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condition, and that you may be successful in getting plants from them. 

 You will please keep them in moist earth till they are planted, which 

 should be done as soon as convenient ; they must not be allowed to get 

 dry. It takes Ginseng seed 18 months to germinate ; planted this 

 autumn, they should send up small 3-leaf plants in the spring of 1894. 

 To obtain best results they should be sown in a bed in the forest, where 

 they could be protected from stock or being trampled upon. A bed 

 three feet wide and four feet long will be ample for one ounce of seed. 

 Ginseng is found mostly in hard-wood forests, upon dry ground, where 

 beech, maple, and basswood predominate. 



In garden culture any light, loose, rich soil will meet the requirements, 

 only it must be put in condition that will not bake. The plants must be 

 kept shaded. Meet the natural requirements of the forest as nearly as 

 possible. My methods are to form outlines of beds with boards six inches 

 wide, held in position by stakes ; beds three feet wide, any length desired. 

 I sow in drills two to three inches apart, seed one inch apart in drill, 

 put them in about one inch deep, then cover the bed with muck or leaf 

 loam, or some kind of mulching, so as to keep the ground moist. I place 

 brush upon the beds to protect them till the plants come up. When the 

 roots are two or three years old they may be taken up and transplanted, 

 four to six inches apart each way. I have not made much advancement 

 as yet in cultivating from seed, as I have not been in the business long, 

 but I have some fine plants second and first season from seed. In garden 

 culture there is some loss of young plants from snails and insects ; worms 

 are also liable to injure the roots. I have placed in one corner of the 

 package 25 last year's seeds, which should give you plants next spring; 

 they were put into the ground one year ago. Those that 1 have examined 

 look all right. Please examine the germ of one of these with magnifying 

 glass, also one of the fresh seeds. Enclosed you will liud four last year's 

 seeds, dry, please examine them also. In package with seed are two 

 fresh berries, one ripe and one green ; also a stem from which the 

 berries have been taken ; also a stem with three small leaves. 



I shall be pleased to hear from you at any time. Should you care to 

 give this matter any further trial I can furnish you with roots next 

 season, providing an order was sent early in August. 



A very interesting article on Ginseng, !>\ NU-hoI; V ke, appeared in 

 the Srk-iitific American, January 10, 1891 ; also by the writer in 

 Garden and Forest, May 11, 1892. The Bulletin LXV., Ontario 

 Agricultural College Kxperimental Station, Toronto, is also of interest. 



G. Stanton. 



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