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Salix Babplonica. Narurar Orver: Salicacee— Willow Family. 
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of Willows as seen against the sky, the small pointed foliage 
‘ and slender twigs producing that hazy, indistinct effect. It is 
a pleasing tree either when single or in groups, often indulg- 
ing in strange and grotesque contortions in its trunk and 
branches, which are most agreeable to an artist’s eye, espe- 
cially when surrounded by trees of more prim and dignified bearing. 
Nearly all the varieties have an affinity for locations near streams 
and ponds, or for low, wet meadow-lands, where they flourish in 
the abundant moisture. They do not disdain, however, to grow in 
other and dryer localities, as the many promising shade trees will 
testify. Being easily propagated, it is probably one of the most 
desirable trees for speedy growth. The Weeping Willow differs from 
ral A the common species merely in having long, pendulous branches, from 
‘ «which it receives its name, and in memory of the Israelitish assemblage 
mentioned in Psalm cxxxvii., that hung their harps upon the Willows and wept 
by the waters of Babylon. 
(Qetanchoty. 
S 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. W. Holmes. 
OME, rouse thee, dearest! ’tis not well Increase the gulf in which they fall, 
To let the spirit brood Such thoughts, by gathering up the rills 
Thus darkly o’er the cares that swell Of lesser griefs, spread real ills; 
Life’s current to a flood. And with their gloomy shades conceal 
As brooks and torrents, rivers, all The landmarks Hope would else reveal. 
—Mrs. Dinnies. 
UT hail! thou goddess, sage and holy! To hit the sense of human sight, 
Hail! divinest melancholy! And therefore to our weaker view, 
Whose saintly visage is too bright . Overlaid with black, staid wisdom’s hue. ! 
—Milton. 
317 re) 
