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trees, and was discovered about the middle of the last cen- 

 tury, in a field in Cambridgeshire, England ; and the original 

 specimen, in 1835, measured six feet in circumference, at one 

 foot from the ground. It was a long time before nursery- 

 men began to propagate it, and the oldest trees in Britain, 

 besides the parent, are supposed to be of about seventy years' 

 growth. It has the same foliage as the common English 

 ash, of which it is a variety, and only differs in its pendulous 

 branches. It forms a perfect drooping tree ; and frequently, 

 the shoots of three or four years' growth, grafted ten feet 

 high, touch the ground. On this account, it should always 

 be grafted as high as possible, so that the branches may have 

 room to droop, without trailing upon the earth. This vari- 

 ety is finely adapted for forming arbors ; we saw several in 

 our tour in England, the branches and foliage of which 

 were so thick, that they completely screened the trunk from 

 sight. Around the trunk a circular seat was erected, thus 

 forming a perfect arbor. It is very hardy, and of ra])id 

 growth. 



2. The GoLD-BARKED Weeping Ash. {F. excelsior, vaj\pen- 

 dula alirea.) This is in all respects similar to the last named, 

 except that the bark is of a bright golden, or orange yellow, 

 and has a striking appearance, after the leaves have fallen, in 

 winter and spring. It is yet quite rare. It is hardy, and 

 grows rapidly. 



3. The Lentiscus-leaved Weeping Ash. {F.leniiscifdlia, 

 var. pendula.) This is a more graceful tree than either of 

 the above. The branches are almost as slender as a willow, 

 and the foliage, which is much smaller, renders it a desirable 

 and elegant tree. It is scarcely as hardy as the others, some- 

 times losing a few of its branches, in severe winters ; but its 

 rapid growth soon makes up for the loss. It is yet rare, and 

 but little known. We have two fine specimens of this in 

 our collection, each fifteen feet high, which droop their 

 branches upon the ground. 



4. The Weeping Scotch Elm. (Vlmus montana, var. 

 pendula.) This is a very ornamental tree. Its foliage is 

 similar to the Scotch elm, of which it is undoubtedly a vari- 



