the 
wants of those who" have acquired a taste for it, for it 
is not really employed as a medicine, The root has a 
vene pac taste, and is somewhat mucilaginous, 
I n pieces usually about 3 or 4 inches long, 
often partially divided but joined together at the base ; 
ven as a nn in cases of debility, 
and, in fact, applied in almost all diseases, provided 
the patient is suficicatly srt у to pay for such an 
expensive medicine. 
By far the most detailed description АА. Ње Уе шын 
of the ese 
work, we are н E the Eus Мг, D. Hanbury 
M Notes on Chi: ica ке 
the middle of the sixteenth, cen past ury, the design bei 
to obviate the confusion often arising den the beer 
or the same subject 
The com 
A translation | nf the article Cinici, from the 
Pun tsáo, fore us, and as the Chinese is a 
language ген Зм translated into » Eoi. we propose 
some extracts, From a — ч а. соттепсе- 
n 
ten occurs in the names of е uni apparent] 
i ; t 
to eur wort 
plant names, such as Milkwort, n rbi &c 
Simang аид thas proper be Jén-shón. It is 
stated to exist as undergrou ‚4 
many years 
before it rises Tec we se it as a plant. e 
shape or form of the root, upon which so much has 
ee id, i i as bei ha 
w 
literally comes, is obtained. The 
are five elements—wood, eart 
ey say tems are five rei of Ginseng—one, 
the yellow kin м. unciae come s to the element earth. 
It is useful as achic emmenagogue, where- 
fore it is aid Vellowwort (shén) or ere and 
is said to absorb = subtle influences of earth. 
he comprehens 
rejser as follows ite reign o 
a 
it was. One e Фу, a e 600 
from his house, he fo xd a — plant with an 
erani "thick stem. pm ug up the root ; it 
penetrated to a depth of 5 feet, and ааыа the 
ra a man, with the head and roni complete ; 
ud this the nightly voice ceased. of the names 
by to the Chinese, that of T'u-ching 
the cp uua is derived from 
ical book called Zz tou 
is said de Gi grows below the 
c deas vapour will be seen to rise. 
he 
| kinds are 
from 
** Presents of ae 
a work entitled The Revolution of Spring 
and Autumn Round the Pole Star, it is said 
e flickering i 
grow. n this a. 
called Shéu-ts'ao, the spirit plant. 
author says Ginseng grows in the valleys of Shang- 
it appears above ground. "Then the Gi 
gatherers take a ks cd made mboo and scrape 
t t dry ; i- bs protected Lis the win 
Those plants Pe з а root in ape of a 
man are the According to á ther Chin 
writer the Ginseng produced at Lias-tang (Corea) is 
large but weak, and is far inferior in quality to that 
of Shang- m is upright and straight, 
four or ae and 
A superior and special kind 
seng is M as growing a foot A. ad in 
length ; it resembles a man in shape, and has le; 
arms. It is pac аа for poter vidil or transit 
Бегей deal boards, "e to be the wood of Pinus 
round with red silk, The 
e best т eik are yellow and glossy in 
that of Libanotis 
root of a species o 
core and insipid to the mo and that of Platy 
ВЕЕ и which has а соге somewhat p Gin- 
seng, and has a bitter taste ; nevertheless true 
has a characteristic its own, and its taste is pete: 
with a > ght bitterness which lingers in es mouth. 
he following is recommen the best 
eth "i o ea gir d an sr Ginseng from 
out walking, 
е of Ginseng, ge gre with his 
mile or 
fraudulent се 
one chewing а 
as the ууа if the drug be genuine, will be 
breathing regularly, 
ork in two volumes by an officer of the Peking 
Medical Board pas of the whole subject of Ginseng 
t pre n another treatise much con- 
эт tt 
it is 
in w d may also pl 
asaroides. 
be k 
oe owing Ginseng turns fro 
dislikes air id light. To pepe raw G 
se. ce sho uldi be bitten off and masticated. 
for use. О nia 
thing made of iron," With regard properties 
and effects, so Ae has been said by end Chinese 
writers that the shortest summ ary will be to say that 
it has been recommended for папу ately она 
It is said in an article on Синең ie a a Chinese 
botanical work, entitled A Treatise on Plants, with 
their Names and Fai — раар im Plates, 
that b laws of the present dynasty к. Ginseng 
dug up surreptitiously is Lie cated, and, m A 
fi d on the culprit. Those wiming to seek 
for the be provided by the official in charge 
of the locality* with a permit "pcne hs them to 
passt . n returning nseng 
must roduced before the official, that he may 
determine by inspection the am the 
given as presents to re | 
namely, the highest military an 
second those 
— attendants of the 
since in I ín i 
which we е the following. Не says:— 
are frequently — э 
medicine is usually sent a small 
which the Ginseng is 
accompanying t pre- 
асын is made of silver, 
beautiful oie Кийе} 
pared as follows mi e inner 
= tween the outer vessel, which is a 
copper jacket, р а unc for holdi рими: e 
silver kettle, which fits on a ring near 
* The imperial Ginsen езе enclosure in Manchuria: is said о . 
contain some hundreds of square miles. : 
