194 Weeping Trees, as Ornaments of 



really weeping trees have yet been brought to notice, it will 

 be at once apparent how small is the chance of seedlings 

 sporting into such a form. The only weeping tree yet 

 raised in this country, is a variety of the peach, selected 

 from a bed of seedlings, by Mr. Wm. Reid, nurseryman, of 

 Elizabethtown, N. J. It possesses a very pendant habit, and 

 unless grafted very high, the branches soon trail upon the 

 ground. 



The notion has been prevalent, to a great extent, that 

 weeping trees are produced, by inserting the grafts of any 

 kind of tree upside, down ; that is, inserting the scion, so 

 that the shoots, when they push, will grow downwards ! 

 Indeed, the mode was recommended in one of the horticul- 

 tural periodicals, last year. It is scarcely worth while to at- 

 tempt to refute a statement, showing such utter ignorance of 

 all the laws of vegetable growth, as the least reflection would 

 at once convince any intelligent person of its complete ab- 

 surdity. All weeping trees are natural sports from the nor- 

 mal form, and horticultural art has not yet been able to 

 accomplish such a result. 



In the great inquiry for weeping trees, we have thought 

 that we could not occupy a few pages to more advantage 

 than in making our readers acquainted with the limited num- 

 ber that have been introduced to notice. Such a list will 

 enable all who desire to possess such trees, to make their 

 selections more readily, and to choose such as are adapted to 

 particular situations. For cemeteries, all the kinds are admi- 

 rably suited, being almost as pendent as the willow, and at 

 the same time afl'ording a variety of foliage, different shades 

 of verdure, a pleasing ramification of the spray in winter, 

 and other peculiarities, which render them at all times inter- 

 esting and beautiful. 



The following are twelve of the most popular and well 

 known kinds. Others have been recently brought to notice, 

 but are so rare, that we leave a notice of them to a future 

 time : — 



1. The Larger Weeping Ash. {Fraxinus excelsior, var. 

 pendula.) This is one of the oldest varieties of weeping 



