GILIA 



nearly fringed. S. Calif. B.M. 4876. R.H. 1865:10.- 

 A choice little annual, excellent for edgings anil rock- 

 work, bearing a profusion of pink-like Hs. The fls. 

 sometimes vary to white 

 (Femliaalha, HoH.). A 

 liirge-fld. form is called 

 J^ C. speciosa. l. H. B. 



GILL. JVepeta GU- 



GINSENG 



645 



908. Gilia dianthoide 

 The Fenzlia of gardei 



GILL£NIA(aGe 



l)hysieiau of the seven- 

 t>-(Tith century, Arnoldus 

 < ;ilU'iiius). MosAcece. Two 

 Kast American perennial 

 herbs, with 3-foliolate 

 nearly sessile Ivs. and 

 5 long white or rose-tinged narrow petals, which are 

 more or less unequal, 10-20 included stamens, 5-toothed 

 calyx, and 5 2— 1-seeded pods: fls. many in loo.se, termi- 

 nal clusters in summer. To this genus Britton has 

 recently given the name Porterdnthus (Porter's flower, 

 in honor of Dr. T. C. Porter), because Adanson had 

 earlier made a genus Gillena. The species are G. trifoli- 

 ita, Jla'nch (Bowman's Root), in rich woods from N. 

 Y. to Ga. (Mn. 8:129. B.M. 489), and G. stipulicea, 

 Nutt. (American Ipecac), with a more southern range. 

 The former has ovate-oblong serrate leaflets and small, 

 mostly entire stipules: the latter has lanceolate deeply 

 incised leaflets and leafy incised stipules, and is more 

 pubescent. Gillenias are excellent, graceful plants for 

 the mixed or hardy border. They are hardy and of easy 

 culture in any good soil. 2-4 ft. tall. They propagate by 

 seed and division. L. jj. B. 



GILLYFLOWER down to Shakespeare's time usually 

 referred to what we now call the carnation, Dianthnx 

 Caryophyllus, also known as clove pink. Since Shake- 



speare's time Gilliflower has usually meant either wall- 

 flowers or stocks, as explained under Clierianthus and 

 Matthiola. 



GINGER. Zingiber officinale. Wild Ginger. Asa- 

 rum Canadense. 



GlNKGO(Chinesename). Conlfera, tribe Tdxea. One 

 tree, with wedge-shaped Ivs., fls. small and mostly 

 dicecious. Pistillate fl. solitary, the single naked ovule 

 ripening into a drupe. Staminate fls. in slender, loose 

 catkins. 



910. Qinkero fruit and i 



N.itural size. 



biloba, Linn. {Salisburia adlantifdUa, Smith) 

 Ginkgo. Maidenhair Tree. KewTkee. Figs. 909, 910, 

 A tall, spiirsely branched, usually slender tree, attain 

 ing a height of 60-80 ft. : Ivs. 3-5, clustered, fan 

 shaped, divided at summit, with thickened margin 

 striated on both sides with numerous parallel veins : fls 

 dioecious; male catkins slender, stalked; females on 

 long footstalks, in pairs, of which one usually aborts 

 fruit a drupe, consisting of an acrid, foul-smelling pulp 

 surrounding a smooth, angular oval, cream-colored, thin 

 shelled, sweet-kerneled nut. Northern China. F.S 

 10, p. 119. G.C. 111.5:205, 2G9. G.P. 1:175. A.G. 12:268 

 Gng. 6:194. 



Introduced to America early in the century, and gen- 

 erally successful on good soil in the eastern states as 

 far north as eastern Massachusetts and central Michi 

 gan and along the St. Lawrence river in parts of 

 Canada. Of special value for solitary planting to secure 

 picturesque effects. Coiisiilrriilily planted in Washing- 

 ton, D.C., where it is gmwiTig in esteem as a street tree 

 because of its upright habit and freedom from insect 

 injury. Easily propagated from seed, stratified in au- 

 tumn ; varieties by budding and grafting. Several 

 horticultural forms are recognized, including laciniata, 

 pendnla and variegafa. 



The foul odor of the ripe fruits, which continue to 

 mature and drop during a period of some weeks, con- 

 stitutes the chief objection to the species as a street 

 tree, or near dwellings, and suggests the advisability of 

 propagating from staminate trees by grafting or bud- 

 ding, for planting in such locations. The kernels, which 

 have a sweetish, slightly resinous flavor, are highly 

 esteemed for food in China and Japan, and are gathered 

 from fruiting trees in Washington for such use by 

 Chinese laundrymen. 



The word Ginkgo seems to be pronounced with a hard 

 initial G in the orient, but in English a soft G should 

 be used. The name is often spelled Gingko, but the 

 other spelling is preferable because Linnaeus spelled it 

 so in the generic name. w. A. Taylor. 



GINSENG (Pctnax qninguefdlinm, hinn. P. Ginseng, 

 Meyer. Ardlia quinqxiefblia , Decne. & Planch.) is to 

 the Chinese more than quinine or any other drug is to 

 Americans. As its name Panax implies, it is a pana- 

 cea, being employed for all the ills that flesh is heir to. 

 Though credited with stimulating, aromatic, alterative, 



