Cbe national iDumrjnnan. 
FOR GROWERS AND DEALERS IN NURSERY STOCK 
The National Nurseryman Publishing Co., Incorporated 
Vol. XXVI. HATBORO, PENN. MARCH, 1918 No. 3 
LAWN SPECIMENS 
I N our last issue we figured the Weeping Beech, lii 
direct conlrast in style of growth is the present sub¬ 
ject, Maidenhair Tree, Ginkgo, Salisburia adianti- 
folia as it is variously called. From obseiwations of this 
trt'e for the last twenty years, the writer is perhaps in¬ 
clined to appear a little over partial, but if so it is not 
without reason for no tree seems to have quite so many 
good points for use as a lawn specimen. 
The first thing that strikes even the casual observer is 
its distinctiveness. There is no other tree like it, either 
A handsome specimen of the Ginkgo, Salisburia adiantifolia. This tree always looks well near buildings. 
