226 Trees for Shade and Ornament 
A. Pinsapo Boiss. (33), 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. Crlicica Carr. (34), from Asia Minor, 1s hardy on the whole, 
but liable to damage by frost; a small tree with foliage dark green 
above, silvery white below. 
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A. Veitchit S. & Z. (35), and homolepis 8. &. Z. (16), both from Japan, 
are both very hardy and of the most beautiful form when young. 
Gingko. G. biloba Linn. (37) (Salisburia 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, conical 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 smgle 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 
country, absolutely free from insects. 
