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Weeping Mulberry (Moms alba, var. laciniata pen' 

 dula), Fig. 1 06. One of the most graceful and beautiful 

 fountain-shaped trees. Its branches are slender and fall 

 away from the upright stock upon which it is grafted in a 

 very graceful fountain-like manner, and its deeply cut and 



FIG. 107. Camperdown Elm (Ulmus scabra, var. pendula). 



lobed bright-green leaves add much to its lightness and 

 beauty. It has thus far proved hardy and free from disease 

 or insect pest. 



Babylon Weeping Willow (Salix babylonica). The largest 

 and most rapidly growing of the very graceful weeping trees; 

 it is a very beautiful tree, but has some of the faults of other 



