PLAN No. 409. A MEDICAL GARDEN
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Garden vegetable products having medical properties made a large income for a widow with several small children, and though it required considerable care, the returns were more than satisfactory, for the druggists bought all she could raise, at high prices.
Larkspur, for instance, the seed of which brings $1.50 to $2 per pound, was one of her successes. This she planted in rows about 18 inches apart, and, when 4 to 5 inches high, she thinned it to 5 inches apart in the rows, and harvested it like buckwheat.
She also grew parsley, as the seeds and roots find a good market as drugs, and the roots bring 90 cents per pound. An oil is obtained from the seed.
Ginsing is another profitable product of a medical garden, and brings approximately $5.40 per pound.
She obtained reliable information regarding these plants, without cost, by writing to the bureau of plant industry, at Washington, D. C.