Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1878 [PAGE 241]

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CUCUMIS, Melon and Cucumber. melo, Melon, Muskmelon, the Serpent Melon or Serpent Cucumber is a variety cultivated from Asia. sativus Cucumber, cultivated from Asia. STCYOS, Star Cucumber. angulatus, native, Lapham. ECHINOCYSTIS lobata, Wild Balaam Apple, native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock; Champaig'ii county, Macauley. See D a r w i n ' s Animals and Plants u n d e r Domestication, vol. 1, p. 430, for r e m a r k s on classification of this family. FCENJCULUM, Fennel, perennial. vulg-are, Common Fennel, cultivated from Europe, for the sweet aromatic foliage and fruit. LEVESTICUM, Lovage, perennial. officinale, cultivated from Europe for its medicinal properties, formerly as an esculent. ARCHANGELICA, perennial. a t r o p u r p u r e a , native, Vasey; Peoria and St. Clair counties, Brendel. hirsuta, native, L a p h a m . HERACLEUM, Cow Parsnip, perennial. lanatum, native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock; Champaign county. PAST IN AC A, Parsnip, perennial. sativa, adventive, and cultivated from E u r o p e for the root. POLYT^NIA. nuttallii, native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock. ARCHEMORA, COM; Bane, perennial. rig-ida, native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock. AST H US A, FooVs Parsley, a n n u a l . cynapium—adventive from Europe, Brendel. THASPIUM, Meadow Parsnip, perennial herbs. barbinode, native, Lap bum a u r e u m , native, Lapham; C > ok county. Bibcock. var. apterum, Gray; Winnebago and Marion crarities, Bebb. trifoliatum, native, L i p h i m ; Cook county. Bibcock. The varieties a t r o p u r p u r e m and a p t e r u m are found in the state. ZIZIA, pereninal herb. integerrima, native, L i p l i i m ; Cook county, Babcock. BUPLEURUM, Thorough Wax. rotundifolium, adventive, L a p h a m . DISCOPLURA, Mick Bishop Weed. capillacea var. costata, S. Illinois, Vasey. nuttallii, D. C , Jackson and Union counties, F o r b e s . C RYPTOTJ3NIA, Hone-wort, perennial herb. canadensis, native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock; Champaign county. CKLEROPHYLLUM, Chervil, procumbens, native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock. EULOPHUS, perennial. americanus, native, Vasey; Cook county, Babcock. ERIGENIA, Harbinger-of-Spring. bulbosa, native, Lapham.

ARALIACEiE—GINSENG

FAMILY.

ARALIA, perennials. spinosa, Angelica Tree, Hercules Club, native, Vasey, Union county. Prof. Swallow m e a s u r e d a specimen 9 inches in circumference and 25 feet higii, in Cape Girardeau county, Missouri racemosa. Spikenard, native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock. nudicaulis. Wild Sarsaparilla. native north, Lapham; Cook county, Babcock. quinquefolia, Ginseng-, native, Lapham; rich woods, becoming* rare. HEDERA, Ivy. helix, True or English It?//, cultivated from Europe, but t e n d e r . 4 l It will thrive if you k e e p t h e w i n t e r ' s sun away from i t . ' ' —Rand. Probably needs very deep planting.

C O R N A C E ^ E — D O G W O O D FAMILY.

CORNUS, Cornel or Dogwood. canadensis, Dwarf Cornel, Bunch-Berry, native, Cook county, Babcock. Low herb, florida, Flowering Dogwood, small tree, native, L a p h a m ; Randolph, Jackson, Marion. St. Clair, Madison counties. Rather a southern tree. Planted for ornament, mas, planted from E u r o p e for o r n a m e n t .

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