This book contains about 300 pages and 75 illustrations (see opposite page for one of them) with chapters on the following: The Story of Ginseng; Something About Ginseng; Cultivation of Ginseng; Marketing Ginseng; Seeds and Roots; Letters From Ginseng Growers; Government Reports; Ginseng in China; General Information; Habits of Ginseng; Ginseng Prices; Diseases of Ginseng; Medicinal Qualities; Golden Seal Cultivation; Plants as a Source of Revenue; List of Plants Having Medicinal Value; Gigantic Mint Farm in Michigan.
The publishers say—A Book of Valuable Information for Growers and Collectors of Wild Medicinal Plants—Tells How to Grow, Medicinal Uses, Value, Etc.
Much additional information is also given about other Plants which furnish Root Drugs, such as: Male Fern; Wild Turnip; Skunk Cabbage; Sweet Flag; Helonias; American Hellebore; Aletris; Bethroot; Wild Yam; Blue Flag; Lady's Slipper; Crawley Root; Canada Snakeroot; Serpentaria (Southern Snakeroot); Yellow Dock; Pokeweed; Soapwort; Goldthread; Black Cohosh; Oregon Grape; Blue Cohosh; Twinleaf; Mayapple; Canada Moonseed; Bloodroot; Hydrangea; Indian Physic; Wild Indigo; Crane's Bill; Seneca Snakeroot; Stillingia; Wild Sarsaparilla; Water Eryngo; American Angelica; Yellow Jasmine; Pinkroot; American Colombo; Black Indian Hemp; Pleurisy Root; Comfrey; Stoneroot; Culvers Root; Dandelion; Queen-of-the-Meadow; Elecampane; Echinacea; Burdock.
A good photograph of each of these is shown with the description. Considerable money can be made collecting and preparing for the market. This book explains in detail.
Price, cloth bound, postpaid, $1.00
Land Cruising and Prospecting
Is a valuable book for homesteaders, hunters, trappers, guides, etc. The writer—Mr. A. F. Wallace, an experienced surveyor, land cruiser and prospector—in his introduction says: "To the men who follow the compass, the trap and the trail this work is inscribed. It is not intended for the "Professors" who can tell you all about things after they are done (by somebody else)."
The publishers say: A book of Valuable Information for hunters, trappers, land cruisers, prospectors and men of the trail—tells how to locate one's self on the map, etc.
This book contains about 200 pages 5 × 7 inches, is printed on good quality paper, with nearly 40 illustrations and contains 20 chapters as follows: