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shape and large growth, and then replanting them for seed hear- 

 ing purposes. By following this method they will constantly im- 

 prove the strain of their roots rather than allow them to degener- 

 ate. In any event, what the Chinese have learned of the culture 

 of the plant by hundreds of years of study, is well worth observ- 

 ing. The disbudding has a further advantage inasmuch as it cur- 

 tails reproduction. If all growers would practice it, the much 

 dreaded bugaboo of a possible overproduction of ginseng would at 

 once disappear. 



