Ginseng and Other Medicinal Plants

Delights in His Ginseng Garden.

GINSENG AND OTHER
MEDICINAL PLANTS

A Book of Valuable Information for
Growers as Well as Collectors
of Medicinal Roots, Barks,
Leaves, Etc.

BY
A. R. HARDING

Published by
A. R. Harding Publishing Co.
Columbus, Ohio
Copyright 1908
By A. R. Harding Pub. Co.

CONTENTS

[I. Plants as a Source of Revenue]

[II. List of Plants Having Medicinal Value]

[III. Cultivation of Wild Plants]

[IV. The Story of Ginseng]

[V. Ginseng Habits]

[VI. Cultivation]

[VII. Shading and Blight]

[VIII. Diseases of Ginseng]

[IX. Marketing and Prices]

[X. Letters from Growers]

[XI. General Information]

[XII. Medicinal Qualities]

[XIII. Ginseng in China]

[XIV. Ginseng — Government Description, Etc.]

[XV. Michigan Mint Farm]

[XVI. Miscellaneous Information]

[XVII. Golden Seal Cultivation]

[XVIII. Golden Seal History, Etc.]

[XIX. Growers' Letters]

[XX. Golden Seal — Government Description, Etc.]

[XXI. Cohosh — Black and Blue]

[XXII. Snakeroot — Canada and Virginia]

[XXIII. Pokeweed]

[XXIV. Mayapple]

[XXV. Seneca Snakeroot]

[XXVI. Lady's Slipper]

[XXVII. Forest Roots]

[XXVIII. Forest Plants]

[XXIX. Thicket Plants]

[XXX. Swamp Plants]

[XXXI. Field Plants]

[XXXII. Dry Soil Plants]

[XXXIII. Rich Soil Plants]

[XXXIV. Medicinal Herbs]

[XXXV. Medicinal Shrubs]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[Delights in His Ginseng Garden]

[Seneca Snake Root (Cultivated) in Blossom]

[Indian Turnip (Wild)]

[Canadian Snake Root (Cultivated)]

[Blood Root (Cultivated)]

[Sarsaparilla Plant (Wild)]

[Ginseng Plants and Roots]

[Garden Grown Ginseng Plants]

[Northern Ginseng Plant in Bloom — June]

[Plan for Ginseng Garden 24 x 40 Feet — Ground Plan One Line, Overhead Dotted]

[A Lath Panel]

[One, Two and Three Year Old Ginseng Roots]

[Ginseng Plants Coming Up]

[Bed of 10,000 Young Ginseng Plants in Forest]

[One Year's Growth of Ginseng Under Lattice Shade]

[A Healthy Looking Ginseng Garden]

[Diseased Ginseng Plants]

[Broken — "Stem Rot"]

[End Root Rot of Seedlings]

[The Beginning of Soft Rot]

[Dug and Dried — Ready for Market]

[A Three Year Old Cultivated Root]

[Bed of Mature Ginseng Plants Under Lattice]

[Some Thrifty Plants — An Ohio Garden]

[New York Grower's Garden]

[Forest Bed of Young "Seng" These Plants However Are Too Thick]

[A Healthy Looking "Garden" — "Yard"]

[Root Resembling Human Body]

[Wild Ginseng Roots]

[Pennsylvania Grower's Garden]

[Ginseng (Panax Quinquefolium)]

[Lady Slipper]

[Young Golden Seal Plant in Bloom]

[Golden Seal Plants]

[Thrifty Golden Seal Plant]

[Golden Seal in an Upland Grove]

[Locust Grove Seal Garden]

[Golden Seal (Hydrastis Canadensis) Flowering Plant and Fruit]

[Golden Seal Rootstock]

[Black Cohosh (Cimicifuga Racemosa), Leaves, Flowering Spikes and Rootstock]

[Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum Thalictroides)]

[Canada Snakeroot (Asarum Canadense)]

[Virginia Serpentaria (Aristolochia Serpentaria)]

[Pokeweed (Phytolacca Decandra), Flowering and Fruiting Branch]

[Pokeweed Root]

[May-Apple (Podophyllum Pellatum), Upper Portion of Plant with Flower, and Rootstock]

[Seneca Snakeroot (Polygala Senega), Flowering Plant with Root]

[Large Yellow Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium Hirsutum)]

[Bethroot (Trillium Erectum)]

[Culver's Root (Veronica Virginica) Flowering Top and Rootstock]

[Stoneroot (Collinsonia Canadensis)]

[Crawley-Root (Corallorhiza Odontorhiza)]

[Marginal-Fruited Shield-Fern (Dryopteris Marginalis)]

[Goldthread (Coptis Trifolia)]

[Twinleaf (Jeffersonia Diphylla) Plant and Seed Capsule]

[Canada Moonseed (Menispermum Canadense)]

[Wild Turnip (Arisaema Triphyllum)]

[Black Indian Hemp (Apocynum Cannabinum), Flowering Portion, Pods, and Rootstock]

[Chamaelirium (Chamaelirium Luteum)]

[Wild Yam (Dioscorea Villosa)]

[Skunk-Cabbage (Spathyema Foetida)]

[American Hellebore (Veratrum Viride)]

[Water-Eryngo (Eryngium Yuccifolium)]

[Yellow Jasmine (Gelsensium Sempervirens)]

[Sweet Flag (Acorus Calamus)]

[Blue Flag (Iris Versicolor)]

[Crane's-bill (Geranium Maculatum), Flowering Plant, Showing also Seed Pods and Rootstock]

[Dandelion (Taraxacum Officinale)]

[Soapwort (Saponaria Officinalis)]

[Burdock (Arctium Lappa), Flowering branch and Root]

[Yellow Dock (Rumex Crispus), First Year's Growth]

[Broad-Leaved Dock (Rumex Obtusifolius), Leaf, Fruiting Spike and Root]

[American Colombo (Frasera Carolinensis), Leaves, Flowers, and Seed Pods]

[Couch-Grass (Agropyron Repens)]

[Echinacea (Brauneria Augustifolia)]

[Aletris (Aletris Farinosa)]

[Wild Indigo (Baptisia Tinctoria), Branch Showing Flowers and Seed Pods]

[Pleurisy Root (Asclepias Tuberosa)]

[Bloodroot (Sanguinaria Canadensis), Flowering Plant with Rootstock]

[Pinkroot (Spigelia Marilandica)]

[Indian Physic (Porteranthus Trifoliatus)]

[Wild Sarsaparilla (Aralia Nudicaulis)]

[American Angelica (Angelica Atropurpurea)]

[Comfrey (Symphytum Officinale)]

[Elecampane (Inula Helenium)]

[Queen-of-the-Meadow (Eupatorium Purpureum)]

[Hydrangea (Hydrangea Arborescens)]

[Oregon Grape (Berberis Aquifolium)]