Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 587
rom the ginkgo-tree. The ginkgo is a Chinese tree which came to Englandby way of Japan, and to the United States by way of Eng-land. It is proving itself to be perfectly hardy, and isplanted in greater numbers year by year. That which astonishes the observer is the singularcharacter of its leaves.… … the ginkgo-leaf. Did you ever see any other tree leaf with parallel veins? specific names of the tree is adia?itifolia. They are notevergreen ; they turn yellow and drop in late autumn, inthat respect partaking of the character of the larch and thebald cypress.—Keeler in Our Native Trees. igo8.]…
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