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FOR GROWERS AND DEALERS IN NURSERY STOCK 
The National Nurseryman Publishing Co., Incorporated. 
Vol. XXII. . ROCHESTER, N. Y., OCTOBER, 1913 No. 10 
GINKGO BILOBA 
The Ginkgo hiloha, or Salisburia adiantijolia, commonly 
known as the Maidenhair Tree, is no longer a rare tree in the 
Eastern United States, at the same time it is comparatively 
unknown to many who really take an interest in trees. It is 
in fairly good demand among the eastern trade and would 
become much more so if it were more talked about and 
demonstrated by the retailers. 
It is a tree that is so distinct 
and so alone in its appearance 
that there is no substitute 
for it. When the landscape 
gardener wants it for a certain 
position he wants it because 
there is nothing else that will 
do. 
As to its merits, the writer 
has watched it for fully twenty 
years under all conditions and 
as an ornamental tree does not 
know of a single demerit that 
can be truthfully used against 
it, except the objection to the 
fruit. 
While it is a tree that cannot 
be used in place of such as the 
Maple or be as generally used, it could be very liberally 
planted to the great advantage of our streets, avenues, parks 
and lawns, and it is suitable for them all, that have such a 
tendency towards monotony. 
According to the late Thomas Meehan it is a type of tree 
that has come down from prehistoric times unchanged from 
its ancient form. The fossils found in rocks from the carbonif¬ 
erous period show the tree identical with its present form. 
In botanical classification it is placed among the conifers. It 
is a monotypic genus, having only one species. It comes in 
between the coniferous and deciduous trees, and may be 
considered as a connecting link as it were or a conifer with 
deciduous leaves. Those who have handled it in the nursery 
have doubtless noted the tendency to grow very symmetrical, 
with an outline similar to the Lombardy Poplar, but it is just 
as likely to send a branch at right angles. In matured speci¬ 
mens it is difficult to decide which is the most picturesque, 
trees having branches at all angles as it were, giving an open 
spreading tree, or those that grow very synunetrical and 
close. The branching habit has given rise to a considerable 
controversy as to whether there are two distinct forms or not. 
There are several recognized forms or variations to be met 
with in Europe, pendula, a weeping one, laciniata, with a 
deeply indented margin to the leaves and a variegated one. 
It is a native of northern China but is only found under 
cultivation so that maybe it s continued existence is due to 
the care of the Chinese horticulturist for so many centuries. 
It is hardy in most of the 
eastern states of America as far 
north as the Gulf of St. Law¬ 
rence and even parts of Can¬ 
ada. It grows luxuriously in 
the latitude of Philadelphia 
and south and has been freely 
planted in Washington, D. C., 
as a street tree. 
By many it is considered 
one of the best of street trees 
owing to its smoke and gas 
resisting qualities. 
Being dioecious, that is hav¬ 
ing the male and female flowers 
on separate trees, the objection 
to fruiting trees can be reme¬ 
died by grafting trees in the 
nursery from trees of the stami- 
nate form, but so far the nurseryman finds ready sale for all 
he can grow regardless of sex. 
The first Maidenhair trees that were introduced into the 
United States early in the last century were said to be all 
female. Later seed was procured by the Botanic Gardens at 
Washington: when they grew up there were a number of male 
trees among them. One of these was brought to Philadelphia 
and planted in Woodlawn Cemetery and it is claimed pollen- 
ized the trees fully ten miles away (in Germantown), as there 
were no mature male trees there at that time. 
Seed should be sown in spring and readily germinates 
invariably producing a good stand. The seedlings may be 
left in the beds two or three years and then transplanted to 
the nursery rows. 
THE RAY PEACH 
In point of sales of young trees, the Ray peach stands with 
us next to Elberta. We have 2,000 trees of this variety and 
they are loaded with fruit of the finest quality. They are 
bringing $2.00 per Georgia carrier today f. o. b. shipping 
station. 
THE RAY PEACH IS STRONG GROWING AND SYMMETRICAL 
