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young's weeping birch. 



(From a Specimen in our Collection.) 



Betula a. var. penclula YouDg^ii. Young's Weeping Birch. Found 

 trailing on the ground in the neighborhood of Milford, England. When grafted on 

 stems tive to six feet high, it forms beautiful pendulous heads, and its slender sho()ts 

 droop gracefully to the ground. One of the finest of the Weeping Birches, the beauty 

 of which may be greatly enhanced by judicious pruning. $1.50. See cut. 



var. piibescens. Downy-leaved Birch. A native of Germany, re- 

 sembling the European White Birch, but more vigorous, and branches slightly pend- 

 ulous. 



var. tristis. A charming variety of the European ; of pendulous habit, 

 $1.00. 



var. urticifolia. Nettle-leaved Birch. A fine tree, of rather slow- 

 growth, with irregularly cut foliage of a deep green color. 75 cents. 



