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years time- If such is the case the profits that could be realized 

 at present prices would be enormous. 



The conditions under which the plant is grown are identi- 

 cal to those followed in growing ginseng, to which the reader is 

 referred. 



So far as is known, golden seal is not subject to attack by 

 disease. At least not nearly so much so as ginseng. 



The author has only had three years of personal experience 

 in growing the plant, and his knowledge is therefore not very 

 good authority, and for this reason he will not venture into detail 

 on the subject. 



The following is copied from American Eoot Drugs, Bui. 

 107, 1907, U. S. Department of Agriculture: 



GOLDEN SEAL. 



(Hydrastis canadensis L.) 



Pharinaco'poeial name. — Hydrastis. 



Other common names. — Yellowroot, yellow puccoon, or- 

 ange-root, yellow Indian-paint, turmeric-root, Indian turmeric, 

 Ohio curcuma, ground-raspberry, eye-root, eye-balm, j'ellow-eye, 

 jaundice-root, Indian-dye. (Fig. 45.) 



Habitat and ra7irfe- — This native forest plant occurs in 

 patches in high, open woods, and usually on hillsides or bluffs af- 

 fording natural drainage, from southern New York to Minnesota, 

 and Western Ontario, south to Georgia and Missouri. 



Goldenseal is now becoming scarce throughout its range. 

 Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and West Virginia have been the great- 

 est goldenseal-producing States. 



Description of plant. — Goldenseal is a perennial plant be- 

 longing to the same family as the buttercup, namely, the crowfoot 



