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and not unfrequeutly the force of the wind, 

 carries it gradually, as its age and weight increase, 

 towards the water and gives' to it the pendulous 

 habit it would not otherwise have. 



'The Weeping Willow,' the author of 'Forest 

 Scenery' thinks, 'is a very picturesque tree,' 

 but he does not consider it (he was doubtless 

 referring to it in its summer dress) 'adapted 

 to sublime subjects.' He, however, considers 

 that ' the Weeping Willow is the only one of its 

 tribe that is beautiful.' 



Very handsome, but with a peculiar and 

 decided character in its ramification, is the Wild 

 Cherry Tree (page 112). The lower part of the 

 bole is channelled and appears, as is the case with 

 trees already mentioned and others, to hold the 

 ground as if by claws. Its stem rises erect and 

 tapers gradually, giving off equally all around it, 

 with perfect regularity, branches which are first 

 arched and then droop. The tree would thus 

 assume a weeping form, but for the turning up, 

 more or less, at the ends of the boughs, of the 

 twigs and spray. The angles made by the 

 branches with the trunk are very broad, nearly, in 



