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striking embellishment when planted at wide intervals 
throughout the demesne, yet closely inserted, or where a con- 
siderable number of them at once come under the eye, they 
have a sad and mournful appearance. 
F. s. pendula—This is a beautiful weeping tree, propagated 
by being grafted on a common beech. It proves an elegant 
object when placed on the top of a handsome and lofty stem. 
Its growth is direct downward, seldom ascending above the 
point of junction with the stock. 
