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tree. The foliage is very fine and feather-like, and in the 

 spring of the most delicate green color, which gives very 

 beautiful eifects in contrast with other foliage or by itself. 

 It is easily transplanted and succeeds upon the poorest of 

 soil. The lateral branches should be encouraged to make 

 a full growth by heading in the top while young, yet at 

 the same time its regular pyramidal habit of growth should 

 be preserved. 



Weeping Trees. 



Few more beautiful objects can be seen than some of the 

 many weeping trees that are now being offered by nearly 

 all of our nurserymen. They possess beauty of form, grace 

 in outline, and often produce beautiful flowers. They are 

 especially adapted to planting upon the lawn. Most of the 

 trees of this type are grafted upon other stocks, which in 

 many cases results in a smaller or slower growth and adds 

 very much to their cost. 



LIST OF WEEPING TREES. 



Maple, Cut-leaved Weeping. Mulberry, Weeping. 



Birch, Cut-leaved Weeping. Willow, Babylon Weeping. 

 Cherry, Weeping Japanese. " Kilmarnock Weeping. 



Dogwo >d, Weeping. " Thurlow's Weeping. 



Beech, Weeping. " Purple or Arn. Weeping. 



Ash, Weeping. Elm, Camperdovvn. 

 Poplar, Weeping. 



CUT- LEAVED WEEPING MAPLE (Acer dasycarpum, var. 

 laciniatum) , Fig. 84. A very graceful weeping tree with 

 deeply cut leaves, dark green above and silvery white 

 beneath. When allowed to grow without care, it often 

 forms forked branches that are liable to split down with 



