66 THE VEGETABLE WORLD. 
tree. The tapering branches of the funereal Cypress (Cupressus), 
as compared with a kind of dome formed by the branches of the 
Oak (Quercus), or the Cedar, give us some idea of the contrast 
which the two kinds of ramifications present. The Lombardy 
Poplar (Populus fastignatus) carries the contrast still further. 
Fig. 79.—Weeping Willow. 
The aspect of each of these trees places in bold relief the influence 
which the different modes in which the bud is inserted exercis? 
upon the ramifications of the branches and the form of the tree- 
In some trees the branches take a direction which seems invers€ 
to the usual habit of trees. In place of rising towards the skies, 
