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ZINGIBER 



hns licfii addcrt. Wati 



served m lar- ..1 .,.viu|.. ilw, -,>•.•..-. i,-. uiuu |,rL>M.TM; 

 their owu (iiugcr; it is iiiiijurtaut to liave tlie liauds pro- 

 tected wliile scraping tlie roots or they will "burn" for 

 days. Ginger probably could be cultivated commer- 

 cially in southern Florida and California. In Florida it 

 thri'-ps in rich soil and partial shade, and the roots can 

 be dug and used at any time. The plant is cultivated 



2791. Zingiber officinale 



commercially even in locahi 

 lift the roots and store tin ii 

 the lower Himalayas. In i 

 be cultivated up to an all i 

 Zingibers are occasion M 

 tive plants. The shoots 1 

 they may often 1" n-' •! i 

 plants for artier i n 

 ture. Propag.it 1 i 

 in spring. '11" 

 which a third ot 111 i 



is necessary to 

 1 season, as in 

 s Gmger may 



d be given sparingly until 

 cl, when they should have 

 Ijenefited by an occasional 

 inure water. Towards the 

 ill begin to mature, when 



miiiislied, and as s....n as the 

 plants are ripened off the pots 

 may be stored either under the 

 greenhouse stages or in some 

 other convenient place, where 

 they should be kept almost dry 

 for 'the winter. 



Ziii^'iViiT mav be taken as 

 tlif fvii.nl L-.i'i;.- of the sin- 



trnl.i- ' - iiiiLiceaB, with 



its , I . ,i ,; i.",0 species. 



H,.i,i ,11 i h ..:,.i- state that 

 ill.':, : ■ I . ii.iiiiral group, 



tiiiii, I I 1. of the faui- 

 ih ; s in the sta- 

 in, 1 ~ I, , 1 . - there are 5 stamens and a sixth im- 

 |Hn i. , I In , ..nil. tunes there is only one perfect stamen 

 anil all the siaiiiinodes are petal-like. The anthers are 

 sometimes 2-eelled, sometimes composed of one cell 

 borne on the margin of the connective. In Zingiber and 

 others the connective is produced into a long spur. (Ge- 

 neric characters: rhizome horizontal, tnlierous: Ivs. ob^ 

 long-lanceolate, clasping the stem by tlnir I..111.' sIm allis: 

 spikes usually radical, rarely lateral en 1. nrmal ..n tin:- 

 leafy stem: calyx cylindric, shortly :il.ii..il. mnilla- 

 segi'nents lanceolate, nppi-i- .-i avc: l;ii. ml -hniii li-s 



officinale, lins.- 



Gn. 26, p. 28< 



;;. enraUhui 



. J. Cj 



and W. M. 



ZtNNIA (Johann Gott- 

 fried Zinn, 1727-17.59, pro- 

 fessor of botany at Gbttin- 

 gen). Citmpdsihe. Youth- 

 and-Old-Age. Plate L. 

 The familiar Zinnias, Figs. 

 27!)4-9(), are hardy annual 

 plants, growing a foot or 

 more high and covered from 

 July until the first hard 

 frost with dnnl.Ie flowers 2 



in, ..r ■. ii.'i.. -. At least 



till. . "1 Kid colors 

 an. •• ri . .•!. in Zin- 



ost popular. The Zinnia is rich in 

 nd orange, but lacks the charming 

 he China aster and is poor in reds 



