Harlan P. Kelsey, Tremont Building, Boston, and Kawana, N. C. 7 
price is commanded tor large, smooth roots. After making sure that the roots are perfectly 
dry, cool off, and weigh out at once in paper sacks of one to two pounds, tinally packing in 
clean boxes of ten to twenty-flve sacks each. If it is undesirable to dispose of the dried root 
at once, it would be best to pack in air-tight glass jars or seal in tins, to prevent damage 
caused by the boring beetle, which is said to attack it. 
The roots, also, should be carefully graded according to size, appearance and weight, and 
marked accordingly on the outside of the packages before shipping. 
The best markets are New York, Cincinnati and Han Krancisco, from whence almost the 
entire product is shippe*' to China, whose people value it as a panacea for nearly all 
human ills. 
With these instru ,tions followed, success should be made of growing Ginseng, and the 
element of profit is S'o large as to be rather startling. 
The greatest Jiscouragement in growing (Jinseng is the depredations of thieves. The 
root is so extremely valuable that if the location of a plantation is generally known, the crop 
would stand tut little chance of maturing without at least a part being stolen. 
Fig. 8. GiuseiiK urowins under lath shed. 
It will pay. as a rule, to erect a high solid wall with barbed wire on top. and to keep the 
crop a secret. An electric wire can be arranged around the plantation at little cost, which 
will ring a bell or bells located where desired if an entry be forced. 
Any very valuable article find.s ready thieves it iinprotecled— Ginseng being no exception 
to the rule— but it is amply worth any expense incurred in protecting it. 
To conclude, it will be observed that with ordinary attention to details Ginseng can be 
grown witli large and sure profits; 
Any questions that may arise I will gliuUy answer. 
It seems probable that Ginseng can be grown in every state of the Union if the required 
conditions naturally exist, or are produced artiflcially. 
A map ( Fig. No. !) ) showing the natural range of the Ginseng plant in the United States, 
prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture, is given on page 8. 
Ginseng is probably sparingly found growing wild in other states, and at one time was 
abundant in Ontario and Quebec, but has now become rather scarce, as it has been so ener- 
getically hunted by native "sang" diggers. This is the reason, also, for its present rarity 
in the United States. 
