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LAWN AND SHADE TREES. 



almost perpendicularly downward. For creating a distinct, 

 strongly-marked, and attractive feature for universal admiration 

 on the skirts of a lawn, it has no superior. 



The EUROPEAN WEEPING BIRCH Betula penduU.A. tree of 

 rapid, upright, spreading growth, that while young exhibits 

 very little of a drooping habit, and even when old is not marked 



FIG. 20. CUT-LEAVED WEEPING BIBCH. 



as a weeper, like many others. It is, however, very graceful, 

 and as it increases in years presents more and more of the pensile 

 features that, combined with its delicate foliage, make it a 

 charming tree for grouping with others of a like slender spray 

 and airy foliage. 



The CUT-LEAVED WEEPING BTRCH Betula lasdniata pendula. 

 An elegant, erect tree, similar to the preceding, but with 



