Chapter I: Front Matter

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Ginseng and Other Medicinal Plants

[Frontispiece: 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
Stillingia (Stillingia Sylvatica), Upper Portion of Plant and Part
of Spike Showing Male Plant
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)