PLANTS OF MONROE COT^NTY. 65 



The purpose of this paper is to record some of the most notable 

 foreign trees in Rochester and vicinity, and a few of the most promi- 

 nent of the native trees. The circumference of the trees has been 

 ascertained four feet from the base, unless otherwise stated. The 

 heights of all the trees has been estimated, and as this is a matter 

 of judgment, without correct measurement, these heights are to be 

 taken as approximately correct. 



Ginkgo biloba Linn., the iNIaidenhair Tree, has been planted 

 liberally throughout the city. The largest individual grows at No. 

 455 Lake Avenue. This is the old home of the late James Whitney. 

 The circumference is 8.1 feet, and the height is 60 feet. Judging 

 by its appearance, it might have been planted sixty years since. 

 On the Ellwanger & Barry grounds near the office, on Mt. Hope 

 Avenue, there is a Maidenhair Tree with a circumference at three 

 feet above the base of 6.5 feet, and the height is 55 feet. On what 

 used to be the nursery grounds of the late T. B. Yale & Son at the 

 Winton Road near the canal bridge a Alaidenhair Tree with a girth 

 of 5.2 feet, and a height of 65 feet, shows a greater height than the 

 other two on account of proximity, perhaps, to other trees. The 

 Maidenhair Tree has not been found in a wild state but has been 

 planted extensively in Japan and China for hundreds of years. 



Piiuis excelsa Wall, the Bhotan Pine from the Himalayas, grows 

 on the grounds of Mrs. Oilman Perkins, No. 421 East Avenue. 

 This is a handsome species of white pine. The drooping leaves are 

 six to eight inches long. It is 4.2 feet in circumference and 40 feet 

 high, and is the largest individual in Rochester and vicinity. 



Pinus ponderosa Dougl. the Bull Pine, native from British 

 Columbia to Mexico, Nebraska and Texas, attains considerable 

 size in this city. In the Ellwanger & Barry nursery grounds, on Mt. 

 Hope Avenue near the office there are two trees which measure 

 respectively in circumference 6.9 and 5.8 feet ; the larger is 65 feet 

 and the smaller 60 feet in height. At No. 455 Lake Avenue a 

 healthy individual of Pinus ponderosa measures 6.5 feet in circum- 

 ference and is 55 feet tall. 



Abies Nordmaniana Spach. from the Black sea regions is one 

 of the noblest of the firs and it does remarkably well in Rochester. 

 One of the best examples grows on the grounds of the Ellwanger & 



