GINSENG 



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nearly fringed. S.Calif. B.M. 4876. R.H. 186.t:10.- 

 A choice little annual, excellent for edgings and rock- 

 wnrk. bearing a profusion of pink-like fls. The fls. 

 sometimes vary to white 

 (Femhaalba.HoTt.). A 

 large-fld. fonn is called 

 (' ■.pecwsa. L. h. B. 



GILL. 



G!e- 



GILLfiNIA (a German 

 lihysicum of the seven- 

 teenth century, Arnoldus 

 (Tillenius). Hosdcew. Two 

 East American perennial 

 herbs, with 3-foliolate 

 nearly sessile Ivs. and 

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

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

 calyx, and 5 2-4-seeded pods: fls. many in loose, termi- 

 nal clusters in suniiner. To this genus Britton has 

 recently given the name Porterdnthus {Porter's flotoer, 

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

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

 &ta, Mcench (Bowman's Root), in rich woods from N. 

 Y. to Ga. (Mn. 8:129. B.M. 489), and G. 8tipul4cea, 

 Nutt. (AjiEKiCAN 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_ u_ b_ 



GILLTFLOWEB down to shikespeare's time usuallv 

 referred to what we now cnll the ciination, DiantJiu-. 

 Caryophylliii, also known is clove pink Since Shake 



speare's time Gilliflower has usually meant either wall- 

 flowers or stocks, as explained under Cherianthus and 

 Matthiola. 



Wild Ginger. Asa- 



GlirKGO(Chinesename). Conifer(r,tnheTdxete. 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. 



Smith). 



910. Ginkgo fruit 



biloba, Linn. (Salisbutta adia, 

 Ginkgo. Maidenhair Tree KewTree Figs 

 A tall, sparsely branched, usually slender tree, attain- 

 ing a height of 60-80 ft Iv-, 3-5, clustered, fan- 

 shaped, divided at summit, "u ith 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. III. 5:265, 269. 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- 



parts of 



gau and along the St. Lawrence 

 Canada. Of special value for solitari, 

 picturesque effects. Considerably pi 

 ton, D.C., where it is growing in estc 

 because of its upright habit and fr. 

 injury. Easily propagated frcpin src 

 tumn ; varieties by buddiut; iiiid 

 horticultural forms are recurni/rd, ii 



ruits. wlii.'li 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 (Pdnax qtiinquefdli>im,UT\n. P. Ginseng, 

 Meyer. Ardtia quinrjuefoUa, 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. 



