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Uncle Philip, when he found his bud turned 

 into a beautiful tree !" 



" Yes, I dare say he was ; and remember 

 that for all the pleasure it gave him he was 

 indebted to observation : many people would 

 never have perceived the bud at all, in their 

 eagerness to get at the figs ; and many others 

 who might have seen it, would not have 

 noticed it, but left it to be burnt or otherwise 

 destroyed. Mr. Pope made use of his eyes 

 and thought, and had a fine tree for his 

 pains." 



" But, Uncle Philip, do you think that a 

 bud would live so long after the branch on 

 which it grew was cut from the tree ?" 



" Why, my dear, I must say that I think it 

 rather doubtful ; still, however, it is possible, 

 and we know that the buds and branches of 

 trees will sometimes sprout a very long time 

 after they have been cut. But it is time for 

 us to come back to our willows. 



" Although the weeping willow is not a 

 native of the United States, there are a great 

 many kinds of willow that do grow naturally 

 in this country ; but none of them are either 

 large or useful. In Europe there is a species 

 of willow, different from the weeping willow, 



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