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time upon the tree. The leaves are much like those of the 
common Dogwood. Although the blossoms are produced 
when the plant is quite a bush, yet it must attain some age 
before the fruit sets. Altogether, the Cornelian cherry is 
one of the most desirable of small trees. 
The Salisburia, or Ginko Tree. 
Nat. Ord. Taxacese. Lin. Syst. Moncecia, Polyandria. 
This fine exotic tree, which appears to be perfectly hardy 
in this climate, is one of the most singular in its foliage that 
has ever come under our observation. The leaves are 
wedge-shaped, or somewhat triangular, attached to the 
petioles at one of the angles, and pale yellowish green in 
colour ; the ribs or veins, instead of diverging from the 
central mid-rib of the leaf, as is commonly the case in 
dicotyledonous plants, are all parallel ; in short, they almost 
exactly resemble, (except in being three or ‘ four times as 
large,) those of the beautiful Maiden hair fern, ( Adiantum ,) 
common in our woods : being thickened at the edges, and 
notched on the margin in a similar manner. The male 
flowers are yellow, sessile catkins ; the female is seated in a 
curious kind of cup, formed by the enlargement of the sum- 
mit of the peduncle. The fruit is a drupe, about an inch in 
length, containing a nut, which, according to Dr. Abel, is 
almost always to be seen for sale in the markets of China 
and Japan, the native country of this tree. They are eaten, 
after having been roasted or boiled, and are considered 
excellent. 
