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more slender drooping branches, and with delicately cut leaves, 

 that attract and please every observer. 



The EVER-FLOWERING WEEPING CHERRY Oerasus semper 

 florem. This is of comparatively recent introduction, and forms 

 a charming tree of a decided drooping habit, and producing a 

 succession of flowers and fruit all the season. 



The DWARF WEEPING CHERRY Cerasus pumila. For small 

 grounds, points on the outskirts of a group, or other positions 

 where a limited space only can be allowed, this is one of the 

 prettiest of weepers. Its branches are slender and decidedly 



FIG. 21. DVVAEF WEEPING CHERRY, 



drooping, growing freely, and forming a charmingly graceful 

 little round head. 



The SCOTCH WEEPING ELM Vlmus montana pendula. The 

 habit of this variety of weeping elm is very irregular, sometimes 

 spreading its branches fan-like, at others drooping them almost 

 perpendicularly downward. It is a tree of rapid growth, with . 

 an abundance of coarse, heavy, dark foliage, that is suitable for 

 positions where it can have abundance of room, and where it 

 will be viewed at some little distance. This is the variety 

 generally found in the nurseries ; but there are two varieties of 

 more recent introduction, which we consider superior in growth, 

 as they certainly are in symmetry of form. 



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