114 WHITE AND WEEPING WILLOWS. 



years ; the old stumps sending out fresh shoots 

 as often as they thus are trimmed. 



The White Willow grows to a consider- 

 able size^ near water-courses. When the wind 

 turns up the leaves^ their white and silvery 

 under sides present a beautiful and singular 

 appearance. The twigs of this tree are also 

 used for baskets. The timber is useful for 

 rough hedge carpentry. 



The Weeping Willow is^ perhaps, the most 

 elegant tree we have ; but it thrives w^ell only 

 on the very water's edge; and thus it is, that its 

 perpendicular and streaming foliage, seeking 

 as it were, to dip in the clear flood, and reflected 

 accurately in it, forms a strikingly interesting 

 object. It is a native of warmer climates; but 

 succeeds very well in England. There are few 

 ornamental grounds, possessing water, which 

 are not decorated with the weeping willow." 



