THE CURLED WILLOW. 1038 
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 
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- 
