THE STORY OF THE GINKGO 



tution, in 1878, and seeds from this tree were sent 

 to the Arnold Arboretum. Trees in Central Park, 

 New York City, have fruited for a number of years 

 past. So, too, have those in Washington, D. C, and 

 others in various parts of the country. 



In England the tallest Maidenhair-tree is said to 

 grow at Melbury, Dorchester, which in 1904 was 

 more ,than 80 feet tall, but the best known example 

 is that' in Kew Gardens a male tree, 64 feet 9 inches 

 tall and 10 feet 7 inches in girth of trunk. At 

 Frogmore, one of the gardens belonging to England's 

 King, there is a Ginkgo-tree which in 1904 measured 

 74 feet in height and 9 feet 3 inches in girth of trunk. 

 At Blaize Castle, near Bristol, there is a tree 68 feet 

 tall and 9 feet 3 inches in girth of trunk in 1906; 

 it is graceful in habit and said to have come from 

 Japan on the same ship with the one at Kew and 

 another in the Bishop's garden at Wells, Somerset- 

 shire. In Wales the finest example known is at 

 Morgan Park, Glamorganshire, which in 1904 was 

 about 70 feet tall and 6 feet in girth of trunk. 



On the continent of Europe, where the climate is 

 apparently more to the tree's liking, many magnifi- 

 cent Ginkgos may be seen. In the Botanic Gardens 

 at Milan there are handsome specimens; growing in 

 the old botanical garden at Geneva are a male and a 

 female tree planted in 181 5; in 1905 the male meas- 



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