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hue. succinata has small foliage of a lovely soft yellow, with 

 conspicuous greyish veins, but is of rather slow growth, though 

 a charming subject 'for a low wall facing south, angularis aurea 

 is a good golden form of the well-known Jersey Ivy. arborea 

 aurea is both distinct and handsome. In a young state the 

 leaves are wholly yellow, but with age they become shaded with 

 green. 



Weeping Trees and Shrubs. 



Amongst weeping kinds we may number some of the most 

 beautiful forms, of tree life. Little, unfortunately, seems to be 

 known of this fascinating class, but planted judiciously in park 

 and garden they add a distinct feature to the home landscape. 

 The evergreen sorts present characteristic beauty throughout the 

 year, while the deciduous kinds are distinct. 



Deciduous. — Populus tremula pendula (Weeping Aspen) does 

 well in dry soils. P. Parasol de St. Julian (P. tremuloides) is of 

 fine drooping habit, pleasing, too, in either summer or winter. 

 Few trees are more effective than Betula alba pendula Youngi. Its 

 long, slender, drooping branches, crowded with small green leaves, 

 are as charming as the silvered bark in winter. B. a. tristis 

 should be planted where space is restricted. Its long, elegant 

 branchlets fall almost perpendicularly, while the centre growth 

 arches gracefully. B. a. laciniata pendula is a graceful cut-leaved 

 Birch, of free growth, with pendulous branchlets and deep green 

 leaves. The tall, slender stem is pure white. Many of the Elms 

 are graceful. Ulmus suberosa pendula is very distinct and orna- 

 mental. U. campestris microphylla pendula is a small-leaved variety 

 of elegant drooping habit. U. c. pendula nova grows freely, 

 and has graceful twiggy branches. The Weeping Wych Elm 

 ( U. montana pendula) is a very beautiful tree, far too uncommon in 

 gardens, but so strong and graceful that we hope planters will 

 think of it. 



The Prunuses are free-flowering shrubs, and very beautiful in 

 spring when mantled in blossom. Prunus (Cerasus) Mahaleb 

 pendula is a much-branched shrub, with white flowers. P. (C.) 

 Avium pendula is also very beautiful, but more vigorous in 

 growth. P. (C.) semperflorens (All Saint's Cherry) produces a 

 profusion of white flowers in summer and richly-coloured 

 fruits in autumn. It is generally grafted on stocks of the 

 common Cherry, on which it unites readily, and soon forms 

 a round head with long, graceful branches hanging evenly on 

 all sides. P. (C.) pendula rosea has rose-coloured double flowers 

 which almost hide the long, pendulous branches. Here we have 

 a precious flowering tree, so beautiful that we hope every 

 gardener, or those interested in tree-planting, will use it freely. 

 P. serotina pendula -is another easily-grown and weeping shrub. 



