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An Act of Parliament, having been passed at the laRt meeting of the Ontario Legislature, for the protection of the plant ginseng, the Minister of Agriculture has thought it advisable ti have the fol- lowing bulletin published, containing a description of the plant, so that the people of Ontario may be better acquainted with a plant of so much economic value and to a certain extent comparatively common throughout our province, though unknown to many. The following are the clauses of the bill, from which it will be seen that the plant can lOt be picked before September 1st, so as to onablo it to ripen its fruit : 1. Except for the purpose of clearing or bringing land into cultivation, no person shall, between the first day of January and the first day of September in any year, cut. root up, (father or destroy the plant known by the name of ginseng whenever such plant may be found growing in a wild or uncultivated state. < 2. Any person who contravenes the provision of this Act shall, for every euoh oifenoe, uiMn summary conviction before any justice ot the peace, be subject to a penalty of not le" Bomepartsof the -Vi^J^ 1. J^"'/"^ "\.°'"***'' ^^"^ ^^^"^ °' *»>« bulletin may under- stand how to do It, the writer inserts a description of the procesa token from the December issue of the Apierican AgrioultunJi Cultivation. " It appears to thrive best in loamy soils, such as. •re usually found in sugar maple and oak forests at the North. Shade seems also to be essential, for when the plants are exposed to the direct rays of the sun they soon die out, and for this reason open held or garden cultivation of the plants han rarely or never been attended with success. The proper way to start a plantation 18 to select a piece of land at the edge of some forest where the plants are found growing wild. Then clear out all the underbrush •nd small trees, leaving just enough of the larger ones to afford the Bhade required. This should be done in spring or during the sum- mer, then break up the surface of the soil with a harrow, steel rakes, hoes, or other implements to the depth of two or three inches, removing all weeds, grasses and their roots. 'Ihe bed thus prepared will be ready for the reception of seeds alid small unsaleable roots as collected m the autumn, the season of ripening depending some- what upon latitude. «^ o r a " Ginseng berries are of a crimson color when ripe, each containing two Heeds, produced in small clusters at the top of a central peduncle elevated above the principal leaves. When gathering the seed the roots may also be dug up, and all small and unsaleable ones preserved and replanted in the prepared bed. The seed should be rubbed from the pulp very carefully with the hand, and then sown, or better pressed into the ground with the finger about half an inch deep, and one every six inches along the row. The rows should bo irom one to two feet apart for convenience of removing weeds should any appear. Both seeds and plants should be in the ground before hard frosts occur in autumn, for when these come the leaves re uired ** ^^^^'^ ^''* '**" ""^ ***® ^*'^*'''* ^'""^ *^® "*'"^*^ protection "The following season no cultivation will be needed— if the bed is thinly covered with leaves— except to cut out sprouts and remove any large coarse weeds which may spring up from seeds or roota left m the ground. If winds* blow away the leaves needed as a mulch, a few olu dead branches of trees may be scattered about to ho d the mulch in place. At the end of the third season the roota will have reached a markntahlA ai-ra anA «,ov ♦*•"- ^~ -'■■- -^J -^- same bed worked over and restocked with seeds or small plants. 8ome Able w hand, aeed oi Die uinall; It app freque someti becomi oompa favora gives i Mount Bright Woodi occurs Some who have tried it say that raising ginieng oau be made profit- Able where a man haa suitable land in a forest or grove near at hand. The cost of preparing a bed cannot be very much and the Med can be obtained from the wild plants in our forests." Distribution. Ginseng has a wide distribution, and is found usually in upland woods and not in swamps, or low lying districts. It appears to thrive well in localities where limestone abounds. It frequently occurs in beds from which several pounds of roots may aometimea be gathered. As cattle are fond of the leaves it soon becomes scarce in woods to which they have ready access. It is comparatively common in Ontario where conditions are found favorable to its growth. Macoun, in his report on Canadian plants, gives it as found at the following places : Near Montreal, Beloeil MounUin, Prescott, Kingston Mills, Picton, Belleville, Seymour, Brighton, Sydney, Owen Sound, Amberstburg, London, Hamilton, Woodstock and OtUwa. It has lately been found near Toronto and occurs in many places as yet unreported. ITTT