THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
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Tillage of Orchards.” Prof. F. W. Taylor talked of the St. 
Louis exposition. C. H. Perkins reported on transportation 
rates. H. S. Wiley reported on the state fair exhibit. The 
annual meeting next year will be held in Geneva, N. Y. The 
society has 1,100 members. 
SALISBURIA ADIANTIFOLIA. 
Editor National Nurseryman : 
Old nurserymen will scarcely agree with W. A. Merrill, of 
Cornell University, as per bulletin noticed by you in January 
number, that the ginkgo is a ‘‘new tree.” It was introduced 
into England from Japan in 1754, and many fine specimens 
are to be found there. I remember a tree of it at Longleat in 
1854, being then over thirty feet in height, which has now at¬ 
tained a large size. I found a tree of it on grounds on East 
avenue, Rochester, N. Y., when I took charge of the place in 
1859, which is now a fine specimen; and to my knowledge 
this tree has never been hurt in the least by severe weather. 
There are many fine samples of it here in this city and I hope 
they will increase in number in the near future. 
I can add my testimony to its being a very interesting tree. 
Its leaves are shaped like the Adiantum ferns and the name it 
is best known by is “Maiden Hair Tree.” It is also interest¬ 
ing as being one of the existing trees of prehistoric times, be¬ 
ing found in coal formations in various localities. It was 
named after Richard Anthony Salisbury, an eminent English 
botanist. As a street tree and for other places adapted for it, 
it is a unique and perfect variety. It is not much um¬ 
brageous and does not throw a dense shade, but it has other 
desirable qualities to make up for it. It transplants as readily 
as the ubiquitous Carolina popular, at any size, and will 
succeed in any good, well-drained soil. Although it does not 
make a quick start after transplanting for a season or two, it 
soon gets over its removal and grows satisfactorily. 
We have distributed it by hundreds for several years past 
and hope to see it more freely used in the future. 
I think if this tree were used alone as a memorial tree, to 
which position I would urge its use, greater interest would be 
attached to memorial trees, as they being so distinct would 
convey memorial thought when and wherever seen. 
It does not suffer from any insect pest whatever, and will 
take care of itself. It is one of the conifers (cone-bearing). 
The male flowers are produced on one tree and the female 
flowers on another. It has frequently borne seed at Wash¬ 
ington, D. C.; also at Philadelphia, Pa. I think its planting 
should be encouraged as much as possible, but be sure to give 
it its right location. 
John Charlton, of 
John Charlton & Sons. 
Rochester, N. Y., Jan. 22, 1903. 
[In the Cyclopedia of American Horticulture, W. A. Tay¬ 
lor, assistant pomologist, U. S. Division of Pomology, Wash¬ 
ington, D. C., says of the ginkgo, or Kew tree : “ Introduced 
to America early in the century, and generally successful on 
good soil in the eastern states as far north as Eastern Massa¬ 
chusetts and Central Michigan and along the St. Lawrence 
river in parts of Canada. Of special value for solitary plant¬ 
ing to secure picturesque effects. Considerably planted in 
Washington, D. C., where it is growing in esteem as a street 
tree because of its upright habit and freedom from insect in¬ 
jury. Easily propagated from seed, stratified in autumn ; 
varieties by budding and grafting. Several horticultural forms 
are recognized, including laciniata, pedula and variegata. The 
foul odor of the ripe fruits, which continue to mature and 
drop during a period of some weeks, constitutes the chief ob¬ 
jection to the species as a street tree, or near dwellings and 
suggests the advisability of propagating from staminate trees 
by grafting or budding, for planting in such locations. The 
kernels, which have a sweetish, slightly resinous flavor, are 
highly esteemed for food in China and Japan, and are gath¬ 
ered from fruiting trees in Washington for such use by Chi¬ 
nese laundrymen. The word ginkgo seems to be pronounced 
with a hard initial G in the Orient, but in the English a soft 
G should be used. The name is often spelled gingko, but 
the other spelling is preferable, because Linnaeus spelled it so 
in the generic name.” — Editor.] 
BEN DAVIS’ MARRIAGE TO A WESTERN BEAUTY. 
Ben Davis was a Wealthy Mann. He was married to a Western 
Beauty by the name of Caroline R. June in Early Harvest by a 
Fameuse Dominie by the name of Gideon. They journeyed by Horse 
to Lowell, where they were seen by a Northern Spy by the name of 
Jonathan Baldwin, who was drunk on Smith’s Cider and who lives on tha 
St. Lawrence tributary to the Wolf River. He was Stark mad and saw 
Stars in mid-day which made the Maiden Blush. An Arkansas Black 
Senator, Peter Longfleld, by name, a perfect Paragon, was sitting on a 
Stump near a Smoke House eating a Golden Sweet Winter Banana 
that was very Early Ripe, bought at Cooper’s Market. He saluted the 
Lady who wore a Red Astrachan and carried on her arm a McIntosh 
fit for a Bisraark or even a King, and upon her corsage she wore a Bell¬ 
flower imported from Ontario by a gentleman by the name of Rolfe 
Vandevere, who is employed by the Duchess of Oldenburg, wife of 
Alexander Wagener, Esq., nephew of the late Walter Pease, Primate 
of Lankford, whose marriage to Lady Henniker, daughter of the York 
Imperial and author of Ivanhoe, was such an Opalescent failure. We 
recall that he borrowed money of a Wine Sap-ped Jew by the name of 
Gravenstein and Haas never paid it back and Swaars he never will. 
This couple visited Pewaukee, stopping at Hotel Salome, where the 
Porter cared for their baggage. They attended Ewalt theatre and en¬ 
joyed the great Russian actors—Sitovka, Tetofsky, Arabskoe, and also 
Talman’s Sweet voice. Belle de Boskoop’s “Sweet” Bough, in re¬ 
sponse to an encore was exquisite. The after theatre lunch consisted 
of Jersey Sweet potatoes, Delaware Red herring and Chenango Straw* - 
berrys with Canada Red wine. They returned home via Greenville, 
on account of Maxson’s Early morning telegram inviting them to visit 
Peck’s Pleasant summer residence at Baxter. They will spend next 
winter at Scott’s Winter home at Spitzenburg in company with their 
friends, Mr. and Mrs. R. I. Greening (nee Benoni Boiken of Walker, 
formerly known as Walker’s Beauty), where Mr. Davis will receive 
treatment for the injury caused by being struck by a Mammoth Black 
Twig, by the well known specialist, Dr. Hubbardston Nonesuch Wal- 
bridge. 
(Copyrighted, 1903, by Chas. A. Maxson.) 
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