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Fig. 6. Lath shade. 
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 flat against the edge of the board, on which the planter is standing. 
The plants are set 
at the 5-inch inter- 
vals, care being 
taken to see that the 
roots are in straight, 
and the crown at 
least an inch below 
the surface. Dirt is 
pulled in with the 
hand as each plant 
is set, and after firm- 
ing the row with 
the foot, the bed is 
smoothed off with a 
fine-toothed rake. 
The middle of the 
board is then placed 
directly over the 
row, and the plant- 
ing of the next row is proceeded with. This leaves the plants 5 by 6 inches apart, 
each row containing 15 plants in a 6-feet-wide bed. To find out the number of plants 
such a bed will hold, multiply the length of the bed in feet by 30. 
Some prefer sowing the seeds singly in drills 2 or 3 inches apart, and at intervals 
of I to 2 inches apart in the row. In this event the same planting-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 6 inches, as in the case of the plants. It is thus easy to 
figure out the area required for a given number of seeds. 
As shown in the illustration (Fig. No. 8), the shading in summer may also be 
accomplished 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, an<l 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 ' ^ 0 iv. *1 
rich loam, which is to 
be scattered over the 
old leaf mulching. But 
all the weeds must be T 
pulled out as they ap- i 
pear, and the spaces 
between the rows kept 
stirred up loose with a small hoe or wceder, great care being taken not to strike and 
injure the roots or tops. 
As the seed ripens it should be collected immediately and stratified as before men- 
tioned, or planted out. 
Ginseng can be grown under the shade of trees, but this method is not so satisfactory 
as the cultivation under artificial covering, and on a large scale is not recommended. 
I'lC. 7. Planting-boatd. 
