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Saliv Balnjlonica. Naturai. Order: Sa/icacccc^Wi/hzi- Family. 



V^OT unlike a mass of fringe, it might be fancied, is a clump 

 ot Willows as seen against the sk}-, the small pointed foliage 

 and slender twigs producing that hazy, indistinct eftect. It is 

 a pleasing tree either when single or in groups, often indulg- 

 -^-^ mg in strange and grotesque contortions in its trunk and 

 *-,^^ blanches, which are most agreeable to an artist's eye, espe- 

 1 1 ilh w hen surrounded by trees of more prim and dignified bearing. 

 11 h all the varieties have an affinity for locations near streams 

 I ponds, or for low, wet meadow-lands, where the}- flourish in 

 liL ibundant moisture. They do not disdain, however, to grow in 

 othci and dryer localities, as the many promising shade trees will 

 tLstit\ Being easily propagated, it is probably one of the most 

 W-^" desiiable tiees for speedy growth. The Weeping Willow differs from 

 '\\h the common species merely in having long, pendulous branches, from 

 which It leceues its name, and in memory of the Israelilish assemblage 

 mentioned in Psalm cxxxvii., that hung their harps upon the Willows and wept 

 by the waters of Babylon. 



23rlantl|al^. 



/"'OME, rouse thee, dearest! 't 

 ^ To let the spirit brood 

 Thus darlily o'er the cares that 



Life's current to a flood. 

 As brooks and torrents, rivers. 



Alb the drain'd fountain, fill'd with autumn leaves. 

 The field swept naked of its garner'd sheaves; 

 So wastes at noon the promise of our dawn. 

 The springs all choking, and the harvest gone. 



-O. n: Holnus. 

 Increase the gulf in which thev fall, 

 Such thoughts, by gathering up tlie rills 

 Of lesser griefs, spread real ills; 

 And with their gloomv sli.ides conceal 

 The landmarks Hope would else reveal. 



not well 



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DL'T hail! thou goddess, sage and holy 

 ^ Hail! divinest melancholy! 

 Whose saintly vi.sage is too briijhl 



To hit the sense of human sight. 

 And therefore to our weaker viev 

 O'erlaid with black, staid wisdom' 





