GINSENG 



645 



Tiearlv fringed '? C il: 

 A choice little annual 

 work bearing a profus 





^l|itl,l Gle 



GILL£NIA(^ German 



the 



t mil iittirr,Arnoldus 

 < ill Tim I hob&ctiP Two 

 L 1st A^niHrican perennial 

 herbs with 3 foliolate 

 ne-irlj sessile Ivs and 



9U8 QiUa ( 



The Fenzha of gardens 

 5 long white or rnsp tiivfrl narrow prtits wnicn ire 

 more or less uiii <p 1 1' "m I ' 1 t mi n »< othed 

 calyx, and 5 2— i ' ' ' "I'l 



nal clusterb m I' 's 



recently given th^ ' 



in honor of Di 1 i I 1 1 i I n v I i h iil 



earlier mide a genus ( ilkui Ihi sjn ( k s m G tnfoll- 

 &ta, Mcench (BowM^^ s Root) m rich woods from N 

 Y to &i ("Mn 8 121 BM 489), and G stipul4cea, 

 Nutt ( -V-viFKK AN liii 41 I iMth 1 Hull southern range 

 Thefmiii i li i i ii_ ii i 1 il ts and small, 



mosth 1 "lite deeply 



incistil I md is more 



pubesi II 1 I II I _! ml plants for 



the mi\i il I 1 li iiih l ii i llit-\ u limU and of easy 

 culture in iii\ good boil 2-4 ft tall Thej propagate by 



eed 



L H 



1 usually 



GILLYFLOWER down to Shakespea 

 referred to what we now call the carnation, Dit 

 Caryophylhis, also known as clove pink. Since Shake- 



GlNKGO( Chinese name). Conlfer<ie,tT\heTdiecc. One 

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

 dioecious. Pistillate fl. solitary, the single naked ovule 

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

 catkins. 



suriuuudiUe isiuuutb an^ulji umI (.ii.imti.1 

 shelled sweet kemeled nut Northern Ch 

 in p 119 G C III 5 265, 269 G P 1 175 AG 12 2( 

 ( ng 6 W4 



Inn In 1 t America early m the century and g« 

 erilU I ml n good soil in the eastern states 



t 11 n nil t m Massachusetts and central Micl 



^,n 1 1 1 . th =;t Liwrmif rn . r in jnits 



lulp 

 thm 



/" 



speare's time Gilliflower has usually meant either ' 

 flowers or stocks, as explained under Chtrianthus 

 MattlUola. 



■lie. Wild Ginger. 



tuuiu \ UKtRs b\ buddiu,, jud „i ittiu^ beveial 

 bditii ultui il f ims ire recognized, including laciniata, 

 penthtl I md ? iiuqala 



111 1 nl I 1 t the ripe fruits win h i iitinue to 



1 1 lining a period c t i I n 



I 1 lectiou to the 1 it 



lliius and suggest i' t 



I I I 1 111 timmate trees \n im i i n I 



dm., t 1 1 1 mrin^, lu such locations Ihe k» ini is wlmh 



have a sweetish slightly resinous flavor are highly 



esteemed for food m China and Japan, md are githered 



from fruiting trees m ■S\ashmgton foi such use by 



( I 1 lundrymen. 



I ' I 1 (Tinkgo seems to be pronounced with a bard 



1)1 the oVient, but in English a soft G should 



1 he name is often spelled Gingko, but the 



I I lling IS preferable because Linnaeus spelled it 



111 tht generic name. w. A. Taylor. 



GINSENG (Pclnax qi,;nquefdlium,Urm. P. Ginseng, 

 Meyer. Aralia qninquefolia, 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, 



