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holding much of its foliage during winter, which renders it a 

 sub-evergreen ; the leaves are oblong, lanceolate, and ser- 

 rated; the flowers are white, and are produced in small and 

 delicate clusters, and are succeeded in autumn by small ber- 

 ries. There are numerous other species of the Viburnum, 

 such as the cassinoides, dentatum, prunifoliuna, acerifolium, 

 8cc. all of which have their peculiarities, and are suitable for 

 an extensive and diversified shrubbery, The Laurustinus is 

 also a species of Viburnum, but although it withstands the 

 winters of England, it will not support those of Long-Island, 

 and cannot therefore be treated of under the head of hardy 

 shrubs. 



Willow^ or Salix. This genus includes trees from those 

 of very lofty growth down to the most diminutive shrubs r 

 natives of regions far remote from each other. They may 

 all be increased by seeds, layers, or scions. 



Salix bubylonica, or Weeping. This is more disseminated 

 in our country than any other exotic species, and may be 

 considered as the most ornamental of the whole number. It 

 is partial to a moist situation, and is said to be a native of the 

 banks of the Euphrates, whence its specific title. It, how- 

 ever, flourishes in almost any situation, spreading its roots 

 to a great distance in the earth, and extracting, by their wide 

 extension, the necessary sustenance for a lofty development. 

 It will attain to the height of from 40 to 50 feet, or more, 

 forming a fine majestic and spreading head, with its long 

 pendulous branches gracefully drooping on all sides: and 

 this tree is calculated, when standing distinct, to form, by its 

 fine outline and peculiar elegance, one of the most pleasing 

 variations in ornamental pleasure grounds. Its growth is 

 very rapid, ancl it consequently soon becomes of a size to af- 

 ford shade and ornament. It is said, that in ancient times, 

 lovers' garlands were made of the wreaths of this tree, the 

 branches of which are so slender and pliable It has also, in 

 latter years, been frequently selected as suitable for planting 

 in burial grounds, or to mark the existence of insulated 

 tombs; and a tree of this species now droops its branches 

 over the remains of that arbiter of empires the much per- 

 secuted Napoleon. At a lonely spot, selected by himself, 

 near his abode of Longwood, lies entombed the man, of 

 whom history must hereafter record this mighty truth, that 

 the concentrated energies of the most powerful empires 

 were scarcely able to parry his single arm, and to whom, 

 after depriving him of all power, garrisoning his country 



