. The care of trees in lawn, street and park. With a list of trees and shrubs for decorative use. Trees; Trees. 226 Trees for Shade and Ornament A. Pinsapo Boiss. {2,^), 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. Cilicica Carr. (34), from Asia Minor, is hardy on the whole, but liable to damage by frost; a small tree with foliage dark green above, silvery white Fig. 6
. The care of trees in lawn, street and park. With a list of trees and shrubs for decorative use. Trees; Trees. 226 Trees for Shade and Ornament A. Pinsapo Boiss. {2,^), 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. Cilicica Carr. (34), from Asia Minor, is hardy on the whole, but liable to damage by frost; a small tree with foliage dark green above, silvery white Fig. 6g. — Abies Veitchii S. & Z. A. Veitchii S. & Z. (35), and homolepis S. &. Z. (16), both from Japan, are both very hardy and of the most beautiful form when young. Gingko. G. biloba Linn. (37) {Salisbiiria 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, conica] 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 single 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 covmtry, absolutely free from Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Fernow, B. E. (Bernhard Eduard), 1851-1923. New York Holt
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