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least an inch below the surface. Dirt is pulled in with the hand as each plant is set, and 
after firming the row with the foot, the bed is smoothed off with a flne-toolhed rake. The 
middle of the board is then placed directly over the row, and the planting of the next row is 
proceeded with. This 
leaves the plants 5 by 
(i inches apart, each 
ntw containing 15 
plants in a 6-feet-wide 
bed. To find out the 
number of plants such 
a lied will hold, multi- 
ply the length of the 
bed in feet by :tO. 
Some prefer sowing 
the seeds singly in 
drills 2 or .3 inches 
apart, and at intervals 
of 1 to 2 inches apart 
in the row. lu this 
event the same plant- 
ing-board can be used, 
only the notches on 
one edge must be cut 
the required distance 
apart, the rows being 3 inches or less apart instead of 0 inches, as in the case of the plants. 
As shown in the illustration ( Pig. No. 8 ), the shading in summer may also be accom- 
plished by raising the lath covering on a framework of scantling firmly attached to posts, and 
high enough to permit of standing under it. 
The beds, however, should be boxed in as before noted, and on the approach of winter 
the sections of lath covering are removed to a barn or other dry place. This makes a rather 
elaborate structure, but is really preferable to the beds being covered individually, allowing 
cultivation without handling of the shades. Each spring the beds should receive a fine 
dressing of very rich loam, which is to be .scattered over the old leaf mulching. But all the 
weeds must be pulled out as they appear, and the spaces between the rows kept stirred up 
loose with a small hoe or weeder. great care being taken not to strike and injure the roots 
or tops. 
As the seed ripens it should be collected immediately and stratifleil as before mentioned, 
and it occasionally will come up the following season. 
Uiuseugcan be grown under the shaile of trees, but this method is not so satisfactory as 
the cultivation under artificial covering, and, excepting on a small scale, is not recommended. 
In any event, where possible, the (iinseng garden should be planted on grountl sheltered 
from strong.prevailiiig 
winds. 1^ J ^ ^ 
Preparing for 
market.— After the 
roots are of suflicient 
size, that is, from 3 to 
5 ounces or more in 
weight green, dig very 
carefully, without 
liruising or breaking, 
and after washing per- 
fectly clean in fresh water, placfe on wooden trays or boards, to dry in the sun where pos- 
sible. Or. the roots may be spread evenly and thinly on trays in a warm room. Too rapid 
drying is not desirahle, and where the quantity to be dried is considerable it would pay to 
buy a small evaporator. It takes about .! pounds of green root to make 1 pound of perfectly 
dry marketable article. 
The small, fibrous rootlets should be cleaned off during the drying process, as a better 
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