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genus already described, they are short-lived, liable to injury 

 from insects and fungous pests, and the cherries especially 

 to injury to the trunk by freezing. One of the most beauti- 

 ful is the 



Japanese Weeping Cherry (Prunus pendula). While 

 young this is one of the most beautiful objects ever 

 introduced. It is, however, grafted upon an upright stock, 

 and we have thus far found nothing as a stock that 



FIG. 105. Weeping Beech (F. syl., pendula). 



will withstand the climate of middle and northern New 

 England, where the trunk is split open by the action of 

 frosts. Further south it may not be injured in this way 

 by severe winters. 



Weeping Dogwood (Cornus florida, var. pendula). 

 This small tree is not more beautiful than the upright form 

 of the species already described, but it is unique and attrac- 

 tive when well grown. 



