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Maple), A. pscudo-platanus (Sycamore), Ailantus glandulosa (Tree of Heaven), Amygdalus 

 (Almond), Cerasus (Cherry) of sorts, Colutea arborescens (Bladder Senna), Cotoneaster in 

 variety, Crataegus (Thorn), many kinds, including the double-flowered varieties of the common 

 Hawthorn, Dimorphanthus mandchuricus, Euonymus europaeus (Spindle Tree), Forsythia 

 suspensa, F. viridissima, Fraxinus (Ash), different forms, Genista hispanica (Spanish Furze), 

 Hibiscus syriacus, Laburnum vulgare, L. alpinus, Morus nigra (Mulberry), Persica (Peach) in 

 variety, Platanus acerifolia (London Plane), Philadelphus coronarius (Mock Orange), Populus 

 (Poplar), many kinds, Prunus (Plum) of sorts, Pyrus aucuparia (Mountain Ash), P. japonica, 

 Rhus (Sumach), several varieties, Ribes aureum, R. sanguineum (Flowering Currant), Robinia 

 Pseud-Acacia (Locust Tree), Salisburia adiantifolia, Sambucus nigra (Elder), Sophora japonica, 

 Syringa (Lilac), many varieties, Ulex europaeus plenus (double Furze). Ulmus (him), 

 several kinds, Viburnum Opulus (Snowball Tree), Weigela, different varieties. 



WEEPING TREES. 



AAtONG ornamental trees those of a weeping character are the most striking, for they are 

 extremely elegant in growth and graceful in outline. From this circumstance they are 

 especially valuable for the embellishment of the garden or lawn. Like all trees of pronounced 

 character they must not be planted too freely, otherwise the good effect they produce is apt to 

 be destroyed. By combining them with other subjects charming results may be obtained, and 

 associated with columnar-growing trees the distinctive characters of each are brought more 

 prominently forward. Some, such as the Weeping Ash and Beech, form a splendid arbour if 

 grafted standard high and their wide-spreading branches are supported at some little distance 

 from the trunk, when if allowed to droop they hedge in the enclosed space with quite a 

 wall of drooping shoots. Some of these weeping trees have the pendulous character much more 

 pronounced than others. For instance, in the Kilmarnock Willow when grafted standard 

 high the long shoots hang down almost parallel with the main stem, whereas in the Babylonian 



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