GINKGO; MAIDE1.11AIR TREE (Salisburia adiantifolia). to 50 feet. A tall, tapering, pyramidal tree, with central trunk and short side branches, much planted as an ornamental and street tree in Eastern cities, notably Washington, D. C. The leaves, clustered on very short side twigs, have the shape of the maidenhair fern's, and similar venation. The blade spreads out like'a fan, from the short petiole, and there is usually one deep slit that parts the green expanse. Unbranched veins
radiate from the petiole to the margin. Leathery and dark green, the leaves gradually turn yellow and fall. The fruit is a fleshy, oily, soft drupe, like a plum, whose pit is roasted and used as salted almonds are, by Chinese, who know the tre, as a native of their country.