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Salisburia adiantifolia is a remarkable tree, which was 

 introduced some years since from Japan, growing at its 

 maturity to a height of about forty feet. It is usually of 

 slender form, and so suited to positions that are limited 

 where a tree of that height is desired. It is known as the 

 maidenhair tree, or gingko, having foliage resembling in 

 form that of the adiantum fern, which is thick and glossy. 

 In the cities of Europe it is becoming a favorite street 

 tree, and is always handsome. 



Cladrastis tinctoria, formerly known as Virgilia lutea, 

 or yellow wood, is in all respects a most desirable tree of 

 moderate growth, broadly rounded head, and compound 

 foliage, of light green color, turning to yellow in autumn. 

 The flowers are pea-shape, white, and fragrant, appearing 

 in June in great profusion. It is not supposed to be suffi- 

 ciently hardy for the colder portions of New England and 

 the Northwest, but in southern Rhode Island and Con- 

 necticut it is found to withstand the climate in severest 

 winters. More attention should be given to this beautiful 

 tree than it has had in the past. 



Of the birches there are also several interesting forms 

 which cannot well be overlooked in garden planting. 

 Betula alba is the well-known European white weeping 

 birch, of rapid growth, with the bark of its stem and 

 branches of a color most effective in winter, and a plant 

 worthy of general attention. B. alba aurea is, perhaps, a 

 more striking novelty. Its characteristics distinguishing 

 it from the former are that the leaves in summer are of 

 constant yellow, and associated with the purple and white 

 form it becomes of great value. It is not much known 



