"H. H.," Wilmington, Del., asks: "Will you please inform me, if you can, in the next Gardeners' Monthly, where plants of Panax quinquefolium (or Ginseng), can be purchased. It is a hardy herbaceous plant, native of North America".

[So far as we know it is not under cultivation, and in its wild state it has been nearly eradicated by medical root hunters.

During a two months' excursion in the mountains of North Carolina and Virginia, a few years ago, the only plant seen by the writer of this, was in a small garden at the foot of Iron Mountain. It ought to pay well to cultivate the plant for the sake of the root. - Ed. G. M].