46 LAWN AND SHADE TREES. 



habits of foliage or spray, as exhibited in the American elm, 

 black birch, or wild cherry. 



For planting on the borders of ponds, or streams of running 

 water, or as symbols of sympathy between the living and the 

 dead in cemeteries, they are all valuable; and with judicious 

 knowledge of their expansion in growth, to arrange them on 

 lots or in positions suitable to their future lives, they can not be 

 too much used. 



FIQ. 18. EUROPEAN WEEPING ASH. 



The EUROPEAN WEEPING ASH Fraxinus excelsior pendula. 

 This is one of the oldest varieties of weeping trees known, and 

 more extensively planted than any. It was discovered about 

 the middle of the last century, growing in a field in England. 

 The branches are stiff, and can not be called graceful in their 

 downward curves; but its clean, glossy foliage and its very 

 rapid growth render it one of the most valuable, especially for 

 forming arbors. 



