. Aspects of plant life; with special reference to the British flora. Plants. THE SACRED GINKGO 163 Races which once formed vast and lofty forests are now represented by a few lowly herbs; and it is diffi- cult to recognize in the tiny Selaginella of our moors the representative of the gigantic Club-mosses of Car- boniferous days. But certain plants still living retain. Fig, 27.—Leaf of Maidenhair Tree (Ginkgo biloba). §. to a great extent the features of their ancestors of the ancient rocks. One of the most interesting of these is the Maidenhair Tree (Ginkgo, biloba), well known as a sacred t
. Aspects of plant life; with special reference to the British flora. Plants. THE SACRED GINKGO 163 Races which once formed vast and lofty forests are now represented by a few lowly herbs; and it is diffi- cult to recognize in the tiny Selaginella of our moors the representative of the gigantic Club-mosses of Car- boniferous days. But certain plants still living retain. Fig, 27.—Leaf of Maidenhair Tree (Ginkgo biloba). §. to a great extent the features of their ancestors of the ancient rocks. One of the most interesting of these is the Maidenhair Tree (Ginkgo, biloba), well known as a sacred tree in the East, and apparently preserved to us through the last few thousand years owing to this custom, as it does not seem to exist. 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 Praeger, R. Lloyd (Robert Lloyd), 1865-1953. London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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