. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 909. Ginkgo. speare's time Gilliflower has usually meant either wall- flowers or stocks, as explained under Cherianthus and Matihiola. GINGER. Zingiber officinale. "Wild Ginger. Asa- rum 910. Ginkgo fruit and seed. Natural size. biloba, Linn. {Salishuria adiantifdlia, Smith). Ginkgo. Maidenhair
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 909. Ginkgo. speare's time Gilliflower has usually meant either wall- flowers or stocks, as explained under Cherianthus and Matihiola. GINGER. Zingiber officinale. "Wild Ginger. Asa- rum 910. Ginkgo fruit and seed. Natural size. biloba, Linn. {Salishuria adiantifdlia, Smith). Ginkgo. Maidenhair Tree. KewTree. Figs. 909, 910. A tall, sparsely branched, usually slender tree, attain- ing a height of 60-80 ft.: Ivs. 3-5, clustered, fan- shaped, divided at summit, with thickened margin, striated on both sides with numerous parallel veins: fls. dicecious; 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. 10, p. 119. :205,269. 1:175. 12:268. Gng. 6:194. Introduced to America early in the century, and gen- erallj-- successful on good soil in the eastern states as far north as eastern Massachusetts and central Michi- gan and along the St. Lawrence river in parts of Canada. Of special value for solitary planting to secure picturesque effects. Considerably planted in Washing- ton, , where it is growing in esteem as a street tree because of its upright habit and freedom from insect injurj"". Easily propagated from seed, stratified in au- tumn ; varieties by budding and grafting. Several horticultural forms are recognized, including hiciniafa, pendula and variegata. The foul odor of the 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
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