CHAPTER XII 



WEEPING TREES AND THEIR USES 



IT is not at all easy to define special uses for trees 

 of weeping habit, but it is safe to use them nearly 

 singly and not in immediate connection with trees 

 of quite upright form. The point in the weeping 

 tree is a certain grace of drooping line, such as one 

 enjoys in the drooping racemes of many of the 

 papilionaceous flowers such as Wistaria, Laburnum, 

 and Robinia. Nothing is gained by accentuating 

 the peculiarity by a direct association with trees of 

 an opposite way of growth. It is better rather to 

 place the weeping trees near rounded masses of 

 shrub and small tree for example, a Weeping Birch 

 would group well with a clump of Rhododendrons. 



Near water weeping trees seem to be specially 

 effective. An instance of this is shown in the 

 familiar Weeping Willow, but one at a time seems 

 as much as is wanted. 



As a general rule, we strongly advocate planting 

 in groups, whether in the case of trees, shrubs, or 

 flowering plants, but the weeping trees are less 

 suited for grouping than any others. One Weeping 

 Willow is all very well, but a whole grove of them 

 would be monotonous and tiresome. 



The habit of some of the weeping trees can be 



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