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grief waves its dishevelled hair in silent sor- 

 row. Lovers formerly made their garlands 

 of this willow, the branches of which are very 

 pliable. 



This species of willow grows spontaneously 

 on the coast of Persia, and is planted every 

 where in the Chersonesus Taurica. It is also 

 frequent in China, where we may suppose it 

 is a favourite tree, from the frequent repre- 

 sentations the people give of it on their 

 China ware. It is also cultivated in Cochin- 

 china. 



The weeping willow is pictured in a view 

 of the village of Tonnau, drawn by John Niev- 

 hoff, July 3. 1 655, in his way to Pekin, with 

 the embassy which the Dutch sent to the 

 Emperor of China in that and the following- 

 year ; but there is no name given, or parti- 

 cular remark made on this tree : he merely 

 says, " This empire doth also very much 

 abound with trees ; not only such as grow in 

 Europe, but several others of a more strange 

 nature, not known in our parts of the world." 



Of all the aquatic trees the weeping willow 

 is the most ornamental, when planted in its 

 natural situation. It gives a kind of polish to 

 the scenery, where either natural or artificial 

 lakes are admitted, and, when accompanied 

 by a clump of three or four poplars, it> 



