TREES TOLD BY THEIR FORM 



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GINGKO OR MAIDENHAIR TEEE_(Gingko bikba) 



Distinguishing characters: The peculiar branches of 

 this tree emerge upward from a straight tapering trunk 



FIG. 44. Gingko Trees. 



at an angle of about 45 and give to the whole -tree a strik- 

 ing, Oriental appearance, which is quite different from 

 that of any other tree, Fig. 44. 



Leaf: Like that of the maidenhair fern, Fig. 45. 



