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nearly frinfred. S. Calif. B.M. 4876. R.H. 1805:10.- 

 A choice littlo annual, excellent for edgings and rock- 

 work, benrins: a profusion of pink-like lis. The ds. 

 sometimes vary to white 

 (Feuzlia alba, Hort.]. A 

 large-fld. form is called 

 O. speciosa. l_ j-j_ ^ 



GILL 



clioma . 



yu«. Gilia dianthoides. 

 The Fenzlia of gardens. 



X.prfa Glc- 



GILL£NIA(a German 



|>iiYsi(_'ian of the seven- 

 teenth century, Amoldns 

 < iillenius). i?o.s(")c('«r. Twi> 

 i-^ast American perennial 

 herbs, with 3-fnliohit«- 

 nearly sessile Ivs. and 

 r> long white or rose-tinged narrow petals, which art- 

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

 calyx, and 5 2— t-seeded pods: tls. many in loose, termi- 

 nal clusters in summer. To this genus Britton has 

 recently given the naiuo Porf era utliKS [Porter's ffoicer, 

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

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

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

 Y. to Ga. (Mn. 8:120. B.M. 489}, and G. stipulacea, 

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

 The former has ovate-oblong serrate leaflets luid small, 

 mostly entire stipules: the latter has lanceolate deeply 

 incised leaflets and leafy incised stipules, and is more 

 pubescent. Glllenias are excellent, graceful plants for 

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

 • ■ulture in any good soil. 2-4 ft. tall. They propagate by 

 seed and division. "[^ jj p 



GILLYFLOWER down to Sliakespeare's time usually 

 referred to what we n<iw call the carnatinn, DUiHtlnis 

 Cari/ophtfUun, also known as clove pink. Since Shake- 



909. Ginkgo. 



speare's time Gillitlower has usually meant either wall- 

 flowers or stocks, as explained under Chcrla ufJius and 

 Matfhiola. 



GfNKGO(Chinese name). CoH(7t'r(F, tribe Tdiece. One 

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

 diae-cious. Pistillate d. solitary, the single naked ovule 

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

 catkins. 



GINGER. Zhu:ilh< 



offirhidJc. Wild Ginger. 



910. Ginkgo fruit and seed. Natural size, 



biloba, Linn. {SaUshtiria adimitifolia , Smith). 

 (iiNK<:iO. Maidenhair Tkee. Kfav Tree. Figs. 909, 910. 

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

 ing a height of (iO-80 ft.: Ivs. ;V;1, clustered, fan- 

 shaped, divided at summit, with thickened margin, 

 striated on both sides with numerous ]>;irallel vc-ins: fls. 

 dioecious ; niale catkins slender, stalked ; females on 

 long footstalks, in ]>riirs, of which one usually aborts: 

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

 s\irrounding a snioolli, angular (.>val, cream-colored, thin- 

 shellcd, swei-t-krri!ob-d nut. Nortliern China. F.S. 

 10, p. no. G.C. HI. ,":2f;.'. ^iV,"!. G.F. 1:17.'. A. G. 12:208. 

 Gng. 0:194. 



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. Lawi*ence river in parts of 

 Canada. Of special value for solitary planting to secure 

 picturesque effects. Considerably planted in Washing- 

 ton, D.C, where it is growing 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 arc recognized, iu'duding Jur'niiata. 

 peuditla and va ririjutu . 



The foul odor uf tlie 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. Tlie 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 witii a hard 

 initial G in the orient, but in Euirlish a soft U shouhl 

 lie used. Tlie name is often spelled Gineko, but the 

 other spelling is iireferable because Linna-us spelled it 

 so in The generic name. 'SS'. A. Taylok. 



GINSENG {Pi)nax ,jin}uptrfdli>n)i ,Unu. P. Gin:iev(j, 

 :\[eyer. AritUa quhiqiiet'dlia , Decne. A:. Planch.) is to 

 the" Chinese more than quinine or any other drug is to 

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

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

 Though credited" with stimulatiiiL'. aromatic, alterative. 



