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Show Trees OS Ogden And Vicinity By F. S. Baker. Kesearch Department. U. S. Forest Service.' District 4. Ocden ! Tow trees arc "occasionally plant-1 cd as ornaments. They look much like firs, but the leaves arc not resinous and they seldom grow to trees. Yard 25S0 Jefferson avenue. (Twenty-sixth (Twenty-sixth street side.) Maidenhair or Gingko is a Chlncso tree that Is more nearly like tho nodle bearing trees than broadlcafs. It has leaves of an odd appearance, something like maidenhair fern borne on short, apur-liko side twigs. This species Is the sole remainder of a large I group of fern-leaved trees which aro found only In fossils. IDven this tree grows wild no longer, but has been cultivated for centuries in China and Japan as a sacred tree around temples. tem-ples. Small specimen. In Lester Park! on loft hand side of path running rrom tho Jefferson avenuc-Twonty-fifth street entrance to the drinking fountain foun-tain nearly to fountain. Brondlcnf Trees. "Walnut Trees There are two kinds of walnuts In Ogden, both being dlstln- guishablo from other trees by having, coarse heavy twigs and compound! leaves, and ajlth in tho twigs that Is divided up into little chambers by thin dividing walls. The twigs look' something like catalpa, but the leaves on catalpa are opposite each other, I and the scars where leaves fall off arej nearly circular, whllo on walnut thoyl the triangular. Black "Walnut "Widely planted In Ogden, Twenty-fifth and Monroe, opposite op-posite high school. English Walnut This- tree has rather smooth light gray bark instead of very dark rough bark, like the black walnut. It usually makes a crooked tree here, .13 tho climate is too severe for its best development. The leaves a,ro much llko thoso of the black walnut. Several trees lnt Deaf and Blind school. Northwest side driveway to tho Virginia, near corner of Twenty-fourth and Adams. Poplar Trees Poplars and cotton-wood cotton-wood trees belong to this class. All of thorn have flowers in catkins that come out early in the spring before the leaves. The fruita are full of seeds covered with a cottony fuzz. Sinco tho malo and female flowers aro borne on separate trees only the male trees are planted as a rule so as to escape Iho nuisance of flying "cotton." Carolina poplar is one of the most commonly planted poplars. This name Is applied to male trees only, female Carolina poplars being called "cotton-wood." "cotton-wood." So a tree cannot havo "cotton" "cot-ton" and be a Carolina poplar. Tho leaves are largo and triangular on n. long slendor stem. Rows of trees between be-tween 653 and 659 Twenty-sixth street, 441 Twenty-seventh street, 2563 Adams. Ad-ams. (On south of house.) (Continued Tomorrow.) |