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were taken from it; and trees propagated from this 

 original may now be found in various parts of the 

 world. By many, this tree was supposed to have 

 been of the variety known as the Curled Willow : but 



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this appears to be an error. 



The Curled Willow, whose leaves are curled into 

 rings, or twisted up like corkscrews, is nothing more 

 than a curious variety of the Weeping Willow ; it is 

 of rather a dwarf habit, and the crisp and parched 

 appearance of the leaves destroys much of the beau- 

 tiful effect of the drooping of the branches 



Scarcely anything, it may be said, enters so deeply 

 into the beauty of a landscape as the great variety 

 noticeable in the outline presented by different trees, 

 as well as the multiplicity of the shape, size and color 

 of the foliage. The tall spire of the Lombardy Poplar, 

 with its small, opaque leaves, peers far above the 

 rounded tops of the Maples and Lindens; and the 

 sharp-pointed cone of the Cypress forms a fine con- 

 trast with the irregular outline of the Tulip Tree ; 

 while on the deep, dark back-ground, formed by the 

 large and heavy leaves of the Oak and Hickory, 

 stands out in pleasing prominence the fine, light, and 

 silvery foliage of the Willow. 



The Elm also assumes a very prominent position 

 in the American Landscape ; and the eye cannot fail 

 to rest with pleasure upon its beautiful outline. It 

 is in the northern and eastern States that it attains 

 the greatest perfection. The trunk rises to the height 

 of 60 or 70 feet, insensibly diminishing in thickness 

 from the base, until it is lost in the minute ramifica- 



