Harlan P. Kelsey, Tremont Building, Boston, and Kawana, N. C. 
Flo. 4. Wild root (hiiiuuii form). 
( Jlull. Deiil. uf Am:. Pkhiiu.) 
over the bottom of a strong, tight box, then scatter a thin layer of .seeds over thi.s and cover 
with an inch of the sand or loam. 
After filling the box in this manner, see that there are sev- 
eral inches of the covering over the last layer of seed, to 
prevent drying ont. A wire netting of fine mesh should be 
securely tacked over all, to prevent the attacks of mice. The 
whole should be kept in a moist cellar, or may be left out of 
doors if the box is plunged level to the top in .soil. 
In planting the seeds, they should be scattered evenly and 
thinly on a prepared bed and covered with an inch or more of 
tine soil. The planting thus being done in the tall, twelve 
months after the seeds are collected, they should then be cov- 
ered with leaves and straw, or similar covering, over which 
brush is laid. In the early spring the brush is removed and 
lath shade covers substituted. 
The beds may be made either 4 or 6 feet wide, and any 
length, and should always be surrounded by boards firmly 
nailed to posts, giving a rest for the lath shades. The boards 
used are of ordinary inch boxing, and should extend 2 feet 
or more from the ground. 
Where G-feet-wide beds are 
made, the lath covers are made 
as shown in the illustration; viz., 
4 by 6 feet. Ordinary laths are nailed 1 inch apart to B feet 
strips 1 inch thick and 2 inches wide, and then braced. Where 
the bed is made 4 feet wide, the laths are simply nailed to other 
laths with clinching nails. The latter size, being lighter, are the 
most easily handled covers, but the larger beds and shades are 
the most economical of room and lumber where the i)lanting is 
on an extended scale. These lath covers are to stay on all sum- 
mer, to be replaced by mulching and brush in winter. The beds 
and subsequent treatment after planting are the same for both 
seeds and plants. 
Planting. — Aftorone season's growth, the seed- 
lings should be transplanted into periuaueut beds 
in the tall, after the tops have died down. Some 
prefer to wait till the second autumn, but the roots 
are more liable to be injured, and it is 
very important that a good, clean tap- 
root is preserved, making at maturity a 
larger and more salable article, that 
will command the best price. 
A planting-board (see Fig. 7) is made 
of :'4-iuch white pine, or similar wood, 
5 feet 9 inches or 3 feet 9 inches long, 
and 1 toot wide, to easily fit in the 4-fee( 
and (i-feet beds. 
This board is braced by light strips 
tacked across the ends and middle to 
prevent warping, and notches 5 inches 
apart are cut on the edges. A trench 
is then opened, by using a light spade 
and lifting the dirt away from the board, 
the back of the spade being Hat against 
the edge of the board, on which the 
planter is standing. 
The plants are set at the fi-lnch in- 
Fio. r^. Dried root of (jinseng from wild plant. tervals, care being taken to see that the 
{Bull. 16. Div. of Publieutiuns, U. S. Dept. of Ai/i:) roots are in straight, and the crown at 
