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WILLOW OF BABYLON IN WESTERN CHINA 



THIS TREE IS A NATIVE OF CHINA AND IS NOT THE TREE RE- 

 FERRED TO IN PSALM CXXXVII, V. 1,2 WHICH WAS IN FACT A 

 POPLAR. THERE ARE MANY "WEEPINC" OR PENDANT BRANCHED 

 WILLOWS, SOME OF WHICH ARE MORE HARDY THAN THE " BABY- 

 LON" WILLOW, AND ARE VERY COMMONLY ACCEPTED FOR IT 



(Salix hahylonica) 



