INTRODUCTION. 



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IVY. 



ARALIACE.E. 



IVY TRIBE. 



This order derives its name from the Aralia^ or 

 Angelica -tree^ a prickly shrub introduced into 

 our gardens from Carolina and Yirginia. A 

 species of Panax, -^vhich furnishes the famous 

 ginseng of China, is a native of Chinese Tartary, 

 ^vhere it has heen gathered as an invaluable drug 

 from time immemorial. In 1709 the Emperor 

 of China gave orders to 10,000 Tartars to go in 



