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Trees for Shade and Ornament 



A. Pinsapo Boiss. {2,^), from Spain, is a small tree for southern 

 planting, merely as a specimen tree for the interest of its peculiar, rigid, 

 sharp-pointed, thick foliage, set around its branches and shoots, giv- 

 ing it a stiff unique appearance, entirely different from all other firs. 



A. Cilicica Carr. (34), from Asia Minor, is hardy on the whole, 

 but liable to damage by frost; a small tree with foliage dark green 

 above, silvery white below. 



Fig. 6g. — Abies Veitchii S. & Z. 



A. Veitchii S. & Z. (35), and homolepis S. &. Z. (16), both from Japan, 

 are both very hardy and of the most beautiful form when young. 



Gingko. G. biloba Linn. (37) {Salisbiiria adiantifolia), Maiden Hair 

 Tree, a medium-sized tree from northern China, is the most interesting 

 and unique conifer, a botanical curiosity, with broad, fan-shaped, decid- 

 uous leaves instead of needles, and fleshy, berry-like (ill-smelling) fruit 

 instead of cones. It is quite hardy in New York, and semi-hardy as 

 far north as Ottawa. It is picturesque rather than ornamental, with a 

 straggling branch habit, of irregular, open, conica] form (with occa- 

 sional exceptions). Although used for street planting in Washington, 

 it is hardly to be recommended for this purpose, on account of its form 

 and undesirable fruit. It is best planted in single specimens on lawns 

 and near houses, and perhaps massed with deciduous trees and shrubs 

 of leathery, dark green foliage. It is a very rapid grower and, in this 

 covmtry, absolutely free from insects. 



