Pharmaceutical  A ssociations. 
J  Am.  Jour.  Pharm 
C     October,  1901. 
At  the  final  general  session  of  the  Association  the  reports  of 
various  standing  committees  were  read.  J.  U.  Lloyd  presented  two 
papers,  one  being  on  the  "  Versatility  of  Dr.  Charles  Rice  "  and  the 
other  on  "  A  Ginseng  Garden."  In  the  latter  paper  the  author  de- 
scribes the  ginseng  garden  of  S.  Long,  of  Union,  Boone  County, 
Ky.  The  experience  of  Mr.  Long  as  recorded  in  his  own  words 
will  be  of  particular  interest  to  those  concerned  in  drug  cultivation: 
<fI  secured  first  about  300  plants  from  the  woods  where  ginseng  naturally 
grows  in  this  section  of  the  country.  These  plants  were  taken  up  with  great 
care,  plenty  of  dirt  being  left  on  the  roots.  They  were  carried  in  the  cool  of 
the  day  from  their  native  location  to  the  garden  I  had  prepared.  The  earth  was 
such  as  I  would  have  used  for  the  purpose  of  raising  onions,  a  rich  loamy  soil. 
These  plants  were  set  about  6  inches  apart,  the  rows  being  about  6  inches  from 
each  other.  1  did  not  notice  in  any  instance  that  the  transplanting  disturbed 
the  early  plants  in  the  least.  From  these  300  plants  I  collected  the  first  year 
about  3, coo  seed.  That  fall  when  the  seeds  had  ripened  I  collected  from  the 
woods  about  6oo  more  plants,  which  I  planted  in  the  same  manner  as  I  had 
done  the  300  plants,  making  a  total  of  900  roots.  The  following  spring  out  of 
the  900  roots,  800  came  up  making  a  good  crop  of  seed.  To  this  I  will  add  that 
of  the  plants  set  out  in  the  fall  there  was  a  greater  proportion  lost  than  of  the 
plants  that  were  set  out  in  the  growing  season.  The  seeds  that  ripened  in  July, 
if  planted  at  once,  will  come  up  the  next  spring  ;  those  that  ripened  later  do 
not  come  up  until  the  second  spring.  I  cannot  give  the  proportion  of  loss  in 
sprouting.  The  first  year's  plant  is  a  little  three-leaved  spindle,  and  the  growth 
is  very  slow.  As  is  well  known,  the  scars  left  by  cast-off  stalks  give  the  age  of 
the  root.  I  have  plants  in  my  garden  that  are  at  least  twenty  years  of  age.  I 
am  cultivating  ginseng  both  for  the  root  and  the  seed,  the  seed  at  this  time 
being  very  costly,  although  the  root  only  has  any  commercial  value  except  for 
planting.  I  am  enlarging  my  gardens  as  rapidly  as  possible  and  use  all  the  seed 
that  is  produced,  at  present  having  none  to  distribute." 
ARKANSAS  ASSOCIATION  OF  PHARMACISTS. 
The  nineteenth  annual  meeting  was  held  May  2 1st  at  Little  Rock. 
The  President,  E.  F.  Klein,  delivered  an  address  directed  principally 
to  the  beneficent  influences  of  associations. 
John  B.  Bond,  Sr.,  reported  for  the  Committee  on  Legislation 
that  it  had  been  found  inexpedient  to  introduce  before  the  late  ses- 
sion of  the  Legislature  the  legislation  recommended  by  the  Asso- 
ciation at  its  eighteenth  annual  meeting  (viz.,  the  repeal  of  Section 
4,993  and  the  substitution  of  a  small  annual  fee  for  registration  ; 
also  requiring  all  candidates  for  registration,  whether  graduates  or 
not,  to  pass  an  examination  before  the  Board  of  Pharmacy).  The 
