GINSENG. 



Please give me a description of ginseng 

 root, its leaves and blossoms. I want to 

 know about the wild kind. Also, if you 

 can, give the address of a reliable firm that 

 will buy it. 



Robert Dudley, Manchester, la. 



Ginseng (Panax quinque folium), is a 

 smooth plant, 8 to 16 inches high. Roots 

 are deep set, spindle shaped or branched. 

 The leaves are compound, usually 5 on each 

 stalk. The sketch will give an idea of 

 their shape. I believe there are always 3 

 of these compound leaves at top of stem. 

 The flowers arise from same point; a little 

 cluster of greenish yellow flowers. Fruit 

 is flattened somewhat, and bright crimson 

 when ripe. 



There are several German drug houses 

 that are on the lookout for all kinds of 

 roots ; in fact, have men in the field all 

 the time. Ginseng is perhaps the most 

 valuable root in the market, but it is 

 practically exterminated in the larger part 

 of the United States. 



There is good money in raising it. Re- 

 garding cultivation, send to Director of 

 Publication, Department of Agriculture, 

 Washington, D. C., for Bulletin No. 16, of 

 Division of Botany. Or consult Kains' 

 "Ginseng, Its Cultivation, Etc." Orange 

 Judd Co.., 1899. Cultivated roots command 

 a higher price than the wild. — Editor. 



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 ern warfare must be very great. 



He — It is. Sometimes the photographer 

 isn't ready, and you have to wait hours, 

 and then the pictures may prove failures. 

 —Judge. 



GINSENG. 



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 a man like me?" asked Willie Wishing- 

 ton earnestly. 



"Oh, yes," answered Miss Cayenne after 

 a pause ; "I think so — if he wasn't too 

 much like you." — Washington Star. 



"The world is more inclined to take a 

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 he places it low than when he puts it 

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