Word: gingko
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Cambridge residents may not have appreciated experimental research, but they did enjoy the bright, colorful display of rare plants and trees. The Gardens were a showplace for visitors; several generations of citizens spent summer afternoons in the shade of the big Austrian Pine and the prehistoric Gingko tree...
...Well," commented an old bystander watching this week's construction progress, "it was a nice place to take your girl walking ... I hope they save the Gingko tree...
...hire a business manager to care for it. Not everything in it is the smallest in the world because it includes such miscellany as the eardrum of a whale, a barnacle from the battleship Oregon, a horny oyster, a pair of musical balls from China, an opalized gingko tree. But notable among the costly peeweeana are the following...
...Manhattan, a policeman was assigned last week to guard a gingko tree in City Hall Park from vandals who believe a piece of gingko brings good luck. The tree, a gift to the city from some Buddhists, was personally planted by Mayor James John Walker...
...Perhaps the finest, largest gingko in the U. S. is on the grounds of Henry Douglas Pierce, No. 1415 North Meridian St., Indianapolis. The Pierce gingko is more than 8 ft. around. Planted when no larger than a walking stick, it grew amazingly, its roots bathed in soapy drainage from the Pierce laundry. The gingko, bright yellow in autumn, has a curious habit of shed-cling each and every one of its leaves in a single night...